Friday, April 19, 2024

World

Man sets himself on fire outside NY court at Trump’s trial

NEW YORK - A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump's historic hush-money trial was taking place, witnesses said. A witness on the scene...

Google sacks staff protesting over Israeli contract

Google has sacked 28 workers who took part in protests against a deal the technology giant has with...

US suspends visa service in Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -The US State Department has announced the suspension of routine visa services at its...

Lewis Hamilton says he plans to race ‘well into’ his 40s

Lewis Hamilton says he will join his old rival Fernando Alonso in racing in Formula 1 "well into...

Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of long-stalled Congress aid vote

Ukraine's prime minister has told the BBC there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its...

Trauma, stigma, face girls, women rescued from Boko Haram

YOLA, Nigeria (AP) – The taunts wouldn't stop. "Boko Haram wives," the schoolgirls were called because they had been briefly held by Nigeria's Islamic...

Castro: Pope Francis so impressive I might return to church

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro paid a call Sunday on Pope Francis at the Vatican to thank him for working for...

NBC turning back the clock with new shows

NEW YORK (AP) – NBC is turning to some proven players for next year’s schedule, resurrecting its Heroes franchise, bringing back Craig T. Nelson...

HBO wins case against Mitre

NEW YORK (AP) – HBO did not defame a British sporting-goods company with a report that showed children in India stitching the company’s soccer...

Liberia cautiously marks end of Ebola after 4 700 deaths

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - On the day Mercy Kennedy lost her mother to Ebola, it was hard to imagine a time when Liberia would...

We Shall Overcome singer dies

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (AP) – Guy Carawan, a folk singer and social-justice advocate credited with turning the African-American spiritual We Shall Overcome into a unifying...