Category Archives: World

US adds modest 559,000 jobs, a sign of more hiring struggles
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April's sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidl...
Jun 04, 2021

EU, UK investigate Facebook over classified ad competition
LONDON (AP) - European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations into Facebook on Friday to look into whether the company distorts competition in the classified advertising mar...
Jun 04, 2021

From the Beatles to Elton John: Oldest DJ's storied career
HONG KONG (AP) - Ray Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. In a storied career spanning over 70 years in Hong Kong, Cordeiro has interviewed superstars including the Beatles a...
Jun 03, 2021

Most vaccinated California workers must keep masks on
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Conflicted California workplace regulators approved controversial rules that allow workers to go maskless only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated against the cor...
Jun 03, 2021

Reports: Organizer of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil arrested
HONG KONG (AP) - A member of the committee that organizes Hong Kong's annual candlelight vigil for the victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown was arrested early Friday on the 32nd anniversary, loca...
Jun 03, 2021

Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey dead at 87
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two stat...
Jun 03, 2021

Federal agency: Nevada flower near mine should be protected
RENO, Nev. (AP) - An extremely rare wildflower that grows only in Nevada's high desert where an Australian mining company wants to dig for lithium should be protected under the Endangered Species Act,...
Jun 03, 2021

Biden announces international COVID-19 vaccine sharing plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Thursday unveiled President Joe Biden's plans to share COVID-19 vaccines with the world, including its intent to direct 75% of excess doses through the U.N.-backed...
Jun 03, 2021

1st cruise ship sails through Venice since start of pandemic
SOAVE, Italy (AP) - Early risers in Venice were surprised Thursday to see a cruise ship nosing down the Giudecca canal for the first time since the start of the pandemic, despite repeated government p...
Jun 03, 2021

Princess Diana's wedding dress goes on display in London
LONDON (AP) - The dress Princess Diana wore at her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles went on public display Thursday at the late princess's former home in London. The taffeta-ruffled white dress designed...
Jun 03, 2021