Category Archives: World

Australia sending aid to wildfire towns as death toll rises
PERTH, Australia - Australia deployed military ships and aircraft Wednesday to help communities ravaged by apocalyptic wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of...
Jan 03, 2020

What's known and not known about Ghosn's case after escape
TOKYO - Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn fled Japan this week while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges and appeared in Lebanon. A look at the unfolding case of the fallen supe...
Jan 02, 2020

Netflix show returns late Argentine prosecutor to spotlight
Debora Rey And Renato Brito, The Associated Press
Jan 02, 2020

North Korea's Kim touts strategic weapon amid stall in talks
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Expressing deep frustration over stalled nuclear talks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned of unspecified "shocking" action and that his country will soon reveal a new ...
Jan 02, 2020

Iran's Gen. Soleimani killed in airstrike at Baghdad airport
BAGHDAD - Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport Friday, Iraqi television and three Iraqi officials said. The strike ...
Jan 02, 2020

Correction: Big Buoy story
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - In a story December 30, 2019, about a buoy washing ashore in Florida, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the buoy was floating in the Atlantic Ocean for two years....
Jan 02, 2020

Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to court doc...
Jan 02, 2020

Son of 'Weeds' TV show creator dies in Utah ski accident
SALT LAKE CITY - The son of well-known television producer Jenji Kohan has died after a ski accident in Utah, police said Thursday. Charles "Charlie" Noxon, 20, was on an intermediate-level trail at P...
Jan 02, 2020

Study finds 2019 was a ‘banner year’ for female filmmakers
NEW YORK - Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women in the director's chair. In 2019, women directed more of the most popular movies than ...
Jan 02, 2020

Kisses, cheers, fireworks welcome 2020 in Times Square
NEW YORK - Couples kissed. Others cheered and waved balloons as fireworks burst into the night sky and confetti fell to welcome the start of 2020 in New York City's Times Square. In one of the globe's...
Jan 02, 2020