Category Archives: World

MOSCOW - Top Russian officials have sought to downplay the “hysteria” surrounding a new film depicting the love affair between Russia’s last czar and a ballerina, amid arson attacks ...

MADRID - Spain’s top prosecutor is investigating more than 700 Catalan mayors for co-operating with a planned referendum on the region’s independence after the nation’s constitutiona...

AUSTIN, Texas - Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt are among the stars headlining a benefit concert next week to help Texas residents affected by Hurricane Harvey. Organizers sai...

OPAL, Va. - A Virginia man has been arrested after a 2-year-old shot a 4-year-old inside a car. News outlets report 26-year-old Isaiah Marshall Davis and another adult allegedly left three children be...

MODIMOLLE, South Africa - A recent South African festival for people with dwarfism featured dancing, a tug-of-war contest, stand-up comedy, talks on health issues facing dwarves and a Mr. and Ms. Dwar...

COPENHAGEN - YouTube star Felix Kjellberg (SHEHL’-burg), who goes by the online name PewDiePie, says he regrets using the “n-word” during a video live stream, saying he was an “...

PHOENIX - A trial will begin for NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris, who allegedly assaulted a man outside a Phoenix recreation centre two years ago. Maricopa County Superior Court officials annou...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Eight patients at a sweltering nursing home died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning, raising fears Wednesday about the safety of Florida’s 4 million senior c...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz space capsule with two Americans and a Russian aboard has docked with the International Space Station. The capsule blasted off from the Russian manned space launch facil...

BOSTON - Online bidding is winding down for dozens of items with direct connections to Britain’s late Princess Diana. Eighty items being sold at auction 20 years after her death in a Paris car c...