Category Archives: World
Blizzards, icy weather grip parts of Europe
BUCHAREST, Romania - Blizzards swept parts of Europe on Friday, causing at least nine deaths, closing roads and resulting in traffic accidents, travel delays and medical evacuations. In Poland, the co...
Jan 06, 2017
Russia says it is scaling back its Syria military presence
MOSCOW - Russia said Friday it is withdrawing its aircraft carrier and other warships from the waters off Syria, following orders from President Vladimir Putin to scale back his forces as he casts him...
Jan 06, 2017
British conservationist fights to save seahorses in Cambodia
ACH SEH ISLAND, Cambodia - A 7-inch creature with a head resembling a horse and a monkey-like tail glides gracefully out of a dark coral crevice off the Cambodian coast. Master of camouflage, unrivale...
Jan 06, 2017

'It is over': Congress certifies Donald Trump's victory
WASHINGTON - Congress certified Donald Trump’s presidential victory Friday over the objections of a handful of House Democrats, with Vice-President Joe Biden pronouncing, “It is over.̶...
Jan 06, 2017
US report: Putin ordered effort to help Trump, hurt Clinton
WASHINGTON - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a hidden campaign to influence America’s presidential election in favour of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, U.S. intelligence agencies de...
Jan 06, 2017

Japan recalls envoy to S. Korea over 'comfort woman' statue
TOKYO - Japan announced Friday that it would recall its ambassador to South Korea and suspend economic talks in response to the placing of a “comfort woman” statue representing wartime sex...
Jan 05, 2017

VP Biden to President-elect Trump: 'Grow up'
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Joe Biden told President-elect Donald Trump Thursday to “grow up.” Biden dismissed a Trump complaint on Twitter about how the Obama administration has handled t...
Jan 05, 2017
Officials to probe train's erratic speed just before crash
NEW YORK - Federal investigators will be looking into why a packed Long Island Rail road commuter train was travelling erratically at twice the speed limit when it crashed at a rail terminal, injuring...
Jan 05, 2017

US sends 4 held at Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia in final push
MIAMI - The Pentagon said Thursday that four Guantanamo prisoners have been released and sent to Saudi Arabia, part of a final push by President Barack Obama to reduce the population at the detention ...
Jan 05, 2017

Toyota stock dips after Trump tweet on planned Mexico plant
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. is a “good corporate citizen” and intends to work with President-elect Donald Trump to help make America strong, the Japanese automaker’s president, Akio T...
Jan 05, 2017