Category Archives: World
Election hacks raise fears of Russian influence
WASHINGTON - Recent hacks of election data systems in at least two states have raised fear among lawmakers and intelligence officials that a foreign government is trying to seed doubt about - or even ...
Sep 10, 2016
After 15 years, last artifacts of 9-11 have been given away
NEW YORK - Behind the barbed wire, the white minivan’s busted windows and crumpled roof hint at its story. But forklifted to this windblown spot on the John F. Kennedy International Airport tarm...
Sep 10, 2016
Streisand uses song to mock Trump at Clinton fundraiser
NEW YORK - Barbra Streisand put her feelings about Donald Trump into song Friday night. At an LGBT fundraiser for Hillary Clinton Friday, the singer performed a parody of the Stephen Sondheim song ...
Sep 10, 2016
Facebook co-founder pledging $20 million to defeat Trump
WASHINGTON - With a new promise of $20 million to help defeat Donald Trump, billionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz becomes one of the top Democratic donors of the election The Silicon Valley...
Sep 10, 2016
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false claim of opposing the Iraq War
NEW YORK - Over and over again, Donald Trump says he opposed the Iraq War before it started. But no matter how many times the Republican candidate for president says it, the facts are clear: He did no...
Sep 10, 2016
WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
WASHINGTON - A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief: IMMIGRATION The future of millions of people living in the U.S. illegally could well b...
Sep 10, 2016
EU finance ministers line up behind tax ruling against Apple
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - The Dutch finance minister urged Apple on Saturday to “get ready” to pay up. Jeroen Dijsselbloem and his counterparts from other EU nations lined up behind a finding...
Sep 10, 2016
SAS bans travellers from using Samsung phone after fires
COPENHAGEN - Scandinavian Airlines is banning passengers from using the new Samsung Note 7 smartphone on its flights because of concern about fires. SAS spokesman Fredrik Henriksson says he expects &#...
Sep 10, 2016
US, Russia seal Syria cease-fire, new military partnership
GENEVA - The United States and Russia working in lockstep against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria. A rejuvenated truce that will compel President Bashar Assad’s a...
Sep 10, 2016
Kanye West performs at New York Fashion Week party
NEW YORK - Kanye West brought his “Saint Pablo Tour” to the small stage at a New York Fashion Week party, where he performed under smoky, dark lights, and ended his set with some outspoken...
Sep 09, 2016
