Category Archives: World

Murdoch's 21st Century Fox gets Sky backing for bid
LONDON - Rupert Murdoch took a big step toward consolidating his power base in British media after his U.S. media group Twenty-First Century Fox agreed Thursday to buy the shares it doesn’t alre...
Dec 15, 2016
Bomb in teashop explodes in Somalia's capital, killing 6
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A bomb hidden inside a teashop in Somalia’s capital exploded Thursday, killing four soldiers and two civilians, a Somali military official said. The attack followed a suicid...
Dec 15, 2016
Report: Beijing adds weapons to South China Sea islands
BEIJING - China appears to have installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man-made islands in the strategically vital South China Sea, a U.S. security think-tank says, upping the stakes ...
Dec 15, 2016

From Trump and his new team, mixed signals on climate change
WASHINGTON - He brushed off climate change as a Chinese hoax, then called it the real deal and finally declared that “nobody really knows.” Donald Trump is sending mixed signals on whether...
Dec 15, 2016
Offshore oil disaster in Azerbaijan leaves 1 dead, 9 missing
BAKU, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijani oil officials say one worker has been killed and nine others are missing after part of their offshore oil installation broke off in strong winds. The state oil company, ...
Dec 15, 2016
Putin-Abe talks move to Tokyo; territory, economy on agenda
NAGATO, Japan - The leaders of Russia and Japan move to Tokyo on Friday to wrap up a two-day summit on an economic co-operation agreement and a protracted territorial dispute that has prevented their ...
Dec 15, 2016
New Jersey man arrested for driving backhoe drunk
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A New Jersey man who police say was driving drunk while behind the wheel of a backhoe is facing charges. Fifty-six-year-old William Campbell was charged Tuesday with driving wh...
Dec 15, 2016
Police: Driver in deadly school bus crash was speeding
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The 24-year-old driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six children was speeding about 20 miles per hour over the 30 mile-per-hour limit, police testified Thursday, dr...
Dec 15, 2016

Dylann Roof convicted of all counts in church slaughter
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday in the chilling slaughter of nine black church members who had welcomed him to their Bible study, a devastating crime in a country that was alread...
Dec 15, 2016

Texas city's water deemed unsafe due to chemical leak
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A harmful chemical from an industrial plant leaked into the water supply in Corpus Christi, forcing school closures, disrupting commerce and causing a run on bottled water at s...
Dec 15, 2016