Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has hit a record high of almost 90 percent, primarily as a result of his decision to launch air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria, Russia’s state pollster said on Thursday. VTsIOM, the pollster, said Putin’s rating had reached 89.9 percent in October, up from a previous high of 89.1 percent in June. “Such a high level of approval for the work of the
By Niklas Pollard and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A masked man wielding “knife-like weapons” walked from classroom to classroom to stab students as they opened the door, killing a teacher and a boy and wounding two others at a school in western Sweden before being shot dead by police.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Dozens of same-sex couples in Chile are celebrating civil unions, taking advantage of a new law that’s a sign of change in a country long regarded as one of Latin America’s most socially conservative.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Patricia is strengthening and is expected to hit the coast of Mexico as a dangerous major hurricane.
This week’s surprise Moscow summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was perhaps one of the most sensitive meetings the Kremlin walls have seen in recent times. At stake was the future of the Syrian conflict — and also Russia’s place on the world stage as Putin seeks to muscle his way back to global influence after months of Western isolation over Ukraine. Assad’s visit —
Alexander Rossi believes he has a “very good” chance of retaining his Manor seat full-time for the 2016 season.
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