By Maurice Tamman New York (Reuters) Even before Sunday night’s vicious presidential debate, Republican Donald Trump was losing ground in many of the states he needs to win to capture the presidency, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos States of the …

Ethiopia declares state of emergency ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia declared a six-month state of emergency on Sunday following months of violent anti-government protests, according to an official statement released on state media. “The state of emergency was declared following a thorough …

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Erdogan takes spin in Bosphorus’s first road tunnel ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went for an inaugural spin on Saturday in Istanbul’s latest mega-project: the first-ever road tunnel linking the city’s European and Asian sides under the Bosphorus …