World
Polls show close divide over impeachment and removal
Washington, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Americans are following impeachment proceedings closely and are slightly more likely to approve than disapprove of the inquiry itself. But the public is more closely split over whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office.
Public to get access to Nuremberg trials digital recordings
Paris, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Audio recordings from the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders will be made available to the public for the first time in digital form after a nearly two-year process conducted in secret.
Germany seeks to reassure rattled Jews after holy day attack
Halle, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Top German officials were heading Thursday to the scene of an attack on a synagogue in the city of Halle, seeking to reassure an unsettled Jewish community after members saw a man trying to break into their house of worship on Judaism's holiest day.
Amnesty International urges Malaysia to end death penalty
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Amnesty International has urged Malaysia to abolish the death penalty, saying unfair trials and the use of harsh treatment to obtain confessions put people at risk of execution.
India releases 3 low-ranking Kashmiri politicians
Srinagar, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Indian authorities on Thursday released three low-level pro-India politicians in disputed Kashmir amid international pressure to ease a clampdown imposed more than two months ago when New Delhi downgraded the autonomy of the area it administers and imposed tighter controls.
Ukraine president: 'No blackmail' in conversation with Trump
Kyiv, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Thursday there was "no blackmail" in the phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump that helped spark an impeachment inquiry.
N. Korea threatens to resume nuke, long-range missile tests
Seoul, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — North Korea threatened again Thursday to resume nuclear and long-range missile tests, accusing the U.S. of having instigated some members of the U.N. Security Council to condemn its recent weapons tests.
Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes
Stockholm, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for literature on Thursday, a rare double announcement that came after no prize was announced last year due to sex abuse allegations that tarnished the group awarding the prizes.
Police: Indonesia's security minister wounded in stabbing
Jakarta, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — A knife-wielding man who may have been influenced by a radical Islamic group wounded Indonesia's security minister, a local police chief and another person in a western province on Thursday, police said.
For 1st time, Biden declares Trump must be impeached
Rochester, OCT 10 (AP/UNB) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday for the first time that President Donald Trump must be impeached for abusing the powers of his office to help his own reelection.