Tag Archives: International

LONDON - Trucks waiting to get out of Britain backed up for miles and people were left stranded at airports Monday as dozens of countries around the world slapped tough travel restrictions on the U.K....

PARIS - The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation Monday to identify the authors of online anti-Semitic comments directed at the runner-up for Miss France 2021, who has Israeli origins. Fr...

BEIJING - An official from China's Communist Party signalled Monday that there would likely be no letup in its crackdown in the remote Xinjiang region, but said the government's focus is shifting more...

HONOLULU - Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island roared back to life Sunday night as lava went shooting into the air, boiling away a water lake and sending a massive plume of steam, gas and ash soari...

MADISON, Wis. - Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history and the first woman to serve on the high court, has died. She was 87. Abrahamson, who also serv...

The superhero sequel "Wonder Woman 1984" has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theatres, Warner Bros. said Sunday. The film starring Gal Gadot started its rollout ab...

SYDNEY, Australia - The outbreak in Sydney's northern beach suburbs has grown to 70 cases with an additional 30 in the last 24 hours, and authorities say they may never be able to trace the source. Wh...

NEW YORK - A federal advisory panel recommended Sunday that people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers should be next in line for COVID-19 shots, w...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Gunmen in Nigeria abducted more than 80 Islamic school students in northwestern Katsina state Saturday night, but the pupils were quickly rescued by security forces after a fierce...

KABUL - A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan's capital Sunday morning killed at least nine people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi told reporters at th...