Category Archives: World

Bus crash in Bulgaria kills at least 45 people
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A bus crash in western Bulgaria early Tuesday has killed at least 45 people, authorities said. The bus, registered in Northern Macedonia, crashed around 2 a.m. and there were ch...
Nov 22, 2021

Ferry capsizes in Sri Lanka; at least 6 dead
COLOMBO (AP) - A navy spokesperson says a ferry capsized Tuesday in eastern Sri Lanka, killing at least six people. Twelve people have been rescued, navy spokesperson Capt. Indika de Silva said. The n...
Nov 22, 2021

Ex-South Korean strongman Chun Doo-hwan dies at age 90
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who took power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds in office,...
Nov 22, 2021

Trump-backed Parnell loses custody battle, suspends campaign
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Sean Parnell, the candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, on Monday suspended his campaign after he lost a court fight over custody ...
Nov 22, 2021

Ethiopia PM says he will lead army 'from the battlefront'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's prime minister says he will lead his country's army "from the battlefront" beginning Tuesday, a dramatic new step by the Nobel Peace Prize-winner in a devastating year...
Nov 22, 2021

SUV driver in parade crash may have been fleeing a crime
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - Investigators are looking into whether the SUV driver who plowed through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40, was fle...
Nov 22, 2021

Prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery case: Arbery was under attack
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - None of the three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery had cause to make a citizen's arrest when they saw him in their neighborhood, according to a prosecutor, who s...
Nov 22, 2021

Official: More than 90% of fed workers got shots by deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 90% of federal workers have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday's deadline set by President Joe Biden. Biden announced in September that all federal ...
Nov 22, 2021

IOC call with Chinese tennis star Peng raises more questions
A video call between Olympic officials and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose nearly three-week disappearance from public view sparked an outcry, was meant to reassure the world that she was safe...
Nov 22, 2021

Vermont Democratic US Rep. Peter Welch to seek Senate seat
Vermont's sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat Peter Welch, announced Monday that he will run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy. Welch's decision...
Nov 22, 2021