Trump meets with Obama at the White House as whirlwind transition starts
President-elect Donald Trump and President Obama met for the first time Thursday and pledged to work together, starting the whirlwind transition that will unfold over...
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Ian Macdonald and Barry O’Sullivan: are these Coalition senators the rudest men in Australia?
Maybe it was out of juice, or perhaps he couldn’t find the charger, but, for some reason, the timer on Ian Macdonald’s iPad was not...
Iraqi forces push toward Mosul despite sometimes fierce Islamic State resistance
ASQUF, Iraq — A force comprising thousands of Kurdish and Iraqi army soldiers wrested territory from the Islamic State outside the northern city of Mosul...
S-300 in Syria: Russia will not wait for another stab in the back
Russia has deployed state-of-the-art air defense system S-300V4 Antey-2500 in Syria (NATO reporting name SA-23 Gladiator), Fox News reported citing three sources in the US...
Paris Fashion Week: Kim Kardashian reportedly held up at gunpoint in hotel room
Kim Kardashian’s dramatic sojourn at Paris Fashion Week has escalated with the reality star turned entrepeneur reportedly held up at gunpoint and robbed of jewellery worth millions of...
Nasrin Abek’s violent death in Potts Point came after husband allegedly stalked her
In the lead-up to her violent death, a Sydney hairdresser known to friends as Nasrin Abek, 35, was allegedly stalked by her husband. And on Wednesday he allegedly...
Civil orgs demonstrate for protecting Budapest trees
forrás: MTI Budapest’s City Park was the first planned public city park in the world, head of the Town Protection Association for Budapest Mihaly Raday...
Amid pressure, Charlotte police release videos in shooting of Keith Lamont Scott
CHARLOTTE — Police officials here relented amid increasing pressure Saturday and released two videos showing the shooting death of a black man by police five...
‘Multiple’ explosive devices found at N.J. train station amid rising terrorism fears
NEW YORK – Authorities in New York took “a number of people” into custody in connection with Saturday’s bombing in Manhattan, just as their counterparts...
US-Justiz will Schweizer Banker weiter verfolgen
Die Tausenden von Bankern, deren Namen in die USA geliefert wurden, sind nicht vor Strafverfolgung geschützt und können sich gemäss einer Vertreterin der US-Justiz auch...
They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren’t
At basketball games at his Oregon high school, Justin Ki Hong, an adoptee from South Korea, remembers putting his hand over his heart and singing...
After subdued trip to Mexico, Trump talks tough on immigration in Phoenix
MEXICO CITY — Donald Trump, who has made maligning illegal immigrants from Mexico a cornerstone of his presidential campaign, met with Mexican President Enrique Peña...
Gavin Grimm just wanted to use the bathroom. He didn’t think the nation would debate it.
GLOUCESTER, Va. — There was nothing remarkable about Gavin Grimm’s first trip to the boys’ bathroom at Gloucester High School. It was a little more...
Wie sich der Burkini im Selbstversuch anfühlt
Im Berliner Wedding gehört der umstrittene Burkini zum Alltag. Aber wie verändert das Schwimmkostüm einen Freibad-Nachmittag? Unsere Autorin hat es getestet, bei 30 Grad Außentemperatur....
The 500-lb bombs struck their targets in a Syrian village. But who did they kill?
The American bombers came in several waves in the middle of the night. Hours earlier, Islamic State militants had used the Syrian village of Tokhar...
Deadly earthquake rocks central Italy; at least 11 killed
LONDON — Italian rescue workers scrambled to reach survivors in isolated towns and villages across central Italy on Wednesday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake and a...
In the latest shift, Trump campaign wavers on mass deportations
Donald Trump’s campaign wavered Sunday on whether he would continue to call for the mass deportation of 11 million illegal immigrants from the United States,...
Ryan Lochte’s apology is clear: He doesn’t realize what he has done wrong
RIO DE JANEIRO — Let’s say you’re a guest in someone’s home. You and your friends are invited to a dinner at which the hosts,...
Shaunae Miller dives to gold over Allyson Felix in women’s 400 meters
RIO DE JANEIRO —Shaunae Miller lay on her back for a full seven minutes, trying to catch her breath and process what had just happened....
Election Day looks good for the Democrats — with one crucial exception
James Downie is The Post’s digital opinions editor. It’s all coming up aces for the Democrats. Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by more than...
Katie Ledecky sets new world record in 800 meters for her fourth gold in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO — Eight minutes 4.79 seconds after she dived into the water Friday night, Katie Ledecky’s hand touched the wall, and then the...
For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: The election itself
Donald Trump, trailing narrowly in presidential polls, has issued a warning to worried Republican voters: The election will be “rigged” against him — and he...
Australia’s bad luck continues with four Olympic water polo players in quarantine
At this point, Australia’s Olympic experience can only improve. Nearly a third of the women’s water polo team, which arrived Monday in Rio de Janeiro and...
After their children died of overdoses, these families chose to tell the truth
The Facebook post about Jordan Roche was startlingly frank: “As you may or may not know, my son Jordan passed away September 26th from a...
Republicans denounce Trump as confrontation with Muslim parents escalates
Donald Trump faced mounting criticism from leaders of his own party Sunday as a confrontation between the Republican nominee and the Muslim American parents of...
Schweizer Firmen spenden mehr für Trumps Partei als für Clinton
Präsidentschaftskandidat Donald Trump profiliert sich mit wirtschaftsfeindlichen Äusserungen. Trotzdem spendeten die Angestellten grosser Schweizer Firmen bisher mehrheitlich an Republikaner. Der republikanische Präsidentschaftskandidat Donald Trump widerspricht...
FBI probes suspected breach of another Democratic organization by Russian hackers
Russian government hackers have breached the computers of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to individuals familiar with the matter. The intrusion appeared to be...
Trump invites Russia to meddle in the U.S. presidential race with Clinton’s emails
PHILADELPHIA — Republican nominee Donald Trump pleaded directly Wednesday with the Russian government to meddle in the U.S. presidential election by finding and releasing tens...