Laila El-Sayed spent her afternoon searching grocery stores in Cairo’s bustling Dokki district on the banks of the Nile River for one thing: sugar. She managed to find two bags in
The entire territory of Syria must be “liberated,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said in remarks televised Saturday, dismissing demands for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s departure as “thoughtless.” The Russian statement came as
The United Nations Organization has been formally inaugurated during a short ceremony at the US State Department in Washington. A total of 29 countries ratified the United Nations Charter that was
A Somali pirate said Saturday that 26 Asian sailors held hostage for more than four years have been released after a ransom was paid, and international mediators said it “represents
JAPAN The first woman to climb Mount Everest didn’t stop there. Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who died last week at 77, devoted her adult life to scaling peaks, climbing the tallest
Adult-film actress Jessica Drake has come forward to accuse presidential hopeful Donald Trump of sexual assault. Drake (according to IMDb, her real name is Angela Patrice Heaslet) is the latest
The Bank of Russia is discovering yet another downside to how little is left of the country’s middle class. The central bank has warned that its ability to steer inflation is
As much as Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis wishes otherwise, a decision on allowing him to move his franchise to Las Vegas isn’t likely to come anytime soon. That’s not to
Prosecutors charged 21 Brazilian and foreign mining executives with manslaughter and various environmental crimes last week, nearly a year after a mine dam burst killed 19 people and polluted hundreds
Donald Trump needed a game changer. Instead, he landed a jaw dropper. When the Republican nominee for president refused to say he would accept the results of the election, he rattled
The European Central Bank has left the door open to an extension of its stimulus program at its next meeting in December, when it will be armed with new forecasts
Charter boat captain Matthew Jones tells The Associated Press he and one of his workers, Tristan Loescher, were fishing off the shoreline on Friday, the day after the storm blew
Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Provisional IRA, has won its first seats in the elections to the new Ulster Assembly. Gerry Adams, vice president of Sinn Fein, took the
US-KOREA The United States warned that any attack on American allies or use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an “overwhelming” U.S. response as it sought
Australia’s foreign department, searching for ways to shrink its spending, flew 23 bureaucrats business class from Canberra to Paris to attend a three-day conference and discuss ways to save money,
Four teenage students were shot in the shared parking lot of two San Francisco high schools yesterday , and one of the students is in critical condition, authorities said. The shooting
Bittersweet” was the word of the night, the one often used to describe President Barack Obama’s final state dinner. “We saved the best for last,” he said Tuesday as he welcomed
The biggest demonstration yet against American involvement in the Vietnam War has taken place in the town of Oakland, in California. An estimated 4,000 people poured onto the streets to demonstrate
Thom Jones, an acclaimed short-story writer who drew upon family tragedy and his own painful struggles for “The Pugilist At Rest” and other collections, has died. Jones died Friday in Olympia,
PHILIPPINES A police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-U.S. rally turns violent at the American Embassy in Manila. TYPHOON Philippine forecasters warn that a super typhoon set
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