Putin Demands Disclosure Of Drug Use By Sick Athletes
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the leaked drug profiles of dozens of top athletes by Russia’s Fancy Bears hackers show the need for greater disclosure of drug use by…
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Clinton Campaign Says FBI Probing Whether Russia Behind Leaked E-Mails
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign said the FBI is investigating whether Russia is behind the hacking and leak of a top adviser’s e-mail last week. …
continue readingRussian Olympic Committee President Zhukov Stepping Down
Russian Olympic Committee President Aleksandr Zhukov said on October 11 that he will be stepping down from his post. …
continue readingU.S. Says Turkey Should Get Iraq’s Approval To Station Troops There
The United States urged Turkey and Iraq to overcome a dispute over about 2,000 Turkish troops stationed in northern Iraq and said the troops should only be there with Baghdad’s…
continue readingThousands Protest Against Government In Macedonia Ahead Of Vote
Thousands of Macedonians took to the streets to participate in a peaceful antigovernment protest, two months ahead of scheduled national elections. …
continue readingRussian Ambassador Blames U.S. For Spiraling Tensions With Moscow
Russia’s top diplomat in the United States has blamed Washington for the worsening ties between the two countries, even as he emphasized common threats the two faced and the potential…
continue readingRussia Resumes Heavy Bombardment Of Syria’s Aleppo
Russian warplanes resumed heavy bombardment of rebel-held eastern Aleppo after several days of relative calm. …
continue readingNewest EU Member Says Brexit Will Be ‘Process Like No Other’
Croatia’s president called for the country’s new government to adopt an outward looking stance Tuesday and said she expected Britain’s negotiations to leave the EU to be long and difficult…
continue readingTurkey’s Erdogan Warns Iraq on Looming Battle for Mosul
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq’s prime minister Tuesday that Turkish troops — more than 1,000 of them already positioned in northern Iraq — could not be excluded from…
continue readingHurricane Nicole Gaining Strength, Headed for Bermuda
Nicole has re-formed as a Category 1 hurricane and is gaining strength as it takes aim at Bermuda. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm has maximum…
continue readingBrazil’s BNDES Halts Overseas Disbursements Amid Graft Probe
State development bank BNDES has temporarily frozen loan disbursements worth $4.7 billion for several major engineering firms ensnared in Brazil’s biggest corruption investigation. The suspension was enacted in May but…
continue readingTrump Attacks Republicans for Giving Up on His Campaign
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at fellow Republicans for giving up on his campaign and instead focusing on House and Senate races and keeping control of…
continue readingCreepy Clowns Claim New Victim: Ronald McDonald
U.S. fast-food giant McDonald’s is putting its popular mascot on hiatus while reports of creepy clown sightings increase across the U.S. Ronald McDonald, the red-haired, floppy-shoed clown will limit public…
continue readingACLU: Police Used Facebook, Twitter to Track Protesters
U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, according to a report Tuesday from the…
continue readingAt ‘Peace Camp,’ Colombian Youth Send a Message
Dozens of activists have raised a multicolored, makeshift tent city in Bogota’s main square to demand the government and rebels save a deal meant to end a half-century of conflict…
continue readingNobel Winner Says CEO Pay Too Complex, Echoing Investor Gripe
A 2016 Nobel Prize winner said executive pay plans have grown too complex and cited the overuse of consultants, remarks that pay specialists on Tuesday said echoed the complaints of…
continue readingCalifornia Mosaic House a Romantic Homage to Two Artists
The Mosaic Tile House in Venice stands as a monument to two decades of artistic collaboration between Cheri Pann and husband Gonzalo Duran. “It’s tchotchke heaven,” Pann, 76, told Reuters…
continue readingBigger Cruise Ships Visit Arctic, Raising Concerns
A surge in Arctic tourism is bringing ever bigger cruise ships to the formerly isolated, ice-bound region, prompting calls for a clampdown to prevent Titanic-style accidents and the pollution of…
continue readingMonitors: Russian Warplanes Resume Heavy Bombing in Aleppo
Monitors say Russian jet fighters on Tuesday resumed heavy bombing in rebel-held eastern districts of the war-shattered Syrian city of Aleppo, targeting two opposition-held neighborhoods and killing more than 20…
continue readingLegal Issues, Taxes — Not War — Vex Commodity Producers in Colombia
Gold mining companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars but not extracted a gram. Palm farmers are told their land belongs to someone else. Some communities are voting to…
continue readingVenezuela Mistreating Jailed American, Attorney Says
Venezuelan prison guards forced a jailed Utah man to strip naked in a hallway and perform exercises, his lawyer said Tuesday. Attorney Jeanette Prieto said that forcing Joshua Holt to…
continue readingSupreme Court to Hear 9/11 Detainee Suit Against US Officials
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether Muslims and other immigrants held for months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States can…
continue readingBangladesh Offers Cash to Lure Militants Away From Terrorism
After the Bangladeshi government made public its offer of cash to militants willing to reform, authorities say two members of a notorious terrorism group gave themselves up. “We had chosen…
continue readingVietnam Detains Blogger after Post about Civilians Dying in Police Custody
Vietnamese police have detained a prominent blogger for posting anti-state reports, including one about civilians dying in police custody, which they said undermined trust in the ruling Communist Party. Nguyen…
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