Category Archives: World
Colombia's Santos accepts Nobel, urges shift in drug war
STOCKHOLM - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, saying it helped his country achieve the “impossible dream” of ending a half-century-long civ...
Dec 10, 2016
Schwarzenegger: OK Trump is still 'Apprentice' producer
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Arnold Schwarzenegger, star of the new version of “Celebrity Apprentice,” is unfazed that President-elect Donald Trump has retained a producer’s stake in the...
Dec 10, 2016
7 killed, 29 injured in Bulgarian tanker train explosion
SOFIA, Bulgaria - A derailed tanker train exploded Saturday and decimated a village in northeastern Bulgaria, killing seven people and leaving least 29 injured, many with severe burns, the Interior Mi...
Dec 10, 2016
Warehouse fire survivor: People 'dying right in front of me'
OAKLAND, Calif. - To set foot in the Ghost Ship on a party night was to pass through the industrial facade of an old warehouse and enter an exotic world glowing with rainbow lanterns, guarded by figur...
Dec 09, 2016
Giuliani removes himself from State Department consideration
WASHINGTON - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani formally withdrew from consideration for a post in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration Friday, putting an end to his ill-fated bid...
Dec 09, 2016
Climate change film 'An Inconvenient Truth' gets a sequel
LOS ANGELES - Al Gore’s climate change documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” is getting a sequel. Paramount Pictures said Friday the follow-up to the Oscar-winning original will prem...
Dec 09, 2016
Utah day care, parents settle toddler's bean bag chair death
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah day care centre where a toddler suffocated under a bean bag chair when a worker sat on it has reached a settlement with the parents and been cleared of criminal charges, but mu...
Dec 09, 2016
Longtime Gambian ruler now refuses to step aside
DAKAR, Senegal - Gambia’s ruler of more than 22 years announced late Friday that he no longer accepts defeat in the country’s presidential election, reversing course a week after he conced...
Dec 09, 2016
Mexican girl gets TV, trip offers after viral party invite
MEXICO CITY - A rural Mexican girl whose 15th birthday party invitation went viral is being showered with offers of a TV show, free airplane tickets and hotel stays. Rubi Ibarra got an offer to appear...
Dec 09, 2016
Sources: Google to give Cubans faster access to content
HAVANA - Google and the Cuban government have struck a deal giving Cubans faster access to the internet giant’s content, two people familiar with the agreement said Friday. Eric Schmidt, chairma...
Dec 09, 2016