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Tim Kaine Criticizes Attempts to Downplay Result of Kentucky Governor Race

The last contested governor's race in Kentucky was the 1899 election of Democrat William Goebel. The Kentucky attorney general added he had not talked to ...

Brazil Supreme Court Paves Way for Release of Ex-President ‘Lula’

Lula appealed his conviction but it was upheld past year, and he was put behind bars in April 2018. Brazil accepted former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Si...

Bolivian police seen joining scattered anti-Morales protests

The police rebellion erupted Friday among the elite tactical operations unit known as UTOP in the central city of Cochabamba. But the country's defence minist...

Secretary of State Pompeo's role examined in impeachment inquiry

He also said that so-called "porohobots" were actively involved in the campaign against the ex-ambassador, according to the text of Kent's testimony in the Ho...

Turkish forces, Syrian rebels launch offensive in northern Syria

Turkey has already been suspended from the F-35 fighter jet program in which it was both joint producer and customer, and the offensive it launched against Kurd...

World leaders mark 30th anniversary of the day Berlin Wall fell

Leaders of Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic attended the ceremony at Bernauer Strasse - where one of the last parts of the Berlin Wall...

Ivanka Trump Says Whistleblower's Name Not Relevant to Impeachment Probe on President

Kent told investigators that that was his understanding of what Trump wanted Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to say in order to unlock USA military aid,...

Three dead and 150 homes lost in Australia bushfires

Ms Colligan and her partner Ryan Thornhill are now staying in an Air BnB near Taree as they try to work out how to rebuild their lives. Two other people are s...

United Kingdom police identify 10 teenagers among 39 dead in truck container

Essex Police confirmed yesterday a series of files had been brought before an identification commission with the assistance of Vietnamese police . The major...

Congolese warlord Ntaganda jailed 30 years by ICC

Since the Chamber considered that the conditions warranting life imprisonment were not met, and because in such a situation the total period of imprisonment may...

North says US-S. Korea drills 'throw wet blanket' on talks

They later told investigators they wanted to resettle in South Korea , but South Korean authorities determined they only wanted to avoid North Korean arrest an...

French police dismantle large migrant camps in Paris

Numerous occupants, which included families with children, said they were from Afghanistan or sub-Saharan Africa. Lallement added that police would remain at ...

Sunny Deol to attend Kartarpur Corridor inauguration

Meanwhile, in India , former prime minister Manmohan Singh said it was "a good beginning" to normalise relations. The Kartarpur corridor will allow Sikhs d...

Cyclone Bulbul set to intensify into very severe cyclonic storm

The weatherman said that damage to properties and infrastructure is likely in the districts of East Midnapore, North and South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, Howrah, Hoo...

Woman dies in Derbyshire as floods sweep northern England

We want to hear how you have been affected and how you are coping. "We advise people who seek refuge with family and friends". Floods hit the city of Sheffiel...

General Election 2019: Greens step aside for Lib Dems in Cambs seats

In the Isle of Wight and Brighton Pavilion, the Greens will be given a free run, while in the constituencies of Richmond Park and Cheltenham, the Lib Dems wil...

Rep. Jim Jordan appointed to impeachment committee to defend Trump

Rick Crawford of Arkansas, will step other than the panel all the strategy thru impeachment court docket cases to construct room for Jordan, Residence GOP Lead...

CJI Rajan Gogoi meets top UP govt officials ahead of Ayodhya verdict

Hindu hardliners want a temple built on the site, now barricaded off decades after a 16th-century mosque there was demolished during 1992 riots that left 2,000 ...

Tourist's hand found inside shark off Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean

Since 2011, there have been 27 shark attacks in the waters off Réunion, 11 of which have proved fatal. A Scottish tourist was snorkeling in a lagoon's idyll...

Prosecutors: Roger Stone lied because ‘truth looked bad’ for Donald Trump

Opening statements by prosecutors and Stone's lawyers in the trial could come as soon as Wednesday afternoon. Stone thought the House Intelligence Committee...

Aatish Taseer's OCI card revoked, author says he responded to govt notice

Taseer was given the opportunity to submit his reply/objections regarding his PIO/OCI cards, but he failed to dispute the notice. The article also comments on...

Iowa inmate's claim he briefly died won't end life sentence

He was unconscious when he arrived at the hospital, but doctors worked to save his life and succeeded. An appeals court just ruled that's not how it works. Th...

EU Chief Chooses Romanian MEP to Serve on Commission

Both Muresan and Valean belong to Orban's National Liberal Party, PNL, which is part the centre-right bloc, the European Popular Party, EPP. Muresan, an econo...

1 dead, 8 injured after chemical incident at Buffalo Wild Wings

A worker, intending to clean the kitchen floor, put asanitizercalled " Super 8 " - a product with sodium hypochlorite, which itself is a main component of bleac...

Residents told to leave homes as northern England floods

Operations are underway to evacuate residents in the affected areas, as more rain is expected over the weekend. In Yorkshire, Doncaster Council told people in...

Suspect wanted in Aniah Blanchard case captured

Yazeed was arrested on an out-of-state-fugitive charge and is being held without bond, according to inmate records . Authorities in Florida have arrested...

74 wildfires still raging in Australia

Both states have been plagued by severe drought, and while some parts of New South Wales celebrated rain over the weekend, it was not widespread enough to mitig...

John Bercow: Brexit was the biggest mistake since the war

In his first interview about Brexit since leaving the Commons, Mr Bercow told the Foreign Press Association in London: "I don't think it helps the UK". Addres...

Senior State Department official appears before Trump impeachment probe

The merch "lets voters indicate their pork up of President Trump and stand against Democrats' partisan witch hunt", said campaign spokeswoman Sarah Matthews i...

America serves notice to Paris, will be separated from climate agreement

Many greenhouse gasses are produced using fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas to generate energy. "We're here because our world is warming". "Yes, there ...

Protesters Drag Bolivian Mayor Through Streets, Forcibly Cut Her Hair

The incident unfolded in the Bolivian town of Vinto, where government protesters blocked off a bridge. Chanting "murderess, murderess", the opposition protest...

15,000-year-old Mexican 'mammoth traps' unearthed

Archaeologists have recovered 824 bones from the pits in the neighborhood of Tultepec, just north of Mexico City. Anthropologists in Mexico say they've uncove...

Quake in northwestern Iran kills 4, injures 70

In 2003, a 6.6-magnitude natural disaster destroyed the historic city of Bam in the south-east of the country, killing 26,000 people. The area is some 400 kil...

Hong Kong student dies after fall during protest clash

Fatalities have been rare during the protests despite heavy-handed tactics from police and zealous actions by protesters. The Hong Kong University of Scienc...

Opposition leader to return to Cambodia

A high-profile Cambodian opposition leader is preparing to return to his country even as the government ramps up another political crackdown. Malaysia's Home Mi...