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Captivity, candor and hard votes: 9 moments that made McCain

John McCain lived most of his life in the public eye, surviving war, torture, scandal, political stardom and failure, the enmity of some colleagues and the election of President Donald Trump. Even brain cancer didn't seem to scare McCain so much as it sobered and saddened him.

Americas | 2018-08-26 14:09

War hero and presidential candidate John McCain dies

War hero and presidential candidate John McCain dies

Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81. McCain, with his irascible grin and fighter-pilot moxie, wa...

Americas | 2018-08-26 09:47

Powerful earthquake rocks Venezuela

A powerful earthquake shook Venezuela's northeastern coast on Tuesday, startling residents in the capital who evacuated buildings and briefly interrupting a pro-government rally in favor of a controversial economic reforms. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 7.3 and said it had a depth of 76 miles (123 kilometers). Its epicenter was 12 miles (20 kilo...

Americas | 2018-08-22 09:02

`Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies at 76

Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as ``Think,'' ``I Say a Little Prayer'' and her signature song, ``Respect,'' and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, died Thursday at age 76 from pancreatic cancer.

Americas | 2018-08-17 10:23

Pentagon says China military 'likely training for strikes' on U.S. targets

China's military has expanded its bomber operations in recent years while "likely training for strikes" against the United States and its allies, a Pentagon report released on Thursday said. The assessment, which comes at a time of heightened U.S.-China tensions over trade, was contained in an annual report that highlighted China's efforts to increase its global influence, wi...

Americas | 2018-08-17 09:10

New US slap against China: Tighter curbs on tech investment

Already threatened by escalating U.S. taxes on its goods, China is about to find it much harder to invest in U.S. companies or to buy American technology in such cutting-edge areas as robotics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. President Donald Trump is expected as early as this week to sign legislation to tighten the U.S. government's scrutiny of foreign investmen...

Americas | 2018-08-08 09:09

Oscar-winning actor Robert Redford retiring from acting at 81

"Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting," he told Entertainment Weekly. "(I'll) move towards retirement after this 'cause I've been doing it since I was 21," he said.

Americas | 2018-08-07 11:34

Korean-American NYT reporter in hot water over anti-white tweets

A newly hired Korean-American journalist at the New York Times is under fire after her old anti-white tweets were revealed. Sarah Jeong, 30, posted a string of offensive and apparently racist messages a few years ago, including #CancelWhitePeople” and “white men are bulls***.” One tweet read: “Oh man it's kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men.”

Americas | 2018-08-06 16:00

Venezuela president survives assassination attempt; suspects caught [VIDEO]

In this still from a video provided by Venezolana de Television, Presiden Nicolas Maduro, center, delivers his speech as his wife Cilia Flores winces and looks up after being startled by and explosion, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Venezuela's government says several explosions heard at a military event were an attempted attack on President Maduro. Informatio...

Americas | 2018-08-05 11:27

Journalist murdered in Mexico near tourist hotspot Cancun

A journalist was murdered Tuesday in southeast Mexico, not far from tourist hotspot Cancun, the government said -- the seventh such killing this year in one of the world's most dangerous countries for reporters.

Americas | 2018-07-25 14:52

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