Category Archives: World
A look at the life of Fidel Castro
NAME: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. TITLES: Former president of Council of State and Council of Ministers, first secretary of Communist Party of Cuba, commander in chief of Cuba’s Revolutionary Ar...
Nov 25, 2016
A look at Cuba, its people, government, economy
Key information about Cuba: ___ LAND - Largest island in Caribbean, covers 44,344 square miles (110,922 square kilometres), about size of Pennsylvania or Bulgaria. Rugged Sierra Maestra mountains at e...
Nov 25, 2016
Key dates in Fidel Castro's government in Cuba
Key events in Cuba under Fidel Castro: Jan. 1, 1959 - Castro’s rebels take power as dictator Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba. June 1960 - Cuba nationalizes U.S.-owned oil refineries after they refu...
Nov 25, 2016
Rifle discharges at Montana gun show, injuring 2
BILLINGS, Mont. - Authorities say a bolt-action rifle was fired during a gun show in Billings, Montana, injuring a man and a young girl. Capt. Bill Michaelis of the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s ...
Nov 25, 2016
Report: California woman found chained to object, beaten
SAN FRANCISCO - A Northern California woman was chained to an object and had been badly beaten when found near an interstate three weeks after she disappeared while jogging, according to a newspaper c...
Nov 25, 2016
Man shot dead while trying to stop man from beating woman
SAN ANTONIO - Police say a man trying to stop another man from beating a woman in a crowded San Antonio parking lot has been shot dead and a bystander has been critically wounded. The shooting happene...
Nov 25, 2016
4 people found dead in Fairbanks, Alaska, hotel room
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Authorities in Alaska say four people, including a child, have been found dead in a Fairbanks hotel room. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (https://is.gd/wmL2dS) cites police as sayi...
Nov 25, 2016
Indonesia police say militant was making powerful bombs
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police said a suspected Islamic militant arrested earlier this week was making explosives more powerful than those used in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people...
Nov 25, 2016
Student before crash: 'Feels like the bus is going to flip'
NASHVILLE - Students and administrators raised concerns about a Tennessee school bus driver’s behaviour behind the wheel in the weeks before a crash that killed six children. Police have charged...
Nov 25, 2016
Report: Russian propaganda effort spread fake news
NEW YORK - A new report suggests a “sophisticated” Russian propaganda campaign helped flood social media with fake news stories leading up to the presidential election. The Washington Post...
Nov 25, 2016