Category Archives: World

Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs to ramp up R&D in 5G race
HELSINKI - Wireless network maker Nokia says it is planning to cut up to 10,000 jobs, or over 10% of its staff, to reduce costs as it invests in research and development and tries to cement its role a...
Mar 16, 2021

Ford partners with U-M on robotics research, new building
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Digit marches on two legs across the floor of the University of Michigan's Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building, while Mini-Cheetah - staccato-like - does the same on four and the yello...
Mar 16, 2021

Spike Lee to head Cannes Film Festival jury
NEW YORK - Spike Lee, who was set to lead last year's jury for the Cannes Film Festival that was ultimately cancelled by the pandemic, will preside over this year's jury instead. The French Riviera fe...
Mar 16, 2021

2 dead, 2 injured as car drives hits pedestrians in Germany
BERLIN - A car drove into a group of people at a pedestrian crossing in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Tuesday, killing two and leaving another two seriously injured, police said. They describe...
Mar 16, 2021

Israeli experts announce discovery of more Dead Sea scrolls
JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt a...
Mar 16, 2021

Britain's Prince Philip returns home after treatment
LONDON - Britain's Prince Philip returned to Windsor Castle on Tuesday, a month in the hospital during which he was treated for an infection and underwent a heart procedure. Philip, 99, the husband of...
Mar 16, 2021

Radio host Craig Carton fraud victim complains to judge
NEW YORK - The successful revival of sports radio personality Craig Carton's career just months after being released from prison has not gone unnoticed by at least one victim of his multimillion-dolla...
Mar 15, 2021

US air travel rises to highest levels yet since pandemic hit
Across the United States, air travel is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it is showing up in longer airport security lines and busier traffic on airline websites. The Trans...
Mar 15, 2021

Haaland OK'd at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the first to lead the federal agenc...
Mar 15, 2021

3 die when car hits 9 people in San Diego; driver in custody
SAN DIEGO - A driver lost control and veered onto a sidewalk Monday dotted with homeless tents in downtown San Diego, killing three people and injuring six others, including two who are hospitalized i...
Mar 15, 2021