Category Archives: World
Merkel signals support for Ethiopia's protesters in visit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - German Chancellor Angela Merkel signalled support for protesters demanding wider freedoms in Ethiopia during a visit to the country on Tuesday, saying “a vibrant civil so...
Oct 11, 2016
Searches after terror plot alert yield nothing in Bangkok
BANGKOK - Police searches on Tuesday yielded no evidence or suspects that would corroborate an intelligence report of possible car bomb attacks in Bangkok and its outskirts, a spokesman said. Police s...
Oct 11, 2016
Israel demolishes home of Palestinian attack accomplice
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military on Tuesday demolished the family home of a Palestinian convicted of being an accomplice to a deadly attack on Israelis last year, while security was stepped up for a J...
Oct 11, 2016
Aid groups say dismantling French refugee camp won't work
PARIS - Charities working with refugees and migrants living in a slum-like camp in northern France objected Tuesday to the government’s plan to dismantle the site and disperse the occupants, say...
Oct 11, 2016
Over 1,000 protesters stand before Chinese defence ministry
BEIJING - More than 1,000 protesters walked and chanted in front of China’s defence ministry Tuesday, the latest apparent demonstration by soldiers as the world’s largest standing military...
Oct 11, 2016
Pakistani journalist barred from travel abroad over article
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani officials said Wednesday they imposed a travel ban on a prominent journalist to determine who gave him information for what they called a fabricated story about a high-level secr...
Oct 11, 2016
Airstrikes in Syria's Aleppo and shelling in south kill 20
BEIRUT - Airstrikes on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 14 people Tuesday, while the shelling of a government-held neighbourhood in southern Syria hit a school, killing ...
Oct 11, 2016
Dakota Access pipeline work resumes near site of protest
ST. ANTHONY, N.D. - Construction on the four-state Dakota Access pipeline resumed Tuesday on private land in North Dakota that’s near a camp where thousands of protesters supporting tribal right...
Oct 11, 2016
WHO urges countries to raise taxes on sugary drinks
GENEVA - The U.N. health agency on Tuesday recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of sugary drinks like sodas, sport drinks and even 100-per cent fruit juices as a way to figh...
Oct 11, 2016
The Philippine president's next campaign: public smoking ban
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is turning to another battle aside from illegal drugs: smoking. Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial told the Associated Press on Tuesday that she h...
Oct 11, 2016