Category Archives: World
McDonald's sells its Nordic restaurants to Guy Hands
COPENHAGEN - McDonald’s says it has sold its Nordic operations to Guy Hands, chairman of British equity firm Terra Firma, who will become the main franchiser for Denmark, Norway, Finland and Swe...
Jan 27, 2017
Warnings of rising xenophobia on Holocaust remembrance day
WARSAW, Poland - Jewish and Christian leaders prayed over the ruins of gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau as some warned on International Holocaust Remembrance Day of rising xenophobic hatred against ...
Jan 27, 2017
Population of Germany reaches record 82.8 million
BERLIN - The number of people living in Germany has reached a new record of 82.8 million, due largely to migration. The Federal Statistical Office says the population at the end of last year was about...
Jan 27, 2017
Netanyahu questioned for 3rd time on corruption allegations
JERUSALEM - Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the third time as part of a corruption investigation into allegations that he improperly accepted gifts and tried to tr...
Jan 27, 2017
Class ring lost by WWII vet 73 years ago returned to family
AUDUBON, N.J. - The family of a since-deceased World War II veteran from New Jersey has been reunited with his 1938 class ring after he lost it 73 years ago while serving in the South Pacific. Nearly ...
Jan 27, 2017
Republicans divided over border wall as Trump era begins
PHILADELPHIA - Congressional Republicans leave their annual policy retreat divided over paying for President Donald Trump’s border wall, one of several thorny issues looming to trip them up as t...
Jan 27, 2017
Trump administration pulls back on HealthCare.gov ads
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration says it is pulling back advertising to promote HealthCare.gov as open enrolment draws to a close for this year. The Health and Human Services Department said in a...
Jan 27, 2017
Little girls doubt that women can be brilliant, study shows
WASHINGTON - Can women be brilliant? Little girls are not so sure. A study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests that girls as young as 6 can be led to believe men are inherently smarter ...
Jan 27, 2017
Official: Trump wants to slash EPA workforce, budget
WASHINGTON - The former head of President Donald Trump’s transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency says he expects the new administration to seek significant budget and staff cuts. ...
Jan 27, 2017
Trump, May affirm special relationship between US, UK
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May appeared chummy as they faced a curious world together for the first time Friday, pledging allegiance to the special relation...
Jan 27, 2017