Category Archives: World

Clinton brings in Gore as closer on climate change
MIAMI - Al Gore laid out the environmental stakes of the presidential race in stark terms during a campaign stop for Hillary Clinton Tuesday, arguing that electing her opponent would lead to “cl...
Oct 11, 2016
Turkish parliament endorses extending state of emergency
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s parliament has endorsed a government decision to extend a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a failed military coup by three months. The government imposed...
Oct 11, 2016
Militant attack on Shiite shrine in Afghan capital kills 14
KABUL - At least 14 people were killed in a militant attack on a Shiite shrine in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, an official said. Another 26 people were wounded in the attack on Sakhi Shrine ...
Oct 11, 2016

Obama pushes US goal to send humans to Mars by 2030s
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to reinvigorate his six-year-old call for the U.S. to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, a mission NASA has been slowly and quietly trudging away at. ...
Oct 11, 2016

Consumer watchdog structure ruled unconstitutional
WASHINGTON - The U.S. consumer watchdog agency, enmeshed in partisan politics since its creation after the financial crisis, now has had its structure ruled unconstitutional because it gives too much ...
Oct 11, 2016
Legal pot could upend years of drug smuggling in Arizona
NOGALES, Ariz. - The hills on the Arizona border with Mexico are steep and bumpy as Paul Estrada drives along the fence, patrolling for drug and human smugglers. Passing traffic signs pocked with bull...
Oct 11, 2016

Khloe Kardashian: Kim's 'not doing that well' after heist
LOS ANGELES - Khloe Kardashian says her older sister, Kim Kardashian West, is “not doing that well” more than a week after she was held up during a Paris jewelry heist. During an appearanc...
Oct 11, 2016

Image of Asia: Praying for the health of Thailand's king
In this photo by Sakchai Lalit, Thais hold portraits of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, where the ailing 88-year-old monarch has been treated for years. S...
Oct 11, 2016

Springsteen and others focus on election at New Yorker fest
NEW YORK - It didn’t take more than an hour for the annual New Yorker Festival to get down to the elephant in the room: Donald Trump. “You knew we were going there,” the magazineR...
Oct 11, 2016
Art-loving Duchess of Cambridge visits Dutch museum
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The art-loving Duchess of Cambridge is visiting a Dutch museum that is hosting a temporary exhibition of Old Master paintings that may well look familiar. The former Kate Midd...
Oct 11, 2016