Tokyo / AFP One person was killed and at least two injured by twin near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park on Sunday, the local fire department said. The explosions occurred at a park in Utsunomiya, some 100 kilometres north of Tokyo, shortly after 11:30 am, a fire department spokesman said. It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts. …

  Philadelphia / AFP With polls giving her the edge on Election Day, Democratic White House nominee Hillary Clinton said that she planned to work hard to see her party make gains in Congress. Speaking to reporters aboard her campaign plane, the 68-year-old former secretary of state said she no longer wished to respond to the attacks or provocations of her …

  Moscow / AFP Russian security forces have shot dead two people suspected of “terrorism” carrying explosives in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing law enforcement sources. An explosion during the operation injured two special police officers, while a third suspect was detained alive, reports said. “Law enforcement officers stopped a car, two suspects …