Angry crowd tries to charge Hong Kong democracy protest; stand-off enters third week Monday, 13 October 2014, 09:09 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press An angry crowd tried to charge barricades used by pro-democracy protesters to occupy part of downtown Hong Kong as a standoff with authorities dragged into a third week. Several hundred people,...
Looking back at history: Brief account of what took place in the world on 13 October Monday, 13 October 2014, 08:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press Today is Monday, October 13, the 286th day of 2014. There are 79 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1775 - The U.S. Navy is founded as the Continental...
World finance ministers seek to 'act boldly and ambitiously' to boost global recovery Monday, 13 October 2014, 06:32 Last update: about 13 years ago World financial leaders are pledging to act boldly and ambitiously to give a weak and uneven global recovery some momentum, but they have often fallen short in the past when trying to follow...
World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 12 October Monday, 13 October 2014, 06:27 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press DRUG CARTELS-MONEY LAUNDERING CHULA VISTA, California - For a company booking $12 million in annual sales importing snacks from Mexico, Baja Distributors Inc. was oddly quiet. There were no signs...
Kurdish fighters halt advance of the Islamic State extremist group in the Syrian town of Kobani Sunday, 12 October 2014, 15:21 Last update: about 13 years ago Kurdish fighters have been able to halt the advance of the Islamic State extremist group in the Syrian border town of Kobani, where the U.S.-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes for more...
Russian President Putin orders thousands of Russian troops away from Ukraine border Sunday, 12 October 2014, 14:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border to return to their usual bases, according to his spokesman. Dmitry Peskov told Russian news...
United Nations' Ban Ki-moon calls for end to fighting in Libya: 'fighting no longer tolerated' Saturday, 11 October 2014, 21:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon traveled Saturday to Libya to support a reconciliation process between warring factions there, calling on renegade general fighting Islamist militias in its east to...
Kobani 'literally surrounded' except for one narrow entry and exit point to the Turkish border Saturday, 11 October 2014, 16:21 Last update: about 13 years ago Kurdish fighters halted a thrust by Daesh militants towards the heart of the battleground Syrian town of Kobani today, after the UN warned thousands of civilians risked massacre. The pre-dawn...
New York's JFK airport starts Ebola screening of passengers especially from three African countries Saturday, 11 October 2014, 10:45 Last update: about 13 years ago New York's JFK airport has started screening to try to stem the Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 4,000 people. Passengers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea - the worst-hit countries -...
France's credit outlook cut to negative by credit rating agency S&P due to concerns about economy Saturday, 11 October 2014, 10:35 Last update: about 13 years ago Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's has cut France's credit outlook to 'negative', due to concerns about the country's struggling economic recovery. However, it affirmed France's AA/A-1+...