Category Archives: World
For Obama, Clinton rallies a chance to reflect on his legacy
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - President Barack Obama likes to say that historians, not he, will evaluate his legacy with the perspective only hindsight can provide. Yet as he campaigns across the country for H...
Nov 4, 2016
Clinton considered turning to Weiner for help with a problem
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton and a senior aide discussed sending a secure cellphone to the secretary of state by FedEx or a personal courier, according to emails from 2010 released by the State Depart...
Nov 4, 2016
Clinton's campaign taps star power as Trump goes it alone
CLEVELAND - Hillary Clinton dispatched musical and political celebrities across battleground states Friday to try to energize Democrats in what’s become an increasingly competitive race. Donald ...
Nov 4, 2016
Tens of thousands to demand Park quit amid scandal
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Tens of thousands of South Koreans are expected to march in Seoul to demand President Park Geun-hye’s resignation on Saturday, a day after she took blame for a “...
Nov 4, 2016
Sting to give 1st concert at Paris' Bataclan since attacks
PARIS - Sting is to headline the first concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris since it was targeted in Islamic State attacks a year ago that killed 130 people. The British singer will perform Nov. 1...
Nov 4, 2016
Arctic farming: Town turns to hydroponics for fresh greens
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, where even summer temperatures are too cold for northern-growing forests to take r...
Nov 4, 2016
China's Wanda buys Dick Clark Productions for $1 billion
BEIJING - China’s Dalian Wanda Group has added another entertainment trophy to its stable of overseas acquisitions, paying $1 billion for Dick Clark Productions, the TV company that produces the...
Nov 4, 2016
Daughter says she's in shock after dad charged with murder
DES MOINES, Iowa - The distraught daughter of a man accused of killing two Iowa police officers said Friday that she talked to her father just two hours before the fatal shootings, and it was “t...
Nov 4, 2016
Retired Oakland police captain to be charged in sex probe
MARTINEZ, Calif. - A Northern California prosecutor said Friday that he’s charging a retired police captain with misdemeanour soliciting a prostitute, but found no other criminal conduct within ...
Nov 4, 2016
Jurors review video of officer killing unarmed fleeing man
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A fired police officer’s defence team couldn’t keep jurors from seeing a cellphone video Friday that shows him killing an unarmed man who was running away, so they spent...
Nov 4, 2016
