Category Archives: World
Pittsburgh symphony musicians reject pay cuts, go on strike
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians are on strike after unanimously rejecting calls for a 15 per cent pay cut, changes to their pension plan and staffing cuts they say management is proposing. The...
Sep 30, 2016
Gerhard Richter painting owned by Clapton going up for sale
NEW YORK - A painting by the German artist Gerhard Richter owned by British singer-songwriter Eric Clapton is slated for auction. Christie’s is offering “Abstract Painting” in New Yo...
Sep 30, 2016
Cops: Fight over 'Purge'-like mask led to death of teen boy
READING, Pa. - Police say a dispute over a mask like one featured in the “Purge” horror movies contributed to the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old Pennsylvania boy. Reading (REH’-ding...
Sep 30, 2016
Judge: Bieber must sit for deposition or face arrest, court
MIAMI - A Florida judge has ordered pop star Justin Bieber to sit down for a deposition within the next 30 days or face the threat of being arrested and brought to court. Circuit Judge Jerald Bagley i...
Sep 30, 2016
World leaders and his family eulogize Israel's Shimon Peres
JERUSALEM - Former Israeli President Shimon Peres was buried Friday after a funeral attended by scores of world leaders and dignitaries. He died earlier this week aged 93, after suffering a stroke. Pe...
Sep 30, 2016
Obama: Peres won his wars but understood the need for peace
JERUSALEM - President Barack Obama hailed Shimon Peres Friday as a man who showed the world that justice and hope are at the heart of the Zionist ideal and saw “all people as deserving of dignit...
Sep 30, 2016
3 Chinese fishermen dead after clash with SKorea coast guard
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Three Chinese fishermen likely died from smoke inhalation after a fire erupted when South Korean coast guard officers threw “flashbang” grenades into their boat...
Sep 30, 2016
South Korea picks new site for US missile defence system
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A private golf course in South Korea’s southeast has been chosen as the new site for an advanced U.S. missile defence system to be deployed by the end of next year to...
Sep 30, 2016
Saudi Arabian border guard killed by shell fired from Yemen
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Authorities say a Saudi border guard has been killed by a shell fired from Yemen, where Saudi Arabia is battling Shiite rebels. Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said in a statement Fr...
Sep 30, 2016
1 killed, 2 wounded in bomb attack in southeast Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have detonated a roadside bomb in southeastern Turkey as a military vehicle was passing by, killing a village guard and woundi...
Sep 30, 2016