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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
UNESCO’s executive board yesterday approved a resolution that Israel says denies the deep historic Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem — and that has angered Israel’s government and many
Russian and Syrian warplanes yesterday halted their airstrikes on Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo in preparation for a temporary pause in the military push that Moscow has announced for later
A small Spanish town is considering fining a medieval church 16,000 euros (USD17,500) because its bells are “too noisy.” The town hall of Mostoles, southwest of Madrid, said yesterday that following
CHINA-PHILIPPINES This week’s visit to China by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte points toward a restoration of trust between the sides following recent tensions over their South China Sea territorial dispute,
Swiss prosecutors have begun a preliminary investigation into Teodorin Obiang Nguema, the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, who is set to go on trial in neighboring France for
A Lithuanian court has called former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to testify in a mass trial related to the 1991 crackdown on the country’s independence movement. Gorbachev and Russian authorities haven’t
Authorities are investigating after a local Republican Party office in North Carolina was vandalized and set on fire in what a state GOP official called an act of “political terrorism.” A
Airstrikes on rebel-held areas in the northern province of Aleppo yesterday killed at least 36 people, including children, opposition activists said, as violence in Syria continued while a major operation
Authorities failed to adequately investigate complaints of violent crimes committed against asylum seekers held at Australia’s expense on the Pacific atoll nation of Nauru, Amnesty International said yesterday. The London-based human
While some voters may wish the presidential candidates would just go away, Dartmouth College has created an app for those who want to find them around every corner. Two professors at
The Communist leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker, has been forced to step down as leader of the country. After 18 years in power he will be replaced by Egon Krenz,
German authorities are telling electric automaker Tesla to stop using the term “autopilot” for its driver assistance system, saying it is misleading. The transport ministry confirmed in an email that a
UAE The Philippines ambassador to the United Arab Emirates says a wanted man named by President Rodrigo Duterte as a major drug kingpin has been arrested in the Arab country’s
With dreams of turning carbon dioxide into everything from concrete to fish food, teams from six countries have advanced beyond the first phase of a USD20 million XPRIZE contest to
Donald Trump continued to push back yesterday as polls show his support among women faltering after several allegations of sexual misconduct and the disclosure of a years-old videotape in which
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