Category Archives: World
Analysis: Can the GOP survive the Trump presidency?
WASHINGTON - Can the traditional Republican Party survive the presidency of Donald Trump? That existential question, which has nagged at Republicans since Trump’s stunning election one year ago,...
Oct 25, 2017
Troops describe hardships, wounds during Bergdahl searches
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Several soldiers and a Navy SEAL testified Wednesday about the risky, all-out efforts to find Bowe Bergdahl after the soldier’s 2009 disappearance in Afghanistan. Troops and c...
Oct 25, 2017
Kenya opposition leader urges boycott on eve of repeat vote
NAIROBI, Kenya - The leader of Kenya’s main opposition party urged his supporters to boycott a rerun of the disputed presidential election scheduled for Thursday amid rising political tensions a...
Oct 25, 2017
AP Explains: Brazil's Congress to vote on trying president
SAO PAULO - Brazil’s lower chamber of Congress is preparing to vote on whether to try President Michel Temer on charges of leading a criminal organization and obstructing justice. It’s the...
Oct 25, 2017
Brazil's Temer turns to reforms, but can he deliver?
SAO PAULO - Overcoming an effort to try him on corruption charges, Brazilian President Michel Temer tried Thursday to move past the scandals that have dogged him, but it was unclear if he has the supp...
Oct 25, 2017
Some expect rush of GOP hopefuls vying for Sen. Flake's seat
PHOENIX - U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake’s decision to bow out of a re-election fight could spur a rush of other Republican candidates who hope to take on his only announced challenger in the Arizona prim...
Oct 25, 2017
Oil pipeline opponent uses 'necessity defence' - What is it?
BISMARCK, N.D. - An American Indian activist and former U.S. congressional candidate in North Dakota accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline says he’ll ...
Oct 25, 2017
German woman writes apology to US man who lost home to Nazis
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - Peter Hirschmann has often recounted his own story of fleeing Germany as a teenager to escape Adolf Hitler’s persecution of the Jews, then joining the U.S. Army to fight the Na...
Oct 25, 2017
White House welcomes Senate vote killing consumer rule
WASHINGTON - The White House is welcoming a congressional measure killing the ability of millions of Americans to band together to sue bank or credit card companies to resolve financial disputes in a ...
Oct 25, 2017
2 Crimean Tatar leaders freed from prison, flown to Turkey
MOSCOW - Two prominent Crimean Tatar leaders who were imprisoned in Russian-occupied Crimea have been released and flown to Turkey, Ukraine’s president said Wednesday. President Petro Poroshenko...
Oct 25, 2017