Nov 03 Jepkosgei wins NYC in 1st marathon, Kamworor takes men's By Jake Seiner, Associated Press Joyciline Jepkosgei upset the four-time New York City Marathon champion to win the women’s race, a historic debut that left her seven seconds off the course record. Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya won the men’s event for the second time in… Continue reading
Nov 03 UK's Boris Johnson apologizes for missing Brexit deadline By Gregory Katz, Associated Press Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would apologize to Conservatives for failing to take the U.K. out of the European Union by Oct. 31 and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said he won’t personally run for a seat in Parliament. Continue reading
Nov 03 Riot police storm Hong Kong malls to thwart more protests By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Riot police stormed several malls in Hong Kong on Sunday in a move to thwart more pro-democracy protests, though violence did break out when a knife-wielding man slashed several people and bit off part of the ear of a local… Continue reading
Nov 02 UK halts fracking ahead of election; some want permanent ban By Gregory Katz, Associated Press The British government announced Saturday that it will no longer allow fracking because of new scientific analysis that casts doubts on the safety of the controversial practice, but some critics called the action an election stunt and demanded a permanent… Continue reading
Nov 02 Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 13 By Zeynep Bilginsoy, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Saturday killing 13 people, Turkey's Defense Ministry said. Continue reading
Nov 02 Hong Kong chaos sees tear gas, attack on Chinese news agency By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Anti-government protesters attacked the Hong Kong office of China's official Xinhua News Agency for the first time Saturday after chaos broke out downtown, with police firing tear gas and demonstrators hurling gasoline bombs as the pro-democracy movement approached the five-month… Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 5:21 News Wrap: October jobs numbers exceed expectations, despite GM strike In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. turned in better-than-expected October economic numbers. The Labor Department reports that employers added a net 128,000 jobs last month, and figures for August and September were revised upward. Also, former Texas Congressman Beto… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 6:03 Ukraine is fighting a war -- and an internal battle against corruption By Nick Schifrin Ukraine, battling Russian-backed separatists, is the only European country at war. The conflict has killed 13,000 people, displaced millions and pushed tensions between Russia and the West close to Cold War levels. It has also strained a society and government… Continue watching
Nov 01 Reports: U.S. launches review of China-owned video app TikTok By Associated Press The reports Friday from Reuters,The New York Times and others said that the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews acquisitions by foreign firms, has opened an inquiry into TikTok owner ByteDance's 2017 acquisition of a… Continue reading
Nov 01 Iraqis defy crackdown to hold biggest protests yet By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The square and the wide boulevards leading into it were packed with flag-waving protesters, as security forces reinforced barricades on two bridges leading to the heavily-fortified Green Zone, the seat of government. Continue reading