Category Archives: World

Taliban say mystery crash in Afghanistan was US aircraft
KABUL - A U.S. military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, a Taliban spokesman and Afghan journalist affiliated with the militant group said. A U.S. Army spokeswoman declined to commen...
Jan 27, 2020

Weinstein jury to hear from accuser alleging forced oral sex
NEW YORK - By her own account, Mimi Haleyi once rebuffed one of Harvey Weinstein's relentless advances by telling him, "I hear you have a terrible reputation with women." Haleyi says she didn't know j...
Jan 27, 2020

Billie Eilish, a voice of the youth, tops the Grammy Awards
NEW YORK - Singer Billie Eilish, who gave voice to young people struggling with depression on a do-it-yourself album she made at home with her older brother, is atop the music world. The 18-year-old m...
Jan 27, 2020

Democrats demand Bolton testify at Trump's impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut...
Jan 27, 2020

10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. REMEMBERING KOBE BRYANT NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others die...
Jan 27, 2020

Music stars pay tribute to Kobe Bryant at Grammys award show
LOS ANGELES - From the red carpet to the main stage, sadness loomed over music's biggest night Sunday at the arena in downtown Los Angeles where Kobe Bryant played for 20 years for the city's NBA team...
Jan 26, 2020

Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus
BEIJING - China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to contain an illn...
Jan 26, 2020

China counts 2,700 cases of new virus, 80 deaths
BEIJING - The death toll from a new virus has risen to 80 with more than 2,700 confirmed cases, China's government said Monday, after the health minister warned that the virus's ability to "spread is ...
Jan 26, 2020

Woods stunned to learn of Kobe Bryant's death
SAN DIEGO - Tiger Woods has heard just about everything from playing before the biggest crowds in golf, and he tends to ignore it. Most puzzling was what he kept hearing along the back nine Sunday at ...
Jan 26, 2020

Librarians honour books by Luiselli and Higginbotham
NEW YORK - Valeria Luiselli's novel "Lost Children Archive" and Adam Higginbotham's nonfiction "Midnight in Chornobyl" have been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal, a $5,000 prize presented by the Amer...
Jan 26, 2020