Putin says Trump confirmed will mend ties

Canada wildfire explodes in size

A raging Canadian wildfire grew explosively on Saturday as hot, dry winds pushed the blaze across the energy heartland of Alberta and smoke forced the shutdown of a major oil sands project. The fire that has already prompted the evacuation of all 88,000 people who lived the city of Fort McMurray was set to double in size on Saturday, the seventh day of what is expected to be the costliest natural disaster in Canada’s history. Provincial officials praised evacuees for their patience and, in a s

08 May, 2016

Cruz drops out, Trump seals nomination

Republican front-runner Donald Trump all but sealed the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday with a commanding victory in Indiana that forced rival Ted Cruz to finally end his campaign. The New York billionaire, who has never held public office and who repeatedly defied pundits’ predictions that his campaign would implode, now can prepare for a matchup in the Nov. 8 election with Hillary Clinton expected to be his Democratic opponent. Clinton’s march to the Democratic nomination, however

04 May, 2016

Obama says US race relations improved

President Barack Obama said in a commencement speech on Saturday that U.S. race relations have improved over the last three decades, but that significant work still needs to be done. “I tell you this not to lull you into complacency, but to spur you into action because there’s still so much work to do,” Obama told about 2,300 Howard University graduates in Washington, acknowledging that racism and inequality still persist. “We cannot sleepwalk through life,” he said. The United States has face

08 May, 2016