Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Election Day isn’t what it used to be. The presidential winner may be all but known by then, thanks to early voting. Beginning Friday, residents in North Carolina can submit absente...

WASHINGTON - Get ready for some must-see TV. The fall debates are always a big part of any presidential campaign. But with many 2016 voters underwhelmed by both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, this ...

WASHINGTON - What could possibly go wrong? (Or right?) It’s the Labor Day question that keeps presidential candidates up at night. Nine weeks from Election Day, the electoral math favours Democr...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Hermine is expected to begin weakening as it churns hundreds of miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean, but forecasters warn it could continue to impact areas from New York to souther...

BAGHDAD - A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group struck a bustling commercial area of central Baghdad overnight, killing at least 12 civilians, Iraqi officials said on Tuesday. The explosive...

VIENTIANE, Laos - Barack Obama on Monday became the first sitting U.S. president to step foot in the isolated Southeast Asian nation of Laos, opening a three-day visit meant to rebuild trust and close...

EUCLID, Ohio - A man accused of pelting his former neighbour’s Ohio home with eggs more than 100 times over the course of a year is scheduled to be sentenced. Thirty-one-year-old Jason Kozan wil...

VIENTIANE, Laos - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defiantly reaffirmed his controversial campaign against drugs Tuesday and called for a redoubling of crime-fighting efforts across Southeast Asia...

BOSTON - Beleaguered Boston straphangers may find solace in a new website that pokes fun at the nation’s oldest subway system. A pair of longtime Boston commuters created what they call the R...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - After competing in pageants for generations in the closet or working behind the scenes, gays and lesbians finally get to see one of their own take one of pageantry’s bigges...