Category Archives: World
In key battleground, love for late Democrat shifts to Trump
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Countless former Democrats in Ohio’s blue-collar Mahoning Valley are transferring their adoration for the late Democratic U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. to Republican presid...
Oct 13, 2016
Q&A: Did the Clintons 'cash in' on Haiti's earthquake?
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is accusing the Clintons of cashing in on Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake. The Republican nominee cited State Department emails obtained by the Republican National Commi...
Oct 13, 2016
WHY IT MATTERS: Money in Politics
WASHINGTON - THE ISSUE: Voters are disgusted with the way political races are paid for - disproportionately by big-money donors, including those who stand to gain or lose from government decisions. Th...
Oct 13, 2016
Applications for US unemployment aid remain at 43-year low
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits stayed at a 43-year low last week in the latest sign that layoffs are scarce. THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for unemployment benef...
Oct 13, 2016
Giuliani admits he was wrong about Clinton and 9-11
NEW YORK - Stumping for Donald Trump in Ocala, Florida, on Wednesday, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani told a crowd that Hillary Clinton had falsely claimed to have been in New York on Sept. 11, 20...
Oct 13, 2016
Fresh wave of airstrikes hit Syria's divided city of Aleppo
BEIRUT - Syrian residents in the opposition-held eastern part of Aleppo hunkered under a fresh wave of airstrikes on Friday amid intense clashes between government forces and rebels, while a senior op...
Oct 13, 2016
Report: Executions resume in Belarus as EU lifts sanctions
MINSK, Belarus - A new report by a Paris-based human rights group and Belarusian activists says Belarus has resumed executions after the European Union lifted most of its sanctions against the former ...
Oct 13, 2016
Officials say US missiles destroy radar sites on Yemen coast
WASHINGTON - U.S.-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles destroyed three coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled territory on Yemen’s Red Sea Coast early Thursday, officials said, a retaliatory acti...
Oct 13, 2016
Britain, France seek solutions for Calais migrant camp kids
CALAIS, France - After taking a group selfie, six underage migrants left the French city of Calais for Britain on Thursday, as both countries seek solutions for hundreds of unaccompanied children in t...
Oct 13, 2016
Pakistan: Spanish diplomat found dead in home
ISLAMABAD - A Spanish diplomat was found dead Thursday in his Islamabad home in what authorities suspect is a suicide, Pakistani police said. The 60-year-old man was found in his bedroom by a domestic...
Oct 13, 2016
