Category Archives: World
Canada-EU trade enters new era of openness as CETA comes into force
OTTAWA - Canadian companies have much greater access to one of the world’s largest markets starting Thursday, as a major trade deal between Canada and the European Union enters into force. Known...
Sep 21, 2017
The Latest: Maria regains its major hurricane status
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Latest on Hurricane Maria (all times local): 2 a.m. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Maria has regained its major hurricane status, rising to a Category 3 storm earl...
Sep 21, 2017
Despair rises for relatives of the missing in Mexico quake
MEXICO CITY - As painstaking attempts to reach survivors in quake-ravaged buildings across Mexico City stretched into a third day Thursday, desperation mounted among loved ones who earlier had high ho...
Sep 21, 2017
NKorea minister calls Trump's threat 'sound of dog barking'
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea’s foreign minister has described as “the sound of a dog barking” President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy his country. The comments ar...
Sep 21, 2017
Russia warns US, says special forces helping Syrian troops
MOSCOW - A stern Russian warning Thursday against targeting its special forces in eastern Syria heightened concerns over direct clashes between rival Moscow- and Washington-backed forces fighting for ...
Sep 21, 2017
UN Peacekeepers: Congo leads world in sex abuse allegations
BUNIA, Congo - She had been orphaned by a brutal conflict, but the 14-year-old Congolese girl found refuge in a camp protected by United Nations peacekeepers. The camp should have been safe the day sh...
Sep 21, 2017
Iraqi forces begin operation to retake Hawija from IS group
IRBIL, Iraq - In a push at dawn, Iraqi forces launched an operation on Thursday to retake the town of Hawija - one of the last extremist strongholds in Iraq - from the Islamic State group, according t...
Sep 20, 2017
SEC reveals 2016 hack that breached its filing system
NEW YORK - The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that a cyber breach of a filing system it uses may have provided the basis for some illegal trading in 2016. In a statement posted on t...
Sep 20, 2017
Bernie Casey, pro football player turned actor, dies
LOS ANGELES - Bernie Casey, a professional football player turned poet, painter and actor known for parts in films such as “Revenge of the Nerds” and “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,&...
Sep 20, 2017
NCIS investigating corpsmen who called babies 'mini Satans'
WASHINGTON - The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating two female Navy hospital corpsmen in Florida who posted Snapchat photos making a newborn dance to rap music and giving the middle...
Sep 20, 2017