Category Archives: World
Scientists claim new gibbon species - name it Skywalker
LONDON - Researchers in China claim they have identified a new species of gibbon in the remote forests along its border with Burma - and have named it after Star Wars character Luke Skywalker. Scienti...
Jan 11, 2017
Ethics official denounces Trump's plan for business
NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he will continue to profit from his global business empire after he enters the White House this month - a precedent-breaking decision that the di...
Jan 11, 2017
Trump news spreads faster than reporters can verify
PASADENA, Calif. - The spread of a report about supposed damaging information about President-elect Donald Trump collected by Russia became a public test of journalistic standards, but burst into publ...
Jan 11, 2017
British TV trailer shows Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson
A British TV network has offered the first glimpse of actor Joseph Fiennes playing Michael Jackson in an upcoming comedy series. Sky Arts has released a trailer for its upcoming “Urban MythsR...
Jan 11, 2017
Global stocks lower after Trump offers scant policy details
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Global stocks mostly fell Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump offered scant details on policies during his news conference. Investors had been hoping for a clearer sen...
Jan 11, 2017
Markets Right Now: Stocks end a wobbly day with solid gains
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. The stock market ended an up-and-down day with solid gains, led by energy companies as the price of crude oil cl...
Jan 11, 2017
Pew survey: Officers more reluctant to use force, make stops
ATLANTA - The so-called “Ferguson effect” - officers backing off of policing out of fear that their actions will be questioned after the fact - has been talked about but never really quant...
Jan 11, 2017
Dozens killed as fighting rages at Yemen's Red Sea strait
SANAA, Yemen - Heavy fighting continued to rage Wednesday near the strategic Red Sea strait of Bab al-Mandab in western Yemen, leaving dozens dead and wounded, security officials said. Since Monday, f...
Jan 11, 2017
Haley on UN job: South Carolina crises, lessons in diplomacy
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says dealing with lawmakers and serving as the state’s healer-in-chief through deadly natural disasters, a shooting massacre and other crises hav...
Jan 11, 2017
Inmates' uncertainty on Guantanamo prison's 15th anniversary
MIAMI - The looming presidency of Donald Trump has created a deep sense of uncertainty for inmates at Guantanamo on the 15th anniversary of the arrival of the first prisoners at the U.S. base in Cuba....
Jan 11, 2017