Category Archives: World
Janet Napolitano in hospital with side effect of cancer care
SAN FRANCISCO - University of California President Janet Napolitano, a former U.S. Homeland Security secretary and governor of Arizona, has been undergoing cancer treatment for five months and was hos...
Jan 18, 2017
In break with Trump, EPA pick says climate change isn't hoax
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that climate change is real, breaking with both the president-elect and his own past statements. In ...
Jan 18, 2017
Russia extends residence permit for Snowden
MOSCOW - Russian authorities have extended a residence permit for U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked thousands of secret documents from the National Security Agency. Foreign Minis...
Jan 18, 2017
Denver starts work on allowing pot in public, a first in US
Denver is starting work Wednesday on becoming the first city in the nation to allow marijuana clubs and public pot use in places such as coffee shops, yoga studios and art galleries. Voters narrowly a...
Jan 18, 2017
Former President George H.W. Bush and wife hospitalized
HOUSTON - Former President George H.W. Bush was admitted Wednesday to the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital with pneumonia, and his wife, Barbara, was hospitalized as a precaution after suffer...
Jan 18, 2017
Indian court acquits actor Salman Khan of using illegal arms
NEW DELHI - Top Bollywood star Salman Khan was acquitted by a court on Wednesday on a charge of using unlicensed weapons while hunting for rare blackbucks in a western India wildlife preserve 18 years...
Jan 18, 2017
Global warming could steal postcard-perfect weather days
WASHINGTON - Global warming is going to steal away some of those postcard-perfect weather days in the future, according to a first-of-its-kind projection of nice weather. On average, Earth will have 1...
Jan 17, 2017
Back-to-back shootings shake Mexico's tourism jewels
CANCUN, Mexico - Two consecutive days of shooting attacks that left a total of nine dead have put two of the jewels of Mexico’s Caribbean coast on edge and spurred a warning to tourists by the U...
Jan 17, 2017
North Texas police officer killed, suspect later found dead
LITTLE ELM, Texas - A police detective has died after being shot while answering a report of an armed man outside a house in a suburban Dallas neighbourhood. Little Elm Police Chief Rodney Harrison sa...
Jan 17, 2017
Chinese coal mine caves in, killing 9 workers
BEIJING - The partial collapse of a coal mine in northern China has left nine people dead, state media reported Wednesday, reflecting the stubborn persistence of safety problems despite years-long eff...
Jan 17, 2017