Piece found on isle in Indian Ocean
WASHINGTON — Air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing c...
Turkey makes special request
BRUSSELS — NATO declared its “strong solidarity” with Turkey today as ambassadors gathered for a rare emergency meeting about the threat face...
Oldest ever giant panda celebrates with cake
HONG KONG (AP) — The oldest giant panda ever in captivity tasted a vegetable ice cake and, of course, bamboo in celebration o...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis opened the registration period for next year’s World Youth Day in Poland, using a tablet computer to sign up from a window overlooking St. Pe...
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said today it is buying Dublin-based Allergan PLC’s generic pharmaceuticals business for $40.5 billion, in what Israe...
Iran nuke deal faces heavy fire
WASHINGTON — Fresh from a spirited defense of the Iranian nuclear deal on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State John Kerry is selling the accor...
[naviga:h3]Prince George marks birthday[/naviga:h3]
LONDON — Prince George celebrates his second birthday today and while he’s just a toddler, he’s already made an impre...
Vatican hosts meeting today
VATICAN CITY — One city banned Styrofoam. Another has the highest percentage of “clean” cars in Europe. Still another has cut greenhouse gas e...
MILAN — Elio Fiorucci, founder of the Fiorucci brand that pioneered stretch jeans and exemplified the youthful, graphic ethos of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at age 80....
Finance scandal inflated profits
TOKYO — Toshiba’s chief executive is stepping down to take responsibility for doctored books that inflated profits at the Japanese techno...
