World

US service sector expansion slows in November

SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, registered its sixth consecutive month of expansion in November. The Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday that it...

Dec 03, 2020

'Multiple casualties' after explosion at UK warehouse

LONDON - A local British emergency services department says there have been "multiple casualties" following a large explosion Thursday at a warehouse near the southwest England city of Bristol. The Av...

Dec 03, 2020

US jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as virus escalates

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the intens...

Dec 03, 2020

S. Koreans take college entrance exam amid viral resurgence

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Hundreds of thousands of masked students in South Korea, including 35 confirmed COVID-19 patients, took the highly competitive university entrance exam Thursday despite a v...

Dec 02, 2020

6 missing, homes destroyed in southeast Alaska landslide

JUNEAU, Alaska - Six people were missing after a mudslide measuring an estimated two football fields across slammed into a neighbourhood in the southeast Alaska community of Haines, Alaska State Troop...

Dec 02, 2020

Roddy Ricch has Apple Music's top album, song of 2020

NEW YORK - Roddy Ricch is the king of Apple Music: The rapper has the music platform's most-streamed song and album of the year. Apple announced Thursday that Ricch achieved the feat with his hit "The...

Dec 02, 2020

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail on fraud charge

HONG KONG - Outspoken Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai was refused bail on Thursday on a fraud charge amid a growing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city. Jimmy ...

Dec 02, 2020

Ex-French leader Valery Giscard d'Estaing dies at age 94

PARIS - Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, died on Wednesday. He was 94. Giscard d'Estaing's office said he passed away ...

Dec 02, 2020

Waiting for passengers, American puts Boeing Max in the air

DALLAS - American Airlines is taking its long-grounded Boeing 737 Max jets out of storage, updating key flight-control software, and flying the planes in preparation for the first flights with paying ...

Dec 02, 2020

NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday. Observations by a telescope in Hawaii clinche...

Dec 02, 2020