Category Archives: World
Disgruntled French steel workers turn to populist Le Pen
HAYANGE, France - Two things now grow around the rusting carcasses of the last blast furnaces in this French steel town: weeds, and votes for populist Marine Le Pen. For months, labour leader Walter B...
Apr 18, 2017
US housing starts fell in March; still stronger than in 2016
WASHINGTON - U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in March, but the pace of construction so far this year remains stronger than in 2016. Housing starts fell 6.8 per cent last month to a seasonall...
Apr 18, 2017
Arkansas inmates try variety of arguments to avoid death
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas’ plan to resume capital punishment after nearly 12 years seemed on its way to being blocked by rulings related to the lethal drugs it wants to use, but in the end ar...
Apr 18, 2017
Thwarted attack rattles France days before presidential vote
PARIS - Extremism concerns shook France’s presidential campaign Tuesday as authorities announced arrests in what they said was a thwarted attack and candidates urged tougher counterterrorism eff...
Apr 18, 2017
Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France discuss Ukraine peace deal
BERLIN - The German government says the leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France have renewed their commitment to implementing a faltering peace deal for eastern Ukraine. Chancellor Angela Merke...
Apr 18, 2017
All 12 aboard crashed helicopter in Turkey found dead
ANKARA, Turkey - A police helicopter carrying officers, a judge and a soldier crashed due to bad weather in a mountainous region of southeastern Turkey Tuesday, killing all 12 people on board, the cou...
Apr 18, 2017
Official: French police thwart attack days before election
PARIS - French police thwarted an imminent “terror attack” and arrested two suspected radicals Tuesday in the southern port city of Marseille, French authorities said Tuesday, just days be...
Apr 18, 2017
UK leader calls for early election to boost Brexit bid
LONDON - Delivering the latest jolt in Britain’s year of political shocks, Prime Minister Theresa May called Tuesday for a snap June 8 general election, seeking to strengthen her hand in Europea...
Apr 18, 2017
Alligator crawls out of Louisiana storm drain
METAIRIE, La. - An alligator has been wrangled after crawling out of a storm drain in Louisiana. WWL reports (http://bit.ly/2pbVXFK) a 7-foot (2.13-meter) alligator emerged from a drain in Jefferson P...
Apr 18, 2017
Turkish opposition party files to have referendum voided
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s prime minister on Tuesday called on the opposition to respect the result of a referendum that will give sweeping new powers to the office of the president, but the main...
Apr 18, 2017