World

Nation by nation, the world watches Election Day in the US

For four years, the world's nations have watched as a very different American president engages with the international community - or doesn't. Longtime alliances have been strained, agreements wiped a...

Nov 03, 2020

The Latest: Joe Biden visiting 2 key Pennsylvania cities

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 9:20 a.m. For Joe Biden, it all comes down to Pennsylvania. Biden is spending Election Day campaigning in his hometown of Scrant...

Nov 03, 2020

Evidence deadline looms in case of Epstein's ex-girlfriend

NEW YORK - Prosecutors and defence lawyers are clashing days before a deadline for evidence to be turned over in the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time girlfriend on charges that she recruited ...

Nov 03, 2020

Uganda police arrest Bobi Wine after presidential nomination

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police on Tuesday again arrested Bobi Wine, a popular singer and opposition presidential hopeful, just after he was successfully certified as a candidate in next year's elect...

Nov 03, 2020

Germany eyes antigen tests to keep elderly safe from virus

BERLIN - As Europe tries to break a surge in coronavirus infections, Germany is counting on a new type of test to avoid closing nursing homes to visitors, a move that caused considerable anguish among...

Nov 03, 2020

Northern Greece locks down as Europe tightest restrictions

ATHENS, Greece - A lockdown came into effect in northern Greece on Tuesday, with the southeastern European country joining the list of the continent's nations tightening restrictions to restrain rapid...

Nov 03, 2020

Dutch train caught by whale sculpture to be salvaged

SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands - A salvage operation got underway Tuesday to lift a runaway metro train off a sculpture of a whale's tail, where it landed after plowing through the end of an elevated sectio...

Nov 03, 2020

Control of Senate at stake as Trump's allies face Democrats

WASHINGTON - Control of the Senate is a razor-close proposition in Tuesday's election, as Republicans fight to retain their majority against a surge of Democratic candidates confronting the president'...

Nov 03, 2020

Iran's supreme leader, quoting Trump, mocks US election

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader mocked America's presidential election Tuesday in a televised address, quoting President Donald Trump's own baseless claims about voter fraud to criticize the vote...

Nov 03, 2020

Trump, Biden cede stage to voters for Election Day verdict

WASHINGTON - After a campaign marked by rancour and fear, Americans on Tuesday decide between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, selecting a leader to steer a nation battered by a surging ...

Nov 02, 2020