Category Archives: World

Large crowds to celebrate S. Korean president's impeachment
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Large crowds were expected to gather in South Korea’s capital on Saturday to celebrate the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye over an explosive corruption scandal...
Dec 09, 2016
Buzz Aldrin leaves New Zealand after South Pole evacuation
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Buzz Aldrin was discharged from a New Zealand hospital on Friday and appeared to be heading home, a week after he was evacuated from the South Pole for medical reasons. Aldri...
Dec 09, 2016
Churches vow to offer sanctuary to undocumented immigrants
BROCKTON, Mass. - Hundreds of houses of worship are offering sanctuary to people who could face deportation if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his campaign pledge to remove millions of...
Dec 08, 2016
Japan ratifies Pacific trade pact that Trump plans to dump
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won parliamentary approval Friday for ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw from ...
Dec 08, 2016
At least 43,000 homeless after Aceh quake in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia’s government says at least 43,000 people have been displaced by the powerful earthquake that hit Aceh province. The estimate of the number of the homeless continue...
Dec 08, 2016

'Godspeed, John Glenn': Public hails hero of space, politics
Tributes poured in for former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95. Politicians, astronauts, educators and others called him a hero, with many mentioning the phrase that fir...
Dec 08, 2016

Donald Trump remains producer on 'New Celebrity Apprentice'
LOS ANGELES - Donald Trump is gone from the boardroom of NBC’s reboot of “Celebrity Apprentice” but he’s kept a business connection to the reality show. President-elect Trump h...
Dec 08, 2016
Judge Reinhold arrested at Dallas airport checkpoint
DALLAS - Actor Judge Reinhold has been arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a confrontation with security agents at Dallas Love Field. A Dallas Police Department statement says the 59-year-ol...
Dec 08, 2016
NBC shutting down its Breaking News service
NEW YORK - NBC says that it is shutting down its Breaking News digital service, which provided bulletins on stories through Twitter, a website and its own app. The network said Thursday that the servi...
Dec 08, 2016
2 men plead guilty to $2M armoured car robbery in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS - Two men have pleaded guilty to the $2 million robbery of an armoured car, an inside job believed to be one of the biggest cash heists ever in St. Louis, federal prosecutors said Thursday. ...
Dec 08, 2016