Category Archives: World

Death toll in bombing in Somalia's capital rises to 20
NAIROBI, Kenya - The death toll has risen to at least 20 after a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a popular restaurant in Somalia's capital on Friday night, with 30 wounded, the government n...
Mar 06, 2021

Royalty TV: UK monarchy and television have complex ties
LONDON - Britain's royal family and television have a complicated relationship. The medium has helped define the modern monarchy: The 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was Britain's first mass TV ...
Mar 06, 2021

Pope Francis meets with top Shiite cleric in Iraq
NAJAF, Iraq - Pope Francis met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior clerics in Shiite Islam, in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on Saturday to deliver a message of peaceful coexistenc...
Mar 05, 2021

California to let Major League Baseball, Disneyland reopen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Major League Baseball teams in California can welcomea limited number of fans back to ballparks on April 1 under new state rukes announced Friday that will also let Disneyland and...
Mar 05, 2021

Meghan: talk with Oprah without royals' input 'liberating'
LOS ANGELES - Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex has described to Oprah Winfrey how "liberating" it was to have a conversation - let alone a sit-down interview - with the television host without royal mind...
Mar 05, 2021

Oregon governor ordering teachers to return to classroom
PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Friday she is issuing an executive order mandating that all K-12 public schools provide universal access to in-person learning by the month's end for stude...
Mar 05, 2021

Affidavit: Man found Tiger Woods unconscious after SUV crash
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. - A man found Tiger Woods unconscious in a mangled SUV after the golf star crashed the vehicle in Southern California, authorities said in court documents obtained Friday...
Mar 05, 2021

EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute
BRUSSELS - In a sign of goodwill to rebuild trans-Atlantic relations, the European Union and the United States have decided to suspend tariffs used in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing dispute, the EU Co...
Mar 05, 2021

No winners: UK waits for Harry, Meghan take on royal split
LONDON - The timing couldn't be worse for Harry and Meghan. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will finally get the chance to tell the story behind their departure from royal duties directly to the public...
Mar 05, 2021

American Academy of Arts and Letters expands, diversifies
NEW YORK - One of the country's oldest cultural instititutions, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is undergoing some of its biggest changes in more than a century. For the first time since 190...
Mar 05, 2021