Category Archives: World

Trump aides ask of Russian meddling: Does it matter?
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s top aides on Sunday said the president-elect isn’t ready to accept the finding by intelligence officials that Moscow hacked Democratic emails in a bid to elevat...
Dec 18, 2016
'Rogue One' soars to second-best December debut with $155M
LOS ANGELES - “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” soared to the top of the weekend box office as expected, scoring the second-best December opening ever with $155 million in estimated ticket sa...
Dec 18, 2016
Obama approves US honour for veterans of WWII spies agency
BUFFALO, N.Y. - President Barack Obama has signed legislation that bestows one of the nation’s highest civilian awards on veterans of the American World War II spy agency founded by a New Yorker...
Dec 18, 2016

Corpus Christi lifts water ban after tests find no corrosive
HOUSTON - A nearly four-day ban on drinking the water in Corpus Christi, Texas, was lifted on Sunday after test results showed no contamination due to a chemical leak, the city’s mayor announced...
Dec 18, 2016

Trump Cabinet excites his voters: 'We have to trust him'
As each Cabinet announcement draws fresh criticism of the wealth, connections or opinions of Donald Trump’s latest appointees, many Americans who voted for him say the president-elect is doing w...
Dec 18, 2016
Rights group: State-backed Iraqi militia killed IS captives
BAGHDAD - A militia backed by the Iraqi government killed suspected Islamic State fighters captured during the operation to retake Mosul, Human Rights Watch said Sunday. The Hashed al-Jabour militia, ...
Dec 18, 2016
3 groups of Cubans totalling 51 migrants land in Florida Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. - Three groups of Cuban migrants totalling 51 people have landed in the Florida Keys. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the groups landed Sunday between 5:30 a.m. and 7:40 a...
Dec 18, 2016
Renzi vows to revamp Italian party, make it more humble
ROME - Recently drubbed by voters, Italian ex-Premier Matteo Renzi on Sunday exhorted his Democratic Party to be more humble and in synch with citizens as he eyes elections widely expected in 2017. Re...
Dec 18, 2016
California tries again to thwart prison cellphone smuggling
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is installing nearly 1,000 sophisticated metal detectors, scanners and secret security cameras at its prisons in its latest attempt to thwart the smuggling of cellphone...
Dec 18, 2016
Suspect in killings of 3 Kurdish activists dies in Paris
PARIS - The man suspected of killing three Kurdish activists in Paris in 2013 has died from brain disease, Paris prosecutors said Sunday. Omer Guney’s trial was scheduled next month. His death o...
Dec 18, 2016