Category Archives: World

After years grappling with Google, Europe has tips for US
LONDON - The U.S. antitrust crackdown on Google might seem like deja vu for European Union regulators. By U.S. standards, the Justice Department's move to sue Google this week for abusing its dominanc...
Oct 21, 2020

Trump tends to his electoral map, Biden eyes Obama boost
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is hopping from one must-win stop on the electoral map to the next in the leadup to a final presidential debate that may be his last, best chance to alter the traje...
Oct 21, 2020

Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that...
Oct 21, 2020

Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film
ROME - Pope Francis endorsed gay civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for a feature-length documentary that made its premiere at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday. The pap...
Oct 21, 2020

CMT Music Awards to feature trio of hosts, outdoor stages
NASHVILLE - A trio of new hosts will lead fans through a new look at this year's CMT Music Awards, which replaced the live arena audience with performances in scenic outdoor locations around Nashville...
Oct 21, 2020

Romance song master Armando Manzanero has more music to give
MEXICO CITY - Armando Manzanero still has music to give. At 84, the Mexican master of romantic music, who has penned Spanish classics such as "Somos Novios" and "Contigo Aprend", is still working the ...
Oct 21, 2020

Stampede kills 11 Afghans seeking visas to leave country
KABUL - At least 11 women were trampled to death when a stampede broke out Wednesday among thousands of Afghans waiting in a soccer stadium to get visas to leave the country, officials said. Attaullah...
Oct 21, 2020

Cathay Pacific cuts 8,500 jobs, shutters regional airline
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Wednesday it would cut 8,500 jobs and shut a regional airline as it grapples with the plunge in air travel due to the pandemic. About 5,300 employees base...
Oct 21, 2020

The Latest: Pakistan warns of new lockdown as deaths rise
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military-backed National Command and Operation Center has issued a warning that another lockdown could be imposed to contain COVID-19 deaths if people don't stop violating socia...
Oct 21, 2020

Nigeria protesters break curfew amid gunfire, chaos in Lagos
LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's anti-police protesters stayed on the streets in Lagos on Wednesday, breaking the government curfew following a night of chaotic violence in which demonstrators were fired up...
Oct 21, 2020