October 13, 2016 Reports: Nobel Prize laureate Dario Fo dies at 90 Italian news agency ANSA says playwright Dario Fo, whose energetic mocking of Italian political life, social mores and religion won him the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died.
October 13, 2016 AP Explains: Yemen's stalemate war threatens to entangle US By firing missiles into Yemen, the United States likely will be further entangled in a stalemate war in the Arab world's poorest country, a conflict it has sought to extract itself from in recent weeks.
October 13, 2016 Pope to canonize 'gaucho priest,' earlier version of himself Pope Francis this weekend will canonize Argentina's "gaucho priest," the poncho-wearing, mate-sipping pastor who rode his mule Malacara to the far-flung peripheries of Argentina to minister to the poor.
October 13, 2016 Maple Leafs' Matthews has modern record 4 goals in NHL debut Auston Matthews needed 40 minutes to get into the NHL record book.
October 13, 2016 Australia, Singapore say defense pact should not worry China The prime ministers of Singapore and Australia say China should not see increased military cooperation between their countries through a bilateral deal that will dramatically expand northern Australian training facilities as an attempt to contain Beijing.
October 13, 2016 Australian state lawmakers condemn Trump as 'revolting slug' A state Parliament in Australia has unanimously passed a motion describing U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump as "a revolting slug unfit for public office." Jeremy Buckingham, a lawmaker from the minor Greens party, introduced the motion Thursday to the upper house of the New South Wales Parliament.
October 13, 2016 Colombians take to streets again to support peace deal Thousands of rural farmers, victims and students marched in cities across Colombia on Wednesday to demand a peace deal between the government and leftist rebels not be scuttled.
October 12, 2016 Ancient bird from dinosaur area probably sounded like duck Scientists for years have known what birds living at the end of the age of dinosaurs looked like.
October 12, 2016 French EU Parliament member allowed to stay in Canada A member of the European Parliament who has a criminal record has been allowed to stay in Canada after being threatened with expulsion.
October 12, 2016 Venezuela top court: President can bypass Congress on budget Critics of Venezuela's socialist administration are denouncing as undemocratic a move to bypass Congress' role in approving the country's budget.
