WASHINGTON (AP):It was a faint signal, but it told of one of the most violent acts in the Universe, and it would soon reveal secrets of the Cosmos, including how gold was created.Astronomers...
UNITED NATIONS (AP):The United States and human-rights groups sharply criticised yesterday's UN election for 15 new members of the Human Rights Council, singling out conflict-torn Congo's victory...
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP):
Another large Georgia city could cut penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Savannah Alderman Van Johnson announced Monday that he wants to reduce the maximum city fine for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana from $1,000 to...
WASHINGTON (AP):A key moderate Republican yesterday urged United States President Donald Trump to back a bipartisan Senate effort to shield consumers from rising premiums after his abrupt...
VIENNA (AP):The leader of Austria's right-leaning People's Party has declared victory in a national election that puts him on track to become Europe's youngest head of government.Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian...
LONDON (AP):British police are investigating three new allegations of sexual assault against film producer Harvey Weinstein, all made by the same woman.London's Metropolitan Police force said yesterday that...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP):The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia's capital killed at least 231 people with more than 275 injured, a senator said Sunday, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation. The toll...
LONDON (AP):Children are being given "short shrift" in the Brexit process, with some left feeling worried and unsafe, Hillary Clinton said Saturday.The 2016 US presidential candidate spoke at Swansea University in Wales, which presented her with an...
TEHRAN (AP):United States President Donald Trump's refusal to certify the Iran nuclear deal has sparked a new war of words between the Islamic Republic and America, fuelling growing mistrust and a sense of nationalism among Iranians.The speech has...
MOGADISHU (AP):A huge explosion from a truck bomb killed at least 20 people, although some reports said 30, in Somalia's capital, police said yesterday, as shaken residents called it the most powerful blast they've heard in years.The explosion...
SONOMA, California (AP):Rising winds fanned the Northern California wildfires again yesterday, forcing hundreds more people to flee from their homes in the state's fabled wine country and destroying more buildings.The winds kicked up several hours...
VATICAN CITY (AP):A Vatican court yesterday convicted the former president of the Pope's children's hospital of diverting some US$500,000 in donations to renovate a cardinal's flat and gave him a one-year suspended sentence.The original charges...
WASHINGTON (AP):An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children have been released after years of being held captive by a group that has ties to the Taliban and is considered a terrorist organisation by the United States, US...
SONOMA, California (AP):Search-and-rescue teams, some with cadaver dogs, started looking for bodies yesterday in parts of California wine country devastated by wildfires, an indication that more dead...
Mandalay Bay hotel officials didn't notify police about a shooting in a hallway inside the high-rise until after Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd outside at a country music festival...
UNITED STATES SWEDESBORO, N.J. (AP):Quadruplet sisters are doing their best to honor the legacy of their late mother.Eighteen-year-olds Casey, Kelly, Rachel and Erin Murphy are working toward...
MEXICO MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Nearly two-thirds of the buildings that collapsed in Mexico City's monstrous earthquake last month were built using a construction method that is now forbidden in seismic hotspots in the United States, Chile and New Zealand...
LAS VEGAS (AP):The gunman who killed 58 people in the worst mass shooting in modern US history targeted aviation fuel tanks, stockpiled his car with explosives, and had personal-protection gear...
BANGKOK, Thailand(AP):Thai artists and craftsmen are putting the finishing touches on an elaborate crematorium complex ahead of the funeral of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who reigned for 70...
WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump's long list of immigration demands has landed with a thud among lawmakers hopeful for a deal to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.The list of demands released late Sunday...
BILOXI, Mississippi (AP):Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the US Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly Sunday, sparing the region the kind of catastrophic...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP):Spanish unionists in Catalonia finally found their voice on Sunday, resurrecting the Spanish flag as a symbol of patriotism after decades of it being associated with the Franco dictatorship.In a defiant challenge to plans by...
BAKERSFIELD, California (AP):Jack Beaton felt equally comfortable gripping a pair of barbecue tongs surrounded by friends or swinging his roofer's hammer on a hot day at work. He died a...
