Category Archives: World

Former British leader David Cameron to leave Parliament
LONDON - Former Prime Minister David Cameron, who has stayed out of the public eye since leaving Downing Street in July, has decided to step down from his position in Parliament and put an end to his ...
Sep 12, 2016
Target to hire more than 70,000 for holiday season
NEW YORK - Target says it will hire more than 70,000 seasonal store workers during the busy holiday shopping season, about the same as it hired last year. It also plans to hire an additional 7,500 peo...
Sep 12, 2016

Blanchett, other movie stars spotlight plight of refugees
GENEVA - Cate Blanchett and some other big-name movie stars are speaking out about the plight of refugees in a stark video that entreats viewers to imagine what they’d do if they had to flee war...
Sep 12, 2016
Potash, Agrium to combine, creating huge crop fertilizer
NEW YORK - Potash Corp. and Agrium said Monday that they are combining to create the world’s largest crop nutrient company. The Canadian companies both sell fertilizers and nutrients to farmers ...
Sep 12, 2016

Mosque where Orlando gunman worshipped is set on fire
FORT PIERCE, Fla. - The mosque that Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen attended was heavily damaged in an arson fire that Muslim leaders said was the latest incident in an escalating campaign of har...
Sep 12, 2016
48 injured by PKK car bomb in east Turkey
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities have accused Kurdish militants of detonating a car bomb that wounded 48 people Monday in the eastern city of Van. The state-run Anadolu news agency quoted a statement by...
Sep 12, 2016
3 dead in small plane crash in Reno were bound for Bay Area
RENO, Nev. - Three people who died in a small plane crash into a vehicle parking lot at Reno-Tahoe International Airport had been headed to the San Francisco Bay Area, an airport official said Monday....
Sep 12, 2016
White House campaign casts a shadow over 9-11 anniversary
NEW YORK - The U.S. marked the 15th anniversary of 9-11 with the solemn roll call of the dead Sunday but couldn’t keep the presidential campaign from intruding on what is traditionally a politic...
Sep 12, 2016
Lava lake visible atop Hawaii's Kilauea volcano
The U.S. Geological Survey says a lake of lava has come into view atop Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, and a burst of seismic activity has shaken the summit in recent days. It’s the first time t...
Sep 11, 2016
Wawrinka wears down Djokovic for 1st US Open title, 3rd Slam
NEW YORK - Mere minutes before heading out to face Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open final, Stan Wawrinka met in the locker room with his coach and felt as nervous as he ever had. Wawrinka was shaking. ...
Sep 11, 2016