Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara said her triumph over a determined Ratchanok Intanon in Sunday’s Hong Kong Open final is a massive confidence boost ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Both players were hungry for the win, drawing level 13 times in the second game before the sixth-ranked Okuhara beat the […]
WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump said his administration will get a full report in the next two days about the death of a Saudi journalist, which has created a diplomatic conundrum for the president: How to admonish Riyadh for the killing yet maintain strong ties with a close ally […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leads the testing of a newly developed tactical weapon, in this undated photo released on November 16, 2018 by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS SEOUL – North Korea’s claim last week that it had tested an unidentified […]
Egypt is looking to use its vast, newly tapped undersea gas reserves to establish itself as a key energy exporter and revive its flagging economy. Encouraged by the discovery of huge natural gas fields in the Mediterranean, Cairo has in recent months signed gas deals with neighbouring Israel […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A woman whose mother for years made everyone believe her daughter was seriously ill testified Thursday that she talked her boyfriend whom she’d met online into coming to Missouri to kill her abusive mom, believing it was the only way she could be free of […]
BOISE, Idaho — A man driving a Porsche that plowed into a crowd of spectators at an Idaho car show was sentenced Friday to 180 days in jail, with all but seven days suspended. Roy Drennon, 51, of the Boise suburb of Eagle, was convicted of reckless driving […]
BAGHDAD — It was spring 2007 in northern Iraq when 6-year-old Saja Saleem raced home from school with the good news about her excellent grades, hoping to receive the gift her father had promised her. “All of a sudden, I found myself spinning into the air with fire […]
MALE – The new president of the Maldives took office on Saturday, declaring the state coffers to have been looted and warned that the country was in financial difficulty after racking up debt with Chinese lenders in an infrastructure boom. The Maldives, famous for its luxury resorts on […]
As the federal investigation continues into one of the most fabled prison escapes of all time — the 1962 break from Alcatraz — new technology is helping to preserve part of the story. The FBI gave the National Park Service, which now runs Alcatraz as a tourist attraction […]
A bill removing federal protections for the gray wolf species was passed by the House on Friday. The Manage Our Wolves Act aims to remove the animal from the list of threatened and endangered species — and allow ranchers, landowners, hunters and other civilians to shoot them. The move also […]
Founder Editor
