Category Archives: World
Cosby lawyer attacks 'bandwagon' accusers' accounts as vague
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s lawyers on Wednesday attacked what they called “vague, remote and often inconsistent” allegations from a slew of women whom prosecutors are seeking to ...
Dec 13, 2016
US halts some Saudi arms sales over Yemen deaths concerns
WASHINGTON - The United States is terminating some sales of military arms to Saudi Arabia over concerns about the killing of civilians in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition, a senior U.S. official said Tu...
Dec 13, 2016
Japanese brewer Asahi to buy East Europe beer brands for $8B
TOKYO - Japanese brewer the Asahi Group said Tuesday it plans to buy five beer brands in Eastern Europe for 7.3 billion euros ($7.8 billion). Asahi said Tuesday that the beer brands in the Czech Repub...
Dec 13, 2016
Jurors say they are deadlocked in murder-for-hire trial
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The jurors hearing the case of a Florida woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to murder her husband says they are deadlocked. The six jurors told Judge Glenn Kelley late T...
Dec 13, 2016
Gov't to require cars be able to talk to each other
WASHINGTON - All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a proposal released Tuesday by the Transpor...
Dec 13, 2016
The Latest: Prosecutors ask to put Cosby accusers on stand
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Latest on Bill Cosby’s latest court appearance in a sexual-assault case (all times local): 4:25 p.m. Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case say the 79-year-o...
Dec 13, 2016
Wonder Woman dumped as a special UN ambassador after uproar
NEW YORK - The comic book heroine Wonder Woman has been abruptly fired from her honorary ambassador job at the United Nations following protests from both inside and outside the world organization tha...
Dec 13, 2016
Global stocks mixed ahead of Fed's rate decision
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Global stock markets were mixed with European stocks getting off to a weak start on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates. The Fed was w...
Dec 13, 2016
Kanye West returns to Twitter to talk about Trump meeting
NEW YORK - Kanye West returned to social media for the first time since his hospitalization to talk about his meeting with Donald Trump. West wrote on Twitter that he met with Trump Tuesday to “...
Dec 13, 2016
Paris exhibit celebrates UNESCO heritage site of Palmyra
PARIS - Days after the Islamic State group seized back control of the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra, a prescient exhibit was inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday that aims to educate the public on the wou...
Dec 13, 2016