The Associated Press LONDON — A U.S. Army dog that attacked a machine-gun nest during World War II was posthumously awarded Britain’s highest honour for animal bravery on Monday. Chips, a German shepherd-husky cross, was awarded the Dickin Medal for actions during a 1943 beach landing in Sicily. According to […]
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By Thomas Adamson The Associated Press PARIS — Slovenian-born Melania Trump has been unafraid to go against her husband’s “America First” agenda and stay true to her roots, if there’s a message to be taken from her bold, foreign-flavoured wardrobe in 2017. In her first year as first lady, Mrs. […]
The Associated Press HONOLULU–When Jonathan Scheuer got an alert on his phone of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii, he and his family didn’t know what to do. They went to their guest bedroom, then decided it would be safer on the ground floor of their Honolulu home. “What do […]
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher And Brian Melley The Associated Press HONOLULU — When Jonathan Scheuer got an alert on his phone of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii, he and his family didn’t know what to do. They went to their guest bedroom, then decided it would be safer on […]
The Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia — Papua New Guinea says it is helping evacuate thousands of people at risk from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific Island nation’s north. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said in a statement on Monday that he has directed all relevant state […]
The Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia — Milkshake duck a term born in the twittersphere that describes an overnight social media sensation whose viral support rapidly dissolves with closer scrutiny was chosen Monday as an Australian dictionary’s word of 2017. Macquarie Dictionary, the definitive authority on Australian English, defines a milkshake […]
The Associated Press LONDON–Queen Elizabeth II reveals the secrets of giving a speech while wearing a weighty crown, in unusually candid comments that are part of a new documentary on her coronation and the symbolism of the crown jewels. Among the revelations of the program airing on the BBC on […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON–U.S. President Donald Trump today denied using certain “language” as fury spread over his comments about immigration during a private meeting with lawmakers. But neither he nor the White House denied the most controversial of his comments: using the word “shithole” to describe countries in Africa and […]
The Associated Press LUBEC, Maine — A fishing-industry building on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places is half-submerged in waters near a Canadian island, and conservationists fear it could disintegrate before legal tangles are resolved. The Jan. 4 blizzard tore the brine shed from its mooring at McCurdy’s Smokehouse […]
By Kaweewit Kaewjinda The Associated Press BANGKOK — Thai authorities have seized 148 kilograms (326 pounds) of African elephant ivory, including three large tusks, worth around 15 million baht ($469,800) from a Bangkok airport. The haul from Nigeria consisted of the tusks and 31 tusk fragments that were seized Jan. […]
By Cara Anna The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — Africans woke up on Friday to find President Donald Trump had finally taken an interest in their continent. It wasn’t what people had hoped for. Using vulgar language, Trump on Thursday questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and […]
By Sandy Cohen The Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. — It was a good night for women at the Critics’ Choice Awards, which honoured women-centred stories like “Big Little Lies,” ‘’The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” ‘’Wonder Woman” was named best action movie and star Gal Gadot accepted […]
