Category Archives: World
Protesters at Harvard greet DeVos speech on school choice
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Students at Harvard University staged a protest as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered an address on school choice. Some held up fists. One held up a sign reading, “Whit...
Sep 29, 2017
Fish fall from sky with rain in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY - Civil defence officials in northeast Mexico say a light rain was accompanied by small fish that fell from the sky. Tamaulipas civil defence says in a brief statement that rain Tuesday in...
Sep 29, 2017
Hugh Hefner, leader of the sexual revolution, dies at 91
LOS ANGELES - Hugh Hefner turned silk pyjamas into a work uniform, women into centerfolds and sexual desire into a worldwide multimedia empire that spanned several generations of American life. With P...
Sep 29, 2017
Iraqi forces to take control of Kurdish regional borders
IRBIL, Iraq - Iraq’s military was preparing to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region as a flight ban halted all international flights from servicing the territ...
Sep 29, 2017
Speaking up isn't so easy for Catalans who also feel Spanish
BARCELONA, Spain - When striking college students rallied on Thursday in Barcelona to defend a vote on whether Catalonia should secede from Spain, Josep Lago headed in the opposite direction, to his L...
Sep 29, 2017
Plan in motion for OJ Simpson release as soon as Monday
LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson could be released on parole as soon as Monday in Las Vegas under a plan being finalized by Nevada officials, a prison spokeswoman said Wednesday. The process culminating in fr...
Sep 29, 2017
India's flagging economy draws dire warnings of recession
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power on a euphoric wave of promises to boost India’s economy, add millions of jobs and bring “good times” to the developing nation. ...
Sep 29, 2017
Harvey may not have dealt devastating blow to Texas ranchers
GLEN FLORA, Texas - As John Locke looked down from a helicopter at his roughly 200 cattle struggling with Harvey’s rising floodwaters, he saw about 20 becoming entangled in a barbed wire fence a...
Sep 29, 2017
3 Arkansas guards assaulted by inmates at 2 prisons
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Guards at two prisons in Arkansas were assaulted by inmates in separate attacks on Thursday and hospitalized, the latest in a string of violent incidents at the state’s corre...
Sep 29, 2017
Telescope project still faces fight from Hawaiian opponents
HONOLULU - One of Hawaii’s most divisive issues is centred on a largely barren, wintry mountain - its peak the highest point in the state - accessible via vehicles with four-wheel drive that can...
Sep 29, 2017