ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria will hold its next election on Sept. 7, giving first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign should he decide to seek a second term leading the oil-rich north African nation. Tebboune’s office announced the
Switzerland’s national rail operator said Thursday the world’s longest rail tunnel won’t be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for repairs of damage caused by a cargo train derailment. The Swiss federal railway operator,
Gene Autry, the cowboy crooner and Hollywood hitmaker who helped popularize country-western music and became one of the most celebrated performers in American history, was born in Tioga, Texas, on this day in history, Sept. 29, 1907. “Gene Autry’s status as a
29 years ago (1994) We reported on the Estonia ferry disaster in the Baltic Sea, which claimed 852 lives. Brit Paul Barney described how he was the only survivor as nine people tried to hang onto his lifeboat. The vessel was sailing
The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, the decisive battle in America’s shocking triumph over the mighty British Empire in its War of Independence, began on this day in history, Sept. 28, 1781. The siege ended three weeks later, on Oct. 19, with the
35 years ago (1988) We reported how the shamed sprinter Ben Johnson was sent home from the Seoul Olympics in South Korea after being stripped of his gold medal following his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs. The Canadian athlete was banned from
American political and broadcast history unfolded on this day in history, Sept. 26, 1960, as Vice President Richard Nixon, a California Republican, and Sen. John F. Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, debated on television before a national audience. The nation’s first-ever televised presidential
40 years ago (1983) We reported 38 IRA prisoners armed with handguns and knives had escaped from the maximum security Maze prison in County Antrim in the biggest mass jail breakout in British history. One prison officer died of a heart attack
On this day in history, September 25, 1890, Congress establishes Sequoia National Park in California
Sequoia National Park was founded on this day in history, Sept. 25, 1890, as a national park in the United States. The park was created through legislation signed by President Benjamin Harrison, as the National Park Service (NPS) indicates. Sequoia National Park
52 years ago (1971) We said Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home had expelled 105 Soviet diplomats for spying, following the defection of a Russian spymaster who handed over a list of intelligence officers operating in the UK. Operation Foot remains the biggest mass