World News
Mexican telecom magnate becomes 1st person from developing world to be named worlds richest
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Carlos Slim, the son of an immigrant shopkeeper who amassed a $53.5 billion fortune and bought a major stake in the New York Times, became the first person from a developing nat...
Mexican magnate becomes first person from developing world to be named richest
MEXICO CITY - The son of an immigrant shopkeeper has become the first person from a developing country, and the first from Latin America, to be named the world's richest person. Mexican telecom mag...
US school district won't host prom dance after lesbian student's request to bring girlfriend
JACKSON, Miss. - A school in Mississippi has called off the annual senior dance after a lesbian student demanded she be allowed to bring her girlfriend. The American Civil Liberties Union had deman...
Activists allege whale meat served at US sushi restaurant, prompting federal investigation
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A special agent for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has requested a warrant to search a California sushi restaurant where activists say they were served ille...
Police harassment backfires as China's troublemakers bond over 'drinking tea' tales
BEIJING - Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement, but this one has a very different agenda. Police have long tried to shush and isolate potential activists, usually star...
Chile's Bachelet, despite criticism, gets high praise from disaster experts for quake response
SANTIAGO, Chile - President Michelle Bachelet leaves office Thursday with a chunk of her country in ruins - and her popularity in the clouds. Despite complaints that aid was slow to reach the hungr...
Diplomatic row during VP visit highlights Obama's failure to dim Israel's settlement ambitions
An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice-President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the Unit...
U.S. study suggests too many low-risk patients given invasive heart tests
NEW YORK - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans...
Thoroughbred breeder Paragallo convicted of mistreating horses on his NY farm
CATSKILL, N.Y. - Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie Paragallo was convicted Wednesday of mistreating dozens of malnourished horses on his Hudson Valley farm. A judge convicted ...
America's sordid political scandals make Canada's look tame by comparison
WASHINGTON - A New York congressman resigns amid accusations he sexually harassed his male employees during tickle fights. Another top Democrat, also a New Yorker, steps down from a powerful congre...
