Category Archives: World

Lawyer: Cosby expects to be cleared and resume his career
BOSTON - Bill Cosby expects to be cleared of a criminal sexual assault charge and restart his entertainment career, his lawyer argues in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by seven women. Attorney...
Nov 11, 2016

Zuckerberg: That Facebook influenced election is 'crazy'
NEW YORK - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the idea that fake news spread on Facebook influenced the outcome of the U.S. election is “crazy.” Still, the majority of Americans (six in 10)...
Nov 11, 2016
Obama urges nation to 'forge unity' after bitter election
ARLINGTON, Va. - Three days after Election Day, President Barack Obama used his last Veterans Day speech to urge Americans to learn from the example of veterans as a divided nation seeks to “for...
Nov 11, 2016

How and why Paris was attacked a year ago, and what changed
PARIS - A year ago the Islamic State group brought its extremist war to Paris, seeding terror with attacks on a rock concert, the national stadium and bustling sidewalk cafes. Here is a look at the de...
Nov 11, 2016
Rubber bullets and fear: Trump protesters flood streets anew
PORTLAND, Ore. - From New York to Illinois to California, in red states and blue, protesters decrying Donald Trump’s election spent another night overtaking highways, smashing store windows, ign...
Nov 11, 2016

Still fighting: Vietnam vets seek help for rare cancer
DANVILLE, Calif. - They were the lucky ones who managed to make it home from Vietnam. Now, a half-century later, some veterans are finding out they, too, are victims of the war. The enemy is a known k...
Nov 11, 2016

Departing Senate Minority Leader Reid lashes out at Trump
WASHINGTON - Departing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid lashed out at Donald Trump on Friday as “a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate.”...
Nov 11, 2016
French president, Britain's Prince Harry mark Armistice Day
PARIS - French President Francois Hollande and Britain’s Prince Harry paid their respects Friday to the fallen of World War I, marking 98 years since the Allies claimed victory in the enormously...
Nov 11, 2016
Far-right nationalists congregate on Polish Independence day
WARSAW, Poland - Tens of thousands of far-right nationalists, burning flares and carrying Polish flags, marched peacefully through the streets of Warsaw on Friday to mark Poland’s Independence D...
Nov 11, 2016
Russia, Syria's rebels clash on chemical weapons use claims
MOSCOW - The Russian military and a main Syrian opposition group traded allegations Friday about whether new evidence indicates that either rebels or Syrian military used chemical weapons in the north...
Nov 11, 2016