Category Archives: World

Authorities search for 'Glee' star believed to have drowned
Authorities planned Friday to renew the search for "Glee" star Naya Rivera, who is believed to have drowned in a Southern California lake while boating with her 4-year-old son. Rivera, 33, disappeared...
Jul 10, 2020

Depp says feces in bed was last straw in marriage to Heard
LONDON - Johnny Depp said in a London court on Friday that ex-wife Amber Heard's claims he abused her turned him from "Cinderella to Quasimodo" in the public eye. He also said the couple's tempestuous...
Jul 10, 2020

Supreme Court gives NY prosecutor a landmark legal victory
NEW YORK - The Supreme Court ruled that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. can obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns for a criminal investigation but sent a second request by Congre...
Jul 10, 2020

Malaysian police grill Al Jazeera over report on immigrants
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian police grilled a group of reporters and staff from news broadcaster Al Jazeera on Friday over a documentary on the treatment of undocumented immigrants that official...
Jul 10, 2020

Lawmakers vote to close down Philippines' largest TV network
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine lawmakers voted Friday to reject the license renewal of the country's largest TV network, shutting down a major news provider that had been repeatedly threatened by th...
Jul 10, 2020

Late Seoul mayor says in his will he feels sorry to people
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A will left by late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon says he feels "sorry to all people" and asks his body to be cremated. Park's body was found early Friday hours after he was re...
Jul 09, 2020

Singapore polls open; governing party set to extend power
SINGAPORE - Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting Friday in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-governing party to power. About 1,...
Jul 09, 2020

Bolivia's interim president has COVID-19 but ‘feels strong’
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Interim Bolivian President Jeanine ez says she has tested positive for the new coronavirus but feels strong and will continue working from isolation. Her infection comes amid a spike...
Jul 09, 2020

Venezuela socialist party boss announces he has COVID-19
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello has announced that he is sick with COVID-19. The man considered the second-most powerful person in Venezuela after President Nico...
Jul 09, 2020

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home becaus...
Jul 09, 2020