Category Archives: World
Queen Elizabeth II attends church after missing 2 weeks
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has attended church near her rural Sandringham estate, after missing the previous two Sundays due to ill health. The 90-year-old British monarch was applauded by well-wishe...
Jan 08, 2017
Russians scoff at US report on election meddling
MOSCOW - A report by U.S. security services blaming Russia for meddling in the U.S. presidential race has brought stinging rejoinders from Russian politicians and news media. Alexei Pushkov, a member ...
Jan 08, 2017

Columnist Nat Hentoff dies at 91
NEW YORK - Free-thinking author and columnist Nat Hentoff has died. His son, Tom Hentoff, said his father died on Saturday from natural causes at his Manhattan apartment. He was 91. Hentoff was a Vill...
Jan 08, 2017
Attacks in and around Baghdad kill 23
BAGHDAD - A wave of attacks in and around Baghdad on Sunday killed at least 23 people, the latest in a series of assaults blamed on the Islamic State group. A suicide car bomb ripped through a wholesa...
Jan 08, 2017

Trump predicts all Cabinet picks will win confirmation
NEW YORK - Facing a week of high-profile tests for his administration-in-waiting, President-elect Donald Trump predicted Monday that all of his Cabinet picks would win Senate confirmation even as Demo...
Jan 08, 2017
New storm hits West as South, New England slow to thaw
A winter storm that spread ice and snow from Mississippi to Maine is leaving behind cold so bitter that businesses and schools are closing in the South because the region still hasn’t thawed. Fo...
Jan 08, 2017

Even with increased airport security vulnerabilities remain
ATLANTA - In a post-9-11 world, American airports have taken all sorts of steps to keep travellers safe. But significant vulnerabilities remain. The attack that killed five people Friday at the Fort L...
Jan 08, 2017
SeaWorld San Diego ending killer whale show
SAN DIEGO - SeaWorld San Diego is ending its long-running killer whale show after years of outcry and falling attendance prompted it to renounce theatrical orca displays. The show that featured killer...
Jan 08, 2017
US seeks death penalty in Florida airport shooting case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - While investigators try to figure out the motive of an Iraq war veteran accused of killing five travellers and wounding six others at a busy international airport in Florida, t...
Jan 08, 2017
National Society of Film Critics: 'Moonlight' best picture
NEW YORK - The National Society of Film Critics has voted “Moonlight” the best picture of 2016. Society members who gathered Saturday at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York ...
Jan 07, 2017