Category Archives: World
Great Barrier Reef sees record coral deaths this year
CANBERRA, Australia - Warming oceans this year have caused the largest die-off of corals ever recorded on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Tuesday. The worst-affected area is a 70...
Nov 28, 2016
Trek to Castro's final resting spot traces revolution's past
HAVANA - After his band of bearded rebels won power in 1959, Fidel Castro embarked on a victory tour delivering speeches to cheering crowds stretching from the eastern Cuban city of Santiago to Havana...
Nov 28, 2016
NewsAlert: Colombian officials say plane with 72 aboard has crashed
BOGOTA - Colombia authorities say they are responding to a plane crash with 72 on board. More to come. The Canadian Press
Nov 28, 2016
AP Interview: Iraqi leader predicts IS collapse in Mosul
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Islamic State group fighters lack the courage to put up long-term resistance in Mosul, despite unleashing hundreds of car bombs that have killed and...
Nov 28, 2016
Thailand's parliament invites crown prince to assume throne
BANGKOK - Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday named Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn as the new king, completing a formal step for the heir to take the throne following the death of his father last mont...
Nov 28, 2016
Haiti: Jovenel Moise apparently wins presidential vote
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Jovenel Moise, the hand-picked candidate of Haiti’s previous elected leader, apparently won the presidential election outright against 26 rivals, according to preliminary...
Nov 28, 2016
From milk to lightbulbs, Fidel Castro reshaped life in Cuba
HAVANA - Fidel Castro changed the flavour of the milk Cuban children drink at breakfast. He filled Cuban kitchens with energy-saving rice cookers, and he gave a two-hour lesson in their use live on na...
Nov 28, 2016
San Francisco's public railway system hit by hackers
SAN FRANCISCO - Some passengers on San Francisco’s public railway enjoyed free rides during part of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend after hackers infiltrated hundreds of its workers’ comp...
Nov 28, 2016
Escape occurred before California jail could be replaced
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Officials in a Northern California county have known for years that they have security problems with an antiquated jail and recently won $80 million in state funding to help build...
Nov 28, 2016
Woman from Guatemala dies while in ICE custody in Arizona
ELOY, Ariz. - A woman from Guatemala died Sunday while in immigration detention in Arizona, marking the third in-custody death nationwide for Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Oct 1. ICE annou...
Nov 28, 2016