Category Archives: World
Airstrikes in Syria's Aleppo and shelling in south kill 20
BEIRUT - Airstrikes on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 14 people Tuesday, while the shelling of a government-held neighbourhood in southern Syria hit a school, killing ...
Oct 11, 2016
Dakota Access pipeline work resumes near site of protest
ST. ANTHONY, N.D. - Construction on the four-state Dakota Access pipeline resumed Tuesday on private land in North Dakota that’s near a camp where thousands of protesters supporting tribal right...
Oct 11, 2016
WHO urges countries to raise taxes on sugary drinks
GENEVA - The U.N. health agency on Tuesday recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of sugary drinks like sodas, sport drinks and even 100-per cent fruit juices as a way to figh...
Oct 11, 2016
The Philippine president's next campaign: public smoking ban
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is turning to another battle aside from illegal drugs: smoking. Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial told the Associated Press on Tuesday that she h...
Oct 11, 2016
Truck carrying garment workers crashes in Cambodia, 54 hurt
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A truck transporting Cambodian garment workers to their factory flipped over at a curve Tuesday, injuring 54 of them, including seven who are in critical condition, police said....
Oct 11, 2016
Trump's 2005 comments disgust women, but change few opinions
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Women voters in swing states are expressing deep disgust about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s assertion that an old tape featuring him talking about groping wo...
Oct 11, 2016
North Carolina braces for more flooding in downstream towns
GREENVILLE, N.C. - A state trooper shot and killed an armed man during a search for flood victims in a tense and dispirited North Carolina, and thousands more people were ordered to evacuate as high w...
Oct 11, 2016
Unshackled, Trump unleashes aggressive attacks on own party
WASHINGTON - The “shackles” gone, Donald Trump stepped up his fierce attacks on his own party leaders Tuesday, promising to teach Republicans who oppose him a lesson and fight for the pres...
Oct 11, 2016
Boston looks to fix goose poop problem in parks, playgrounds
BOSTON - Goose poop is piling up in parks and playgrounds in Boston and city officials are looking for ways to rein it in. The City Council is holding a public hearing Tuesday to discuss ways to mitig...
Oct 11, 2016
Pence emerges in NC with praise, 'forgiveness' for Trump
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence emerged Monday after a weekend out of the public eye reaffirming his relationship - awkward as it may seem - with Donald Trump. After ...
Oct 10, 2016