Category Archives: World
China likely to gain as US withdraws from Paris agreement
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s pullback from a global climate pact could accelerate China’s unlikely ascent toward leadership in stemming global warming and promoting green technolo...
Jun 03, 2017
AP Explains: Why China is stepping up against climate change
BEIJING - By backing off the U.S. commitment to address climate change, President Donald Trump leaves an opening for a chief economic rival, China, to expand its increasing dominance in the renewable ...
Jun 03, 2017
In Damascus, a general feeling that the war is winding down
DAMASCUS, Syria - In Syria’s capital these days, people are breathing a little easier. Across Damascus, new shops are sprouting up, business is brisk, and some people who fled the civil war year...
Jun 03, 2017
The Latest: GOP fundraising off Griffin photo controversy
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on Kathy Griffin (all times local): 2:20 p.m. The California Republican Party is soliciting donations based on images of Kathy Griffin posing with the likeness of President Do...
Jun 03, 2017
Jon Stewart among those praising late NYC firefighter
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. - Jon Stewart fought back tears Friday as he described his friendship with a retired New York City firefighter who worked in the rescue effort following the Sept. 11 terror attacks an...
Jun 03, 2017
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. AP checked these out; here ar...
Jun 03, 2017
Kurdish militants claim downing of Turkish military chopper
ISTANBUL - Kurdish militants have claimed responsibility for a Turkish military helicopter crash that killed all 13 personnel on board two days ago near the Turkey-Iraq border. The People’s Defe...
Jun 03, 2017
Belgian charged with leadership role in 2015 Paris attacks
BRUSSELS - Belgian prosecutors say a suspect in the attacks in Paris in 2015 has been charged with being a leader of the extremist cell that killed 130 people. The 30-year-old Belgian national, Yassin...
Jun 03, 2017
Putin: Syria chemical attack was provocation against Assad
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Friday that the Syrian leader didn’t use chemical weapons against his people, saying the recent attack that killed scores of ci...
Jun 03, 2017
Doctor in Trump Hotel case released but due back in court
WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania doctor who authorities say was arrested at Trump International Hotel with guns will live in Georgia while awaiting trial. A federal judge on Friday said 43-year-old Navy ve...
Jun 03, 2017