Category Archives: World

Pope apologizes for history of discrimination against Roma
BLAJ, Romania - Pope Francis apologized Sunday to the Roma ethnic minority for their history of discrimination in Europe and paid homage to Romanian Catholics persecuted during communist rule as he wr...
Jun 04, 2019

Trump family to get red-carpet royal treatment on UK visit
LONDON - It's a unique odd couple: A 93-year-old sovereign who has made a point of keeping her opinions to herself during her long reign is hosting a 72-year-old reality TV star-turned-president who t...
Jun 04, 2019

Virginia Beach shines light on victims, not mass shooter
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The victims of America's latest mass shooting had been dead for less than a day when police and city officials released a detailed presentation with their names, photos, job titl...
Jun 04, 2019

5 injured in Venice as cruise ship slams into tourist boat
VENICE, Italy - A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning, injuring five people, officials said. The collision sparked ...
Jun 04, 2019

Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicizing the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late U.S. Sen. J...
Jun 04, 2019

China issues US travel alert warning of official harassment
BEIJING - China issued a travel warning for the U.S. on Tuesday, saying Chinese visitors have been interrogated, interviewed and subjected to other forms of what it called harassment by U.S. law enfor...
Jun 04, 2019

Trump baby blimp flies in London as protests greet president
LONDON - As British Prime Minister Theresa May meets President Donald Trump on Tuesday, thousands of protesters plan to tell the U.S. leader he should have stayed at home. Trade unions, women's groups...
Jun 04, 2019

German government wobbles after Social Democrat leader quits
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Sunday to continue with her government after the leader of the centre-left Social Democrats, a junior partner in the coalition, resigned following a seri...
Jun 04, 2019

Senate report reveals nearly 400 troubled nursing homes
WASHINGTON - The federal government for years has kept under wraps the names of hundreds of nursing homes around the country found by inspectors to have serious ongoing health, safety or sanitary prob...
Jun 03, 2019

USTR, Treasury defend Trump strategy on trade row with China
BEIJING - The U.S. Trade Representative and Treasury Department have issued a statement defending Washington's strategy in its trade dispute with Beijing. The statement seen on the USTR's website Tues...
Jun 03, 2019