Category Archives: World
Malaysia crowns new youthful king
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A 47-year-old sultan, known as a devout Muslim who loves extreme sports and four-wheel drive vehicles, became Malaysia’s 15th king on Tuesday, one of the youngest consti...
Dec 13, 2016
Italy judge convicts 2 in sinking that claimed 700 migrants
ROME - A judge in Sicily on Tuesday convicted a ship captain and crew mate in the April 2015 sinking off Libya that left 700 people dead in the Mediterranean’s worst-known migrant disaster. The ...
Dec 13, 2016
Madonna's emotional speech on feminism earns props from Gaga
NEW YORK - Madonna’s emotional speech in support of feminism at Billboard’s Women in Music awards has earned kudos from Lady Gaga. Madonna opened her remarks after accepting the Woman of t...
Dec 13, 2016
Strike over French wage negotiations shutters Eiffel Tower
PARIS - The Eiffel Tower - normally open every day of every year - is closed because of a strike over salaries and working conditions. The company that manages the tower, SETE, apologized to visitors ...
Dec 13, 2016
Christmas delivery at space station, courtesy of Japan
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Christmas gifts arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, courtesy of Japan. A Japanese cargo ship pulled up at the orbiting lab four days after launching. The caps...
Dec 13, 2016
Chinese treated to clear views of another supermoon
BEIJING - Another supermoon has landed in the skies over China. The moon shone brightly Tuesday night in Beijing, as the smog that often blankets China’s capital and most of the industrial north...
Dec 13, 2016
Russian opposition leader Navalny announces presidential bid
MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday officially announced his bid to run in the 2018 presidential election, a move that political observers say puts pressure on President Vladi...
Dec 13, 2016
Obama: President without briefings would be 'flying blind'
NEW YORK - President Barack Obama says any president who shuns daily intelligence briefings would be “flying blind” on national security matters, a stiff push-back against Donald TrumpR...
Dec 13, 2016
Drivers' strike cripples train services in southern England
LONDON - A 48-hour strike by train drivers crippled rail services Tuesday in southern England as a long-running dispute delayed and cancelled journeys for hundreds of thousands of London commuters. Th...
Dec 13, 2016
Italy's new government wins 1st of 2 confidence votes
ROME - Premier Paolo Gentiloni easily won a vote of confidence Tuesday night from the Italian Parliament’s lower chamber for his new government, overcoming opposition outrage that his cabinet an...
Dec 13, 2016