By Ahn Young-Joon The Associated Press PAJU, Korea, Republic Of North Korea on Thursday ordered a military takeover of a factory park that had been the last major symbol of co-operation with South Korea, calling Seoul’s earlier suspension of operations at the jointly run facility as punishment for the North’s […]
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By David Rising The Associated Press DETMOLD, Germany A 94-year-old former SS sergeant went on trial Thursday in western Germany on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder, based on accusations that he served as a guard in the Auschwitz death camp as hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews and others […]
By Keith Ridler The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho Thousands of snowballs rolled in a flat central Idaho field look like the work of hundreds of ambitious kids ‚Äî except there are no human tracks. A rare weather event caused the spontaneous snowballs at the Nature Conservancy’s Silver Creek Preserve and […]
By Rob Harris The Associated Press LONDON Food and beverage giant Nestle told the IAAF on Wednesday that it terminated its sponsorship of athletics’ governing body over fears the doping scandal could damage the company’s image. The announcement came while Adidas remains in talks with the IAAF about its handling […]
By Alexander Panetta The Canadian Press MANCHESTER, N.H. A pair of protest candidates riding a message of rage against the political and economic machine have achieved an until-recently-unthinkable triumph: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have won the New Hampshire primary. They’re barely even members of their respective political parties. But […]
The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia A 93-year-old World War II veteran from the United States embraced his wartime girlfriend in Australia in their reunion Wednesday after more than 70 years apart. Norwood Thomas and 88-year-old Joyce Morris laughed as they wrapped their arms around each other after Thomas flew from […]
By Elliot Spagat The Associated Press SAN DIEGO For nearly 50 years, Sirhan Sirhan has been consistent: He says he doesn’t remember fatally shooting Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in a crowded kitchen pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The Jerusalem native, now 71, has given no inkling that […]
By Ashok Sharma The Associated Press NEW DELHI Millions of Indian children are getting deworming treatment in a massive national campaign to prevent parasitic worms from infecting them and impairing their mental and physical development. In a village on the outskirts of the Indian capital, the children washed their hands […]
By Manik Banerjee The Associated Press KOLKATA, India A wild elephant rampaged through an east Indian town on Wednesday, smashing homes and sending panicked residents running. As the frightened elephant ran amok, trampling parked cars and motorbikes, crowds of people gathered to watch from balconies and roof tops. Some followed […]
By Manik Banerjee The Associated Press KOLKATA, India A wild elephant rampaged through an east Indian town on Wednesday, smashing homes and sending panicked residents running. As the frightened elephant ran amok, trampling parked cars and motorbikes, crowds of people gathered to watch from balconies and roof tops. Some followed […]
By Manik Banerjee The Associated Press KOLKATA, India A wild elephant rampaged through an east Indian town on Wednesday, smashing homes and sending panicked residents running. As the frightened elephant ran amok, trampling parked cars and motorbikes, crowds of people gathered to watch from balconies and roof tops. Some followed […]
By Manik Banerjee The Associated Press KOLKATA, India A wild elephant rampaged through an east Indian town on Wednesday, smashing homes and sending panicked residents running. As the frightened elephant ran amok, trampling parked cars and motorbikes, crowds of people gathered to watch from balconies and roof tops. Some followed […]
