Category Archives: World
The Latest: Trump wins Arizona's 11 electoral votes
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the U.S. presidential transition (all times EST): 9:45 p.m. President-elect Donald Trump is back on Twitter, taking on the protesters who have gathered in cities across the ...
Nov 10, 2016
Chinese official named head of Interpol, drawing criticism
BEIJING - A top Chinese police official was elected president of Interpol on Thursday, setting off alarm bells among rights advocates over abuses and a lack of transparency within China’s legal ...
Nov 10, 2016
Gunman kills officer, self; woman found dead after fight
CANONSBURG, Pa. - A gunman with a history of domestic abuse fatally shot a police officer and wounded another on Thursday before he and a woman were found dead following a fight at their apartment, au...
Nov 10, 2016
Attack at Turkish government building in southeast wounds 3
ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish militants attacked a government building in southeast Turkey on Thursday, wounding at least three people including a district governor, officials said. The state-run Anadolu A...
Nov 10, 2016
Trump shakes up transition team, elevates Pence's role
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump shook up his transition team Friday as he plunged into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice-President-elect Mike Pence to head the operat...
Nov 10, 2016
Leaderless Democratic Party in dire straits after GOP sweeps
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama hands over the White House to Republican Donald Trump in 71 days, leaving the Democratic Party leaderless and with few up-and-coming stars among its aging cast of s...
Nov 10, 2016
Late-night hosts mark Trump's election with jokes, therapy
LOS ANGELES - Late-night hosts pivoted from candidate Donald Trump to President-elect Trump, combining punchlines and audience group counselling after the billionaire’s defeat of Hillary Clinton...
Nov 10, 2016
Australia ratifies greenhouse gas targets agreed on in Paris
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia on Thursday ratified its greenhouse gas emission targets agreed upon last year at the U.N. climate meeting in Paris. Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull told Parliament that...
Nov 10, 2016
Across Asia, targets of Trump rhetoric look to the future
NEW DELHI - Throughout his campaign, Asian nations were a regular target of President-elect Donald Trump’s speeches: China is a trade manipulator; Japan and Korea don’t contribute enough f...
Nov 10, 2016
Syrian teens tell UNICEF envoy Liam Neeson about tough exile
AMMAN, Jordan - Liam Neeson got a little break from being famous. Sitting on the floor of a community centre courtyard with two dozen local teens, he listened attentively as young Syrian refugees - wh...
Nov 10, 2016