Category Archives: World
GOP strategists: Clinton is in good shape with 3 weeks left
DES MOINES, Iowa - With roughly three weeks to Election Day, Republican strategists nationwide publicly concede Hillary Clinton has a firm grip on the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the Whi...
Oct 17, 2016
Charities thinking twice about galas at Trump's Mar-a-Lago
WASHINGTON - A staple of Palm Beach’s high-end philanthropy circuit, the Mar-a-Lago Club boasts rich history, an 800-seat ballroom and ocean views. But some major charities and fundraisers are n...
Oct 17, 2016
How AP rates the presidential race and the Road to 270
WASHINGTON - After a week of revelations and allegations about Donald Trump’s behaviour toward women, a third party twist lends an unprecedented level of uncertainty to one conservative strongho...
Oct 17, 2016
WHY IT MATTERS: Clinton, Trump present voters clear choice
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump offer voters distinct choices this fall on issues that shape everyday lives. Actual ideas are in play, as difficult as it can be to see them through the s...
Oct 17, 2016
WHY IT MATTERS: Abortion
NEW YORK - THE ISSUE: Persistent Republican-led efforts to restrict access to abortion and to curb government funding for Planned Parenthood have been hotly debated in Washington and in states, and wi...
Oct 17, 2016
GOP office reopens after firebombing in North Carolina
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - Investigators combed through shards of glass, looked for residue of flammable accelerant and tried to narrow down the overnight hours when someone torched a local Republican Party...
Oct 17, 2016
US, UK say support is weak for military action against Syria
LONDON - The United States and Britain are acknowledging the Western world’s weak support for any military action against Syria’s government as they seek ways to pressure President Bashar ...
Oct 17, 2016
Russia sets brief cease-fire for Aleppo as strikes kill 36
BEIRUT - Russian and Syrian forces will halt hostilities for eight hours in the eastern districts of Aleppo, Russia’s military announced on Monday, a day on which opposition activists said their...
Oct 17, 2016
EU scolds Russia as it urges Moscow to stop bombing Aleppo
LUXEMBOURG - The European Union urged Russia to bring about a swift end to the bombing of Aleppo in Syria but refrained from imposing any sanctions on Moscow even though it said the attacks on the cit...
Oct 17, 2016
Man blows himself up in Georgia's breakaway region
MOSCOW - A man has blown himself up at a television station in the capital of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russian news agencies said on Monday. Interfax on quoted local Interior Mini...
Oct 17, 2016