Kabul (dpa) – At least 61 people were killed and 207 wounded when twin explosions hit a large demonstration in Kabul, an Afghan official says. “We expect the numbers to rise unfortunately,” Health Ministry spokesman Ismail Kawusi added. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, writing on the group-affiliated Aamaq News Agency that two […]
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InternationalIstanbul (dpa) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a decree to close 2,341 institutions – including schools, charities, unions and medical centres – in the wake of an attempted coup, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Saturday. The decree, which local media noted as being the first taken under the powers of the
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Middle EastBEIJING — More than 170 people died and more than 100 were missing after heavy rains touched off floods and landslides in China this week, officials said Saturday. Meanwhile, meteorologists warned that more thunderstorms were expected in the coming days. In northern China, where most of the deaths occurred, were concentrated, the worst-hit area was
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InternationalKasimpasa is a different neighborhood today than it was when Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, sold lemonade on its streets as a teenager. This working-class area has had a reputation for being a little rough around the edges. On Turkey’s version of Monopoly, it used to be the lowest-priced property on the board. But
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Middle East, USA“Our country is getting ripped off.” That’s the sub-headline on Donald Trump’s campaign web site for his position on trade. A vote for Trump is a vote for standing up to trade manipulators. For many of us, it’s hard to make sense of short videos and sound bites about complex topics like international trade. But,
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International, USAIt was early evening Friday, when four of Hillary Clinton’s top aides, including campaign chairman John Podesta, snuck out of her campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, using a freight elevator to avoid being seen. The four traveled 15 miles to the airfield in Teterboro, N.J., rather than one of the region’s larger commercial airports, where they
PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic National Convention, which begins Monday, has one huge goal: Make people like Hillary Clinton. Make her warm, gentle, compassionate. It won’t be easy. Clinton’s negatives have been consistently, historically high. Polls show that most people don’t trust her. Her public image is that of a humorless technocrat comfortable only with briefing
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USAMIAMI — Tim Kaine made his first appearance as Hillary Clinton’s running mate Saturday, taking the stage at Florida International University with the soon-to-be Democratic presidential nominee in bilingual Miami so he could show off his Spanish. “Bienvenidos a todos,” he said. Turning to Clinton, he added: “We’re going to be companeros del alma.” Soul
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USA“He’s a progressive who likes to get things done!” Hillary Clinton had the pride that all new presidential candidates have when they introduce their nominees. She was in Miami, making her first joint appearance with Virginia Senator Tim Kaine since naming him to be her running mate. With the cheerful manner of a friendly high
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USAMUNICH — The young gunman who paralyzed Germany’s third-largest city and killed nine people before killing himself was obsessed with mass shootings but did not have any apparent link to Islamist militant groups, police said Saturday. As a portrait emerged of the 18-year-old attacker, who had amassed literature about shooting rampages, Munich authorities declared a
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InternationalLOS ANGELES — Orange County Rep. Loretta Sanchez said in an interview with a Spanish-language television station that she believes President Barack Obama may have endorsed rival Kamala Harris in California’s U.S. Senate race because they are both black, injecting a dose of racial politics into a historic contest that in November will elect the
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The linkage here between guns and homosexuals does not refer to the killings in an Orlando gay club by a Muslim who appears to have been gay, anti-gay, and a religious fanatic. That combination presents its own puzzles, but the discussion here is about something different. This note might also
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAThis article updates previous one Munich Police say the perpetrator of the horrific shooting Friday evening was a German-born man who also held Iranian citizenship. During a press conference, Munich Police chief Hubertus Andra said man who killed 10 people in a shooting rampage at a large shopping mall was an 18-year-old German of Iranian
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InternationalTAMPA, Fla. — Hillary Clinton has tapped Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate, adding a well-liked swing-state moderate with broad governing experience to the Democratic ticket. Clinton’s choice of Kaine, 58, reflects her calculation that voters with doubts about both her and Republican nominee Donald Trump will respond to a doubling-down of her
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