DETROIT (AP):When football players kneel during the national anthem, Mark Clague sees the continuation of a tradition as old as the song itself.The University of Michigan musicology...
The Islamic State group is claiming links to a knife attack in the southern French city of Marseille that left two women and the assailant dead. The claim was carried in a statement Sunday night by the IS-affiliated Aamaq news agency. It said the...
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A man with a knife attacked people at the main train station in the southeastern French city of Marseille on Sunday, killing two women before soldiers fatally shot the assailant, officials said. French police warned...
Published:Saturday | September 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM
BARCELONA (AP):Catalonian separatists yesterday ignored a police ultimatum to leave the schools they are occupying to use in a vote seeking independence from Spain.As police methodically sealed off hundreds of schools, some parents decided to send...
Published:Saturday | September 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM
UNITED STATES SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A top Mormon leader yesterday reaffirmed the religion's opposition to same-sex marriage during a church conference watched by members around the world....
Published:Saturday | September 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM
BRANCHBURG, NJ (AP):President Donald Trump yesterday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard US response to the natural disaster that has rocked the island."Such...
Published:Saturday | September 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM
MEXICO CITY (AP):The death toll from Mexico's magnitude 7.1 earthquake has risen by two and now stands at 360.It includes 219 deaths in Mexico City, where 38 buildings collapsed during the temblor.The rest of the casualties came in five states near...
Published:Saturday | September 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM
BERLIN (AP):Almost 40 years after their first kiss, Karl and Bodo are getting hitched.The two male civil servants from Berlin are expected to become the first gay couple to tie the knot in Germany when a law allowing same-sex marriages takes effect...
KARANGASEM (AP):Bali's gently lowing cows, prised for their hardiness and doe-like temperament, won't become victims of the tropical island's menacing Mount Agung volcano if villager Wayan...
STAVANGER (AP):The Nobel Peace Prize does more than recognise the past achievements of individuals. By honouring causes and movements, the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee often is encouraging future work toward peace.But promising initiatives...
WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump pledged to help Puerto Ricans recover basic necessities and security in Maria's ruinous aftermath as his homeland security chief tried to escape a...
WASHINGTON (AP): The United States is warning Americans against visiting Cuba and ordering more than half of its Havana embassy personnel to leave the island, senior officials said Friday in a dramatic response to what they described as targeted...
Published:Thursday | September 28, 2017 | 10:50 AM
European Union leaders to look at vision for post-Brexit futureTALLINN (AP):The European Union will be looking beyond its impending break-up with Britain at how to build a common future with the 27 nations remaining in the bloc during a two-day...
Published:Thursday | September 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM
MEXICO CITY (AP):A tree branch saved a maintenance mechanic from the collapsing building where a dozen co-workers died when last week's earthquake rocked central Mexico. A slap across the face startled a dazed father back to his senses, spurring him...
Published:Thursday | September 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP):On a May morning in 1990, Marlene Warren answered her front door in an upscale Florida suburb to find a clown in an orange wig, red nose and white face paint, handing her...
Hugh Hefner, American founder of the international adult magazine Playboy, has died at the age of 91. Hefner reportedly passed away peacefully at home in Los Angeles, from natural causes. Hefner began publishing Playboy in his kitchen in 1953...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2017 | 12:00 AM
BALI (AP):Warnings that the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali will erupt have sparked an exodus of nearly 100,000 people that is likely to continue to swell.Images from the...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2017 | 12:00 AM
HOUSTON, Missouri (AP):Some of Ally Lee Steinfeld's burnt remains were found in a bag in a rural southern Missouri chicken coop. Authorities say both of the transgender teen's eyes had been...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2017 | 12:00 AM
MONTEBELLO (AP):Relatives helped Maribel Valentin Espino find shelter when Hurricane Maria roared through her community in northern Puerto Rico. Neighbours formed volunteer brigades to cut fallen trees and clear twisty mountain roads after the storm...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2017 | 12:00 AM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP): Saudi Arabia's surprise decision to grant women the right to drive in the conservative kingdom marks a significant expansion in women's rights, but activists said Wednesday it is also only the first step in a long...
BERLIN (AP):One of the most prominent figures in the nationalist Alternative for Germany said Tuesday she plans to leave the party, even as other lawmakers from the anti-migrant party held their first...
SEOUL (AP):Military analysts say North Korea doesn't have either the capability or the intent to attack US bombers and fighter jets, despite the country's top diplomat saying it has every...
LONDON (AP):Nigeria has greatly reduced the reach of Boko Haram extremists even though the group can still launch some types of attacks, the country's information minister said.Boko Haram used to administer a number of local governments and collect...
WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump lashed out at "so-called Republicans" yesterday for deserting the party's latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law as Senate leaders tried to...
CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP):Nevada's parole board says it didn't consider O.J. Simpson's 1989 conviction for misdemeanour spousal abuse when it granted his release because it wasn't listed in the national clearinghouse of FBI crime data.The disclosure...
