Category Archives: World

Dramatic drop in Saudi executions after laws changed in 2020
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia, for years one of the world's most prolific executioners, dramatically reduced the number of people put to death last year, following changes halting executi...
Jan 18, 2021

Israel moves to rein in rights group over 'apartheid' use
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel's education minister says he is banning groups that call Israel an "apartheid state" from lecturing at schools - a move that targets one of the country's leading human rights...
Jan 18, 2021

12 workers trapped week ago in China mine blast are alive
BEIJING - Chinese state media say 12 out of 22 workers trapped for a week by an explosion in a gold mine are alive, as hundreds of rescuers seek to bring them to safety. The Xinhua News Agency said Mo...
Jan 18, 2021

Moon urges Biden to learn from Trump's N. Korea diplomacy
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's president on Monday urged the incoming Biden administration to build upon the achievements and learn from the failures of President Donald Trump's diplomatic ...
Jan 18, 2021

Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White House
WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation's first female vice-president - and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that ...
Jan 18, 2021

Death toll from violence in Sudan's West Darfur rises to 83
CAIRO - The death toll from tribal violence between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan's West Darfur province climbed to at least 83, including women and children, a doctor's union and aid worker said, as s...
Jan 18, 2021

SKorean court gives Samsung scion prison term over bribery
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong is heading back to prison after a South Korean court sentenced him to two and a half years over his involvement in a 2016 corruption ...
Jan 17, 2021

FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack
WASHINGTON - U.S. defence officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI t...
Jan 17, 2021

Small numbers of protesters gather at fortified US capitols
Small groups of right-wing protesters - some of them carrying rifles - gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday as National Guard troops and police kept watch to preven...
Jan 17, 2021

Dog and goat serving as mayor raise money for a playground
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor have helped raise money to renovate a Vermont community playground. The oddball idea of pet mayor elections to raise money to rehabilitat...
Jan 17, 2021