Category Archives: World

Trump's 'Thank you' tour gets off to raucous start
CINCINNATI - Donald Trump returned to his campaign roots Thursday in his first major public appearance since Election Day, resembling the pugnacious, brawling campaigner more than the traditional pres...
Dec 01, 2016

Turkey and Russia search for Syria cease-fire formula
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish and Russian officials on Thursday held talks on the deteriorating conditions in eastern Aleppo but gave no indication they were close to a cease-fire as Syrian government forc...
Dec 01, 2016
2 arrested in Belgian August machete attack case
BRUSSELS - Belgian authorities have charged two people with terrorist offences linked to a machete attack on two police officers earlier this year. The federal prosecutor’s office announced Thur...
Dec 01, 2016

'A clear shot' - police kill suspect, rescue children
SEATTLE - A Washington state police officer responding to a domestic violence call was fatally shot and his fellow officers were still “taking fire” as they removed him from a home, beginn...
Dec 01, 2016
S. Korea's Park cries during public appearance amid scandal
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Battered by massive protests and an impeachment push, South Korea’s president cried Thursday during her first public appearance among her citizens since a huge politi...
Dec 01, 2016
China hikes tax on imported luxury cars
BEIJING - Chinese buyers of eye-poppingly expensive luxury cars will have to pay extra under Beijing’s latest effort to rein in ostentatious spending. The communist government has added a 10 per...
Dec 01, 2016
Crown prince formally becomes Thailand's new king
BANGKOK - Thailand has a new king, with the country’s crown prince formally taking the throne to succeed his much-revered late father, who reigned for 70 years. The new monarch, who received the...
Dec 01, 2016
2nd California fugitive inmate arrested after standoff
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A second fugitive inmate who escaped last week from a county jail in California by rappelling down with a bedsheet was re-arrested, after a seven-hour standoff with police. Santa Cl...
Dec 01, 2016

Obama stays busy on environmental front in final weeks
WASHINGTON - Citing fears of a Donald Trump presidency, environmental groups are urging President Barack Obama to stay busy in his final weeks. He is listening. With his days in office numbered, Obama...
Dec 01, 2016

To move into White House, Trump may have to dump DC hotel
NEW YORK - Donald Trump may have to give up one property on Pennsylvania Avenue if he wants to move into another down the street. One is the newly opened, glittering jewel in the president-elect’...
Dec 01, 2016