Category Archives: World

Del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' wins Golden Lion at Venice
VENICE, Italy - Guillermo del Toro won the Venice Film Festival’s top Golden Lion prize on Saturday for his monster thriller “The Shape of Water.” The Mexican director said he hoped ...
Sep 09, 2017
Electric Daisy Carnival to avoid summer heat, moves to May
Las Vegas’ scorching summer heat might have proven to be a little too much for Electric Daisy Carnival attendees. Organizers of the largest music festival in North America this week announced th...
Sep 09, 2017
Beyonce sheds tears as she visits victims of Harvey
HOUSTON - Beyonce returned to her hometown of Houston to provide comfort to those affected by Hurricane Harvey, telling them, “This is a celebration of survival.” Accompanied by her mother...
Sep 09, 2017
Minnesota university teaches philosophy through Harry Potter
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Minnesota university is mixing the magical world of Harry Potter into philosophy teachings. St. Cloud State University professor Carolyn Hartz is applying Aristotle’s work on ...
Sep 09, 2017

Irma is looking more and more Tampa-bound, forecasters say
Hurricane Irma is making its slow fateful right turn that will put it on a collision course with Florida’s west coast Sunday as forecasts are locking in on a path that includes the Keys, southwe...
Sep 09, 2017
305 Syrian migrants reach Cyprus; 313 are stopped in Turkey
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Cyprus police arrested a 36-year-old man Sunday for allegedly driving one of two boats that brought 305 Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island’s northwestern coast. Anothe...
Sep 09, 2017

Egypt announces discovery of 3,500-years old tomb in Luxor
LUXOR, Egypt - Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery in the southern city of Luxor of a pharaonic tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago and whose work was dedicat...
Sep 09, 2017
Death toll now at 90 as aftershocks rattle southern Mexico
JUCHITAN, Mexico - Life for many has moved outdoors in the quake-shocked city of Juchitan, where a third of the homes are reported uninhabitable and repeated aftershocks have scared people away from m...
Sep 09, 2017
Spain wildfire forces evacuation of 500 residents
MADRID - Authorities in southern Spain say they are fighting a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of 500 residents from at least seven towns in the province of Seville. Rosa Aguilar, the regional...
Sep 09, 2017

North Koreans celebrate holiday with familiar routines
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - North Koreans on Saturday celebrated another public holiday with familiar routines, laying flowers and bowing in front of statues and portrait...
Sep 09, 2017