Category Archives: World
WHY IT MATTERS: Clinton, Trump present voters clear choice
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump offer voters distinct choices this fall on issues that shape everyday lives. Actual ideas are in play, as difficult as it can be to see them through the s...
Oct 17, 2016
WHY IT MATTERS: Abortion
NEW YORK - THE ISSUE: Persistent Republican-led efforts to restrict access to abortion and to curb government funding for Planned Parenthood have been hotly debated in Washington and in states, and wi...
Oct 17, 2016
GOP office reopens after firebombing in North Carolina
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - Investigators combed through shards of glass, looked for residue of flammable accelerant and tried to narrow down the overnight hours when someone torched a local Republican Party...
Oct 17, 2016
US, UK say support is weak for military action against Syria
LONDON - The United States and Britain are acknowledging the Western world’s weak support for any military action against Syria’s government as they seek ways to pressure President Bashar ...
Oct 17, 2016
Russia sets brief cease-fire for Aleppo as strikes kill 36
BEIRUT - Russian and Syrian forces will halt hostilities for eight hours in the eastern districts of Aleppo, Russia’s military announced on Monday, a day on which opposition activists said their...
Oct 17, 2016
EU scolds Russia as it urges Moscow to stop bombing Aleppo
LUXEMBOURG - The European Union urged Russia to bring about a swift end to the bombing of Aleppo in Syria but refrained from imposing any sanctions on Moscow even though it said the attacks on the cit...
Oct 17, 2016
Man blows himself up in Georgia's breakaway region
MOSCOW - A man has blown himself up at a television station in the capital of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russian news agencies said on Monday. Interfax on quoted local Interior Mini...
Oct 17, 2016
Notorious warlord killed in bombing in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW - A notorious warlord has been killed in a bombing in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, separatist officials said. The separatist Donetsk News Agency said that Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motoro...
Oct 17, 2016
Strong quake strikes Papua New Guinea; no damage reports
CANBERRA, Australia - A strong earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Monday, but no injuries or damage were immediately reported, and there was no threat of a tsunami. The magnitude-6.9 quake struck i...
Oct 17, 2016
Japan panel begins to study emperor's possible abdication
TOKYO - Experts on a government-commissioned panel held their first meeting Monday to study how to accommodate Emperor Akihito’s apparent abdication wish, in a country where he is not supposed t...
Oct 17, 2016