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October 19, 2018 World News

Taliban attack on top US commander, Afghan security officials kills three

A Taliban-claimed attack on the top US commander in Afghanistan and senior Afghan security officials Thursday killed at least three people and sent the government scrambling to secure the country's r...

EU builds ties with Asia in face of US protectionism

European leaders sought to build support from Asia Thursday in defence of free trade and the fight against climate change, to counter the growing protectionism of President Donald Trump's America. T...

October 19, 2018
World News
Tradition, and mobs, keep women out of Indian temple

At the Indian temple that is the focus of a battle over gender equality, Hindu hardliners are in festive mood, successful -- so far -- in their bid to keep women out. A supreme court decision to end...

October 19, 2018
World News
18 dead in Crimea college rampage

Eighteen people died and dozens more were wounded, mostly teenagers, Wednesday when a student opened fire at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea. Speaking to journalists and parents of missing stude...

October 18, 2018
World News
Crimea college blast kills 13 in 'terrorist attack' - officials

MOSCOW - Thirteen people were killed and 50 more wounded on Wednesday, most of them teenagers, after a blast tore into a college canteen in Russian-annexed Crimea in what Moscow called a "terrorist" ...

October 17, 2018
World News
Merkel says 'still a chance' for deal on Brexit

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that there was "still a chance" for an accord with Britain to leave the EU but that Berlin was preparing for a no-deal Brexit. German chancell...

October 17, 2018
World Business
[Newsmaker] Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer: family

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s, died Monday after his latest battle with cancer. He was 65. "My brother was a rem...

October 16, 2018
World News
England's northern ports look to prosper from Brexit

IMMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Brexit has brought hope to the windswept docks of the Humber River, a key goods gateway in northeast England where tens of millions of pounds are being invested to ...

October 15, 2018
World News
In Canada, pot legalization poses health and safety challenges

Canada will end its pot prohibition Wednesday with the goals of curbing the black market and use by youth, amid concerns around the public health and safety merits of legalization. Public health off...

October 15, 2018
World News
British royals arrive on landmark trip to Sydney

SYDNEY (AFP) -- Prince Harry and Meghan touched down in Sydney on Monday, kicking off a bumper Pacific tour that is the British royals' first major outing abroad as a couple. The Duke and Duchess of...

October 15, 2018
World News
Hurricane Michael death toll hits 17, officials say it could rise

PANAMA CITY (AFP) -- Three days after Hurricane Michael's devastating strike, search teams in Florida pressed their hunt for victims into hard-to-reach areas Saturday (October 13), as the death toll ...

October 14, 2018
World News
Snowstorm kills at least eight climbers on Nepal peak: officials

KATHMANDU (AFP) -- At least eight climbers from a South Korean expedition have died on Nepal's Mount Gurja after their camp was devastated by a violent snowstorm, officials said Saturday. The bodies...

October 13, 2018
World News
Vietnam blogger sentenced again after Facebook posts

HANOI (AFP) -- Vietnam on Friday jailed a blogger who posted critical material on Facebook for five years, his second sentence in less than a month as a hardline administration tightens its grip on d...

October 12, 2018
International
UK‘s Princess Eugenie marries wine merchant

LONDON (AFP) -- Queen Elizabeth II‘s granddaughter Princess Eugenie married a wine merchant on Friday in a Windsor wedding clouded by complaints over costs and struggling to recapture the magic of pa...

October 12, 2018
International
Trump blames 'crazy' Fed as Wall Street suffers ugly losses

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Wall Street stocks plummeted Wednesday amid worries about surging US interest rates and the impact of trade disputes, as President Donald Trump blamed the Federal Reserve, saying it...

October 11, 2018
World Business

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