Category Archives: World

Marseille suspect released from custody day before attack
PARIS - A man who fatally stabbed two women outside Marseille’s main train station had been detained for shoplifting and released the day before the attack, and used seven fake identities in pre...
Oct 02, 2017

Trump signals critics of hurricane response will not cow him
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - President Donald Trump spent Sunday afternoon attending a high-profile golf tournament, signalling that he will not be cowed by critics of his response to Hurricane Maria. Earlier ...
Oct 02, 2017

Facebook says estimated 10 million saw Russia-linked ads
WASHINGTON - Facebook says ads that ran on the company’s social media platform and have been linked to a Russian internet agency were seen by an estimated 10 million people before and after the ...
Oct 02, 2017

Taiwan concert clash reveals divisions over China's outreach
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Police are looking for a final suspect involved in clashes at a Chinese-organized concert in Taipei between Taiwanese pro-independence protesters and Beijing supporters that revealed ...
Oct 02, 2017
Islamic State claims Las Vegas mass shooting
CAIRO - The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the mass shooting in Las Vegas, saying that the perpetrator was “a soldier” who had converted to Islam months ago, without pr...
Oct 02, 2017
Lawmakers grill former Equifax chairman over data breach
WASHINGTON - House Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday grilled Equifax’s former chief executive over the massive data hack of the personal information of 145 million Americans, calling the comp...
Oct 02, 2017

Mormon leader Robert D. Hales dies; served on top panel
SALT LAKE CITY - Top-ranking Mormon leader Robert D. Hales, who left a successful career as a businessman to help guide the church, has died from causes related to his age. He was 85. Hales died peace...
Oct 02, 2017
2 women plead not guilty in N. Korean scion's assassination
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Two women accused of smearing a banned nerve agent on the face of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader pleaded not guilty as their trial began Monday in the F...
Oct 02, 2017

'I'm going to die': fear grips Vegas strip; gunman kills 59
LAS VEGAS - The rapid-fire popping sounded like firecrackers at first, and many in the crowd of 22,000 country music fans didn’t understand what was happening when the band stopped playing and s...
Oct 02, 2017
Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor who begged for more help
BRANCHBURG, N.J. - President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard U.S. response to t...
Sep 30, 2017