Category Archives: World
Turkish leader threatens to open migrant floodgate to Europe
BRUSSELS - Turkey threatened Friday to open the migrant floodgates if the European Union halts its membership talks, as criticism grows of Ankara’s heavy-handed response to a failed military cou...
Nov 25, 2016
With recounts looming, Trump adds new administration picks
MADISON, Wis. - President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwester...
Nov 25, 2016
Iran: Death toll in train collision rises to 43
TEHRAN, Iran - A train collision in northern Iran killed at least 43 people and injured 100 on Friday, Iran’s state media reported. The official IRNA news agency quoted Mostafa Mortazavi, a spok...
Nov 25, 2016
Haifa fire overcome but others rage elsewhere in Israel
JERUSALEM - Israeli firefighters on Friday reined in a blaze that had spread across the country’s third-largest city of Haifa and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, but cont...
Nov 25, 2016
'The Brady Bunch' matriarch Florence Henderson dies at 82
LOS ANGELES - Florence Henderson, who went from Broadway star to become one of America’s most beloved television moms in “The Brady Bunch,” has died. She was 82. Henderson died at Ce...
Nov 24, 2016
Executives linked to fallen Chinese presidential aide jailed
BEIJING - A group of Chinese executives linked to an imprisoned former presidential aide who was brought down by a fatal Ferrari crash were convicted Friday of insider trading and other offences. The ...
Nov 24, 2016
Everyone loves a proposal: Policeman pops question at parade
NEW YORK - Talk about a memorable trip to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The New York Police Department says an officer who was shot on duty last year proposed to his girlfriend at Thursday...
Nov 24, 2016
Community paints blue stripe in middle of road to honour cops
BAINBRIDGE, Pa. - A community in central Pennsylvania has painted a blue stripe between the double-yellow lines on some streets to express support for police, firefighters and ambulance workers. But t...
Nov 24, 2016
Argentine attorney seeks relief for his pachyderm plaintiffs
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Attorney Andres Gil Dominguez may have had bigger cases, but he’s never had bigger clients. A city prosecutor’s office has authorized Gil Dominguez to represent t...
Nov 24, 2016
6 pies and lots of protein on first family's holiday menu
The Thanksgiving menu for the Obama family, according to the White House: Hors d’oeuvres: -mini BLTs -chicken satay with peanut chili dip -mini crabcakes -pizza bites -fresh vegetables and hummu...
Nov 24, 2016