Category Archives: World
Analysis: Trump 'rigged' vote claim may leave lasting damage
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump keeps peddling the notion the vote may be rigged. It’s unclear whether he understands the potential damage of his words, or simply doesn’t care. Trump’s cla...
Oct 16, 2016
Pamela Anderson's present for Julian Assange: Vegan meal
LONDON - Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson has brought WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange a vegan meal and expressed concern for his health. She told Britain’s Press Association on ...
Oct 16, 2016
Emails show Clinton's response to LGBT backlash
WASHINGTON - Hacked emails released in daily dispatches over the weekend by the WikiLeaks group showed Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff worried about a response to the gay community’s back...
Oct 16, 2016
Affleck's 'The Accountant' tops charts with $24.7 million
LOS ANGELES - Ben Affleck is still a box office draw outside of the bat suit. His new thriller “The Accountant” opened to a chart-topping $24.7 million this weekend, according to studio es...
Oct 16, 2016
Agent: Daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay fatally shot
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay was fatally shot in the neck, authorities and the athlete’s agent said Sunday, and police have arrested a man in connectio...
Oct 16, 2016
8 killed after bridge collapses near Indonesia's Bali island
BALI, Indonesia - At least eight people were killed and 30 others injured Sunday after a small suspension bridge crowded with people returning from temple prayers collapsed near the Indonesian resort ...
Oct 16, 2016
Kuwaiti Cabinet resigns, parliament dissolves
KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait’s Cabinet resigned and its parliament was dissolved Sunday over a “lack of co-operation” among the tiny, oil-rich country’s branches of government, setting...
Oct 16, 2016
Minute hand plunges from Hamburg church tower; no one hurt
BERLIN - A 20-kilogram (44-pound) minute hand has fallen off a clock on a Hamburg church tower, plunging 40 metres (130 feet) onto the sidewalk below. Hamburg’s fire service said Sunday that the...
Oct 16, 2016
Suicide blast in Turkey near Syrian border kill 3, wound 9
ISTANBUL - A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday during a Turkish police raid against suspected Islamic State members near the Syrian border, killing three police officers and wounding nine other pe...
Oct 16, 2016
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition captures Dabiq from IS
BEIRUT - Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces captured the symbolically-significant town of Dabiq from the Islamic State group on Sunday as government forces reversed recent rebel advances in the c...
Oct 16, 2016