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Brazil's far-right presidential contender improving after stabbing 09 Sep 2018 - 06:18 pm

SAO PAULO: The health of Brazil's far-right leading and poll-leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was markedly improved after he was stabbed last week...

Obama in campaign mode, back to promoting hope over fear 09 Sep 2018 - 12:41 pm

ANAHEIM, Calif.: Former President Barack Obama said Saturday that November midterm elections would give Americans "a chance to restore some sanity in our...

Leader of Colombia rebel dissident group killed, president says 08 Sep 2018 - 07:49 pm

BOGOTA: The leader of Colombia's United Guerrillas of the Pacific (GUP), a group of former Marxist rebels who refused to demobilize under a...

Florence expected to become hurricane on way to eastern U.S. coast 08 Sep 2018 - 05:56 pm

Tropical Storm Florence was expected to strengthen back into a hurricane on Sunday, and forecasters warned that the storm could still make landfall...

US police officer walks into wrong apartment, kills man 08 Sep 2018 - 01:21 pm

Chicago: Protesters in Texas are demanding immediate jail for a Dallas police officer who entered the wrong apartment mistaking it for her own...

Obama issues scathing critique of Trump, 'politics of fear' 08 Sep 2018 - 12:15 pm

URBANA, Ill.: Former President Barack Obama issued a scorching critique of his successor Friday, blasting President Donald Trump's policies and his pattern of...

Attacker says god sent him to stab Brazilian presidential candidate 07 Sep 2018 - 08:54 pm

The man who stabbed Brazil’s presidential front-runner, Jair Bolsonaro, at a packed street rally said he was acting on divine orders, according to...

Flood warnings as heavy rain expected over much of Missouri 07 Sep 2018 - 08:52 pm

ST. LOUIS: The remnants of Tropical Depression Gordon are expected to drop heavy rain across much of Missouri through the weekend, creating a...

The 'Deep State,' target of Trump's ire 07 Sep 2018 - 08:52 pm

Washington: The "Deep State." President Donald Trump rails against it all the time. But what is it? And does it even exist? Trump's...

Two million risk hunger after drought in Central America: UN 07 Sep 2018 - 08:03 pm

BOGOTA: Poor harvests caused by drought in parts of Central America could leave more than two million people hungry, the World Food Programme...

Obama: 'Stakes really are higher' in next election 07 Sep 2018 - 06:34 pm

URBANA: Former President Barack Obama on Friday implored Americans to vote in the November midterm elections, saying the future of democracy in the...

Dallas police officer mistakes apartment for own, kills neighbor 07 Sep 2018 - 04:04 pm

DALLAS: A Dallas police officer returning home from work shot and killed a neighbor after she said she mistook his apartment for her...

'A horrific situation": 4 dead in Cincinnati bank shooting 06 Sep 2018 - 07:50 pm

CINCINNATI: A gunman opened fire Thursday morning in a building in the heart of Cincinnati in an attack that left him and three...

Dozens of Venezuelans in Peru seek to return home despite crisis 06 Sep 2018 - 07:44 pm

LIMA: Dozens of Venezuelans who fled their crisis-stricken country for Peru are seeking to take up a Caracas offer to fly them home,...

Brazil judge rejects jailed ex-president Lula's appeal on election ban 06 Sep 2018 - 07:36 pm

Brasília: A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Thursday rejected an appeal by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to overturn his...

Pompeo denies being author of 'sad' NYT op-ed on Trump 06 Sep 2018 - 01:46 pm

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denied Thursday being the author of a damning, anonymous op-ed in the New York Times...

Ducking queries on Trump, Supreme Court nominee resumes US Senate test 06 Sep 2018 - 12:30 pm

WASHINGTON: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will face a final barrage of questions on Thursday in a multi-day U.S. Senate confirmation hearing, as...

Pacific leaders want US back in Paris climate pact 06 Sep 2018 - 11:30 am

Sydney: Pacific island nations declared climate change to be their "single greatest threat", urging Washington to return to the Paris Agreement on climate,...