Category Archives: World

Sudan protesters, army announce new ruling body after deal
CAIRO - Sudan's pro-democracy movement and the army have announced a joint ruling body, disbanding the military council that had taken over the country after ousting longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir i...
Aug 20, 2019

Ex-baseball players Dotel, Castillo linked to DR drug ring
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel and are searching for ex-infielder Luis Castillo for their alleged links to a d...
Aug 20, 2019

Area 51 county officials draft emergency plan for big crowds
LAS VEGAS - Officials in Nevada's sparsely populated Lincoln County have drafted an emergency declaration and are planning with neighbouring counties and the state in case crowds arrive for an event n...
Aug 20, 2019

25th Bond movie gets a title: 'No Time to Die'
NEW YORK - The 25th James Bond movie has a title: "No Time to Die." Producers announced the moniker Tuesday for the film that has long been referred to simply as "Bond 25." "No Time to Die" returns Da...
Aug 20, 2019

Clemson QB Lawrence leads AP preseason All-America team
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team, and he has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on the first team. Lawrence, the first fresh...
Aug 20, 2019

Earth's future in being written in fast-melting Greenland
HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland - Greenland is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. Scientists are hard at work there, trying to understand the alarm...
Aug 20, 2019

Italian PM Conte to resign after League party pulls backing
ROME - Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has told senators he is handing in his resignation because his right-wing coalition partner, the League party led by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, has decided...
Aug 20, 2019

Iranian tanker sought by US heads to unknown destination
GIBRALTAR - An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization lifted its anchor and begun moving away from Gibraltar l...
Aug 20, 2019

Status hearing set for civil lawsuit against Jussie Smollett
CHICAGO - A hearing is set in the city of Chicago's effort to recover costs from actor Jussie Smollett after police said his claims of a racist and anti-gay attack were phoney and staged. The status h...
Aug 20, 2019

Police keep low profile at huge, peaceful Hong Kong protest
Hong Kong streets were turned into rivers of umbrellas on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people marched through heavy rain down a major road in the Chinese territory, where massive pro-democracy d...
Aug 20, 2019