Category Archives: World

South Korea city urges 2.5M to stay home as virus cases grow
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The mayor of the South Korean city of Daegu urged its 2.5 million people on Thursday to refrain from going outside as cases of a new virus spiked and he pleaded for help fr...
Feb 19, 2020

Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy, urge victims to step forward
The Boy Scouts of America urged victims to come forward Tuesday as the historic, 110-year-old organization filed for bankruptcy protection in the first step toward creating a huge compensation fund fo...
Feb 19, 2020

Japan says 2 former cruise ship passengers died from virus
TOKYO - Japan's health ministry confirmed Thursday that two elderly passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship have died from the new virus, becoming the first fatalities from the virus-str...
Feb 19, 2020

Virus claims life of hospital director in hard-hit Wuhan
BEIJING - As a mysterious new virus enveloped central China's Wuhan early this year, Liu Zhiming mobilized all the resources of his hospital in the city's Wuchang district to deal with the thousands o...
Feb 19, 2020

Bestselling young adult authors are aiming at older readers
NEW YORK - After gaining millions of young readers for her "Divergent" fantasy series, Veronica Roth decided she and her characters were ready for the next phase - a novel for adults. "I grew up on st...
Feb 19, 2020

Ship captain arrested in probe of arms trafficking to Libya
ROME - Authorities in northern Italy arrested the captain of a Lebanese-flagged cargo ship on suspicion of international arms trafficking Wednesday while they investigate if the vessel transported tan...
Feb 19, 2020

Missouri man charged in Chinese wife's death despite no body
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The American husband of a Chinese woman who has been missing since October was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in her death, even though her body hasn't been found. Joseph E...
Feb 19, 2020

AP sources: Trump expected to tap loyalist as intel official
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is expected to name Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, as acting director of national intelligence. That's according to two administration officials w...
Feb 19, 2020

Police report several people shot in German city of Hanau
BERLIN - At least six people were seriously wounded in shootings at two sites in the German city of Hanau on Wednesday evening, police said. The dpa news agency and local media initially reported that...
Feb 19, 2020

Gucci bares backstage, No. 21 celebrates a decade
Milan Fashion Week opened Wednesday with outreach to China, largely cut off from the rest of the world by a new virus, and to Africa, often overlooked by luxury except as references. New York-based Ch...
Feb 19, 2020