Category Archives: World
10 things to know about John Glenn, who has died at 95
WASHINGTON - Ten notable aspects of the life of astronaut and senator John H. Glenn Jr. who died Thursday at 95: ___ ENDURING MARRIAGE Glenn married his childhood sweetheart, Anna “Annie” ...
Dec 09, 2016
Quotes from John Glenn: 'Zero-G and I feel fine.'
A sampling of quotes from John Glenn: “We are placed here with certain talents and capabilities. It is up to each of us to use those talents and capabilities as best you can. If you do that, I t...
Dec 09, 2016
John Glenn, astronaut and US Senator, dies at 95
WASHINGTON - He became a hero as the first American to orbit the Earth and then served as a longtime U.S. senator. But John Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, continued to defy gravity decades after ...
Dec 09, 2016
Populist lawmaker Wilders convicted of anti-Moroccan chants
AMSTERDAM - Populist anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders was found guilty Friday of insulting and inciting discrimination against Moroccans, a conviction he immediately slammed as a “shameful̶...
Dec 09, 2016
Clinton decries rise of fake news in Capitol speech
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton decried the rise of fake news as an “epidemic” during a speech on Capitol Hill. Clinton addressed fake news during a speech for retiring Nevada Sen. Harry Reid...
Dec 09, 2016
Cambodia's exiled opposition leader on trial again
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was tried in absentia Friday for allegedly conspiring to incite chaos in the country through false documents posted on his Facebook...
Dec 09, 2016
Police: Gunbattle in Kashmir ends; 2 suspected rebels killed
SRINAGAR, India - A 42-hour gunbattle ended in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after two suspected rebels were killed in the fighting, which triggered massive anti-India protests in the disputed r...
Dec 09, 2016
Suspect arrested over explosion at mosque in Germany
BERLIN - German authorities have arrested a man suspected of setting off homemade explosive devices outside a mosque and a conference centre in Dresden in September, prosecutors said Friday. The 29-ye...
Dec 09, 2016
Critics: Alabama execution helps case against sedative
ATMORE, Ala. - An Alabama execution in which a prisoner heaved his chest, coughed and appeared to move offers more evidence that a drug used to sedate inmates before they are put to death should not b...
Dec 09, 2016
Indonesia soldier found alive 2 weeks after helicopter crash
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A missing soldier has been found alive two weeks after the helicopter he was aboard crashed in a remote area of Borneo, Indonesia’s army said Friday. The army said in statem...
Dec 09, 2016