Category Archives: World

Man kills 6, then self, at Colorado birthday party shooting
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday, police said. The shooting happened just after midnight in a mobile hom...
May 09, 2021

Bye, bye, bye: Latin American boy band CNCO loses member
NEW YORK - The Latin American boy band CNCO is downsizing. The group announced on its official Instagram page Sunday that 22-year-old Joel Pimentel is leaving the band, making the successful quintet a...
May 09, 2021

Medina Spirit could lose Ky. Derby win; track bans Baffert
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Medina Spirit's victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a failed postrace drug test, one that led Churchill Downs to suspend Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert ...
May 09, 2021

In tense Jerusalem, flag-waving Israeli march to go ahead
JERUSALEM - Police on Sunday gave the go-ahead to the annual Jerusalem Day parade, a flag-waving display of Israeli claims to all of the contested city, despite days of unrest and soaring Israeli-Pale...
May 09, 2021

Fire at Syrian oil refinery extinguished after leakage
DAMASCUS, Syria - Firefighters extinguished a blaze Sunday in a distillation unit at one of Syria's two oil refineries, Syrian state TV reported. No one was hurt, but the fire caused some damage to th...
May 09, 2021

As cases grow, India's vaccination campaign falters
BENGALURU, India - Since India opened vaccinations to all adults this month, hoping to tame a disastrous coronavirus surge sweeping across the country, the pace of administering the shots has dropped ...
May 09, 2021

Maldives police say key suspect in Nasheed attack arrested
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Maldives police said Sunday they arrested a person believed to be the prime suspect in an explosion that critically wounded the country's former president and which was blamed on ...
May 09, 2021

Eyeing reelection bid, Macron looks to repair French economy
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron's plans for bringing France out of the pandemic aren't just about resuscitating long-closed restaurants, boutiques and museums. They are also about preparing his poss...
May 09, 2021

Putin tells Red Square parade that Nazi ideas persist
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe with a speech warning that Nazi beliefs remain strong. Speaking to the annual military parade on M...
May 09, 2021

Johnson calls for UK talks after Scottish Nationalists win
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday invited the leaders of the U.K.'s devolved nations for crisis talks on the union after Scotland's pro-independence party won its fourth straight...
May 09, 2021