October 26, 2015 - Page 3

US Vice President Joe Biden, who ended months of speculation last week that he would run for president, said that he chose to not enter the race because he “couldn’t win.” In

German business confidence dipped only slightly in October, as Europe’s biggest economy continues to shrug off various challenges, including the Volkswagen scandal, a leading economic think-tank said Monday. The Ifo institute’s closely-watched

Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson called Sunday for a ban on abortion in nearly all cases, and likened those seeking to terminate their pregnancies to slave owners, in comments certain to spark

A UN special envoy Monday called on Japan to ban cartoon images featuring “extreme” sexualised images of children, after Tokyo last year fell into line with other G7 nations by criminalising possession