Category Archives: World
Pope meets Palestinian leader; Vatican calls Jerusalem holy
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican stressed the sacred nature of Jerusalem on Saturday as the Palestinian leader warned that prospects for peace could suffer if the incoming Trump administration goes ahead wi...
Jan 14, 2017
Outgoing CIA chief rips into Trump on Russia threat
NEW YORK - The outgoing CIA director charged on Sunday that Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States, delivering a public lecture to the president-elect ...
Jan 14, 2017
Prized Maine scallops surge to record price early in year
PORTLAND, Maine - Maine’s scallops have surged to a record high price at the docks this winter after several years of rising in value, according to fishing regulators in the state. Fishermen har...
Jan 14, 2017
In long-shot Mideast peace bid, France sees nothing to lose
PARIS - It sounds far-fetched at best: holding a Mideast peace conference without Israelis, Palestinians or the incoming U.S. government. But the French organizers say that’s the whole point. Th...
Jan 14, 2017
King's shift from dreamer to radical resonates for activists
PHILADELPHIA - For Abdul Aliy-Muhammad, the Martin Luther King Jr. he learned about as a child was a man of love, peace and racial harmony, a gifted orator. It wasn’t until Aliy-Muhammad became ...
Jan 14, 2017
4 African migrants found dead near Spanish beaches
MADRID - Spanish police say the bodies of four African migrants have been found along the country’s south coast. Local police confirmed to The Associated Press that two bodies were found on the ...
Jan 14, 2017
Germany mulls parliamentary inquiry over Berlin truck attack
BERLIN - A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel says he’s open to launching a parliamentary inquiry into whether authorities made mistakes in handling the Tunisian man who drove a truc...
Jan 14, 2017
Kansas making new guidelines for handling wildlife pets
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas is working on new guidelines for how to handle situations where a wild animal is being kept as a pet after game wardens were criticized for shooting a family’s pet deer. It...
Jan 14, 2017
Merkel backs multilateral approach as Trump presidency nears
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is stressing as she awaits Donald Trump’s inauguration that the world’s problems need solving in co-operation, rather than by each country individu...
Jan 14, 2017
Trump's CEO meetings raise ethics questions
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump’s meetings with CEOs seeking federal approval for major mergers are raising red flags for ethics lawyers concerned about the possible erosion of a firew...
Jan 14, 2017