Category Archives: World

WARSAW, Poland - Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of a Minnesota man exposed by The Associated Press as a former commander in an SS-led unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians...

Rechargeable lithium batteries have become ubiquitous over the past decade, powering our cellphones, computers and even some cars. But they also carry the risk of intense fires, which is a special saf...

NEW YORK - Rachel Maddow can trace the mood of her audience by looking at the ratings. Her MSNBC show’s viewership sank like a stone in the weeks following Donald Trump’s election, as depr...

WASHINGTON - A year ago, the U.S. government was campaigning for an international ban on shipments of rechargeable batteries on passenger planes because the batteries can self-ignite, creating intense...

ROME - Dozens of families have started tilling the soil and planting their first crops as a squatters’ gardening initiative takes root on Catholic Church-owned land with the tacit blessing of Po...

ATLANTA - The postelection dominoes of President Donald Trump’s administration picks and a California Democratic appointment have created five openings in the House, and that means five special ...

NEWARK, Del. - Former Vice-President Joe Biden is joining officials at the University of Delaware, his alma mater, for the launch Monday of the Biden Institute. The Institute is a new research and pol...

JERUSALEM - Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs said Monday it denied a prominent British boycott activist’s entry into the country. Revital Yakin-Karkovsky, a senior ministry official,...

LOS ANGELES - It would seem all but impossible to sum up one of the most distinguished careers in photojournalism in only four words, but that’s just what Nick Ut does when he says, “From ...

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday postponed her trip to Washington for her first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump due to the late-winter storm expected on the U.S. east ...