Israel Sends Out Evacuation Warnings Ahead of Potential Incursion After Truce...
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel urged the evacuation on Wednesday of several Gaza Strip areas where more than 100,000 people live, threatening ground operations after briefly holding fire under an...
View ArticleGermany May Bring Back Typewriters in Wake of Spy Scandal
The German commission looking into the U.S. spying scandal could be driven to communicating by typewriter, its chair has said, such is the fear of information being intercepted by foreign intelligence...
View ArticleThe U.S. Should Not Prosecute Edward Snowden, U.N. Official Says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official suggested on Wednesday the United States should abandon its efforts to prosecute Edward Snowden, saying his revelations of massive state...
View ArticleNavy Nurse Refuses to Force-Feed Guantanamo Prisoners
In the first known protest of its kind, a United States Navy nurse has refused to force-feed prisoners who are on hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay.An unidentified male nurse stopped force-feeding...
View ArticleFour Palestinian Children Killed, Official Says
GAZA (Reuters) - Four Palestinian children were killed and one was critically wounded on a Gaza beach on Wednesday by a shell fired by an Israeli naval gunboat, a Palestinian health official said.Asked...
View ArticleJapan’s Largest Online Retailer Will Accept Bitcoins ‘Sooner or Later,’ Says CEO
Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten, an online retailer that outsells Amazon in Japan, announced in a speech to vendors Monday that his company will eventually accept Bitcoin.“This year the Internet...
View ArticleJust a Wee Bit Gay: Dolly Parton to Release LGBT Dance Album
Acclaimed country legend and movie star Dolly Parton will soon be adding another accomplishment to her resume: dance music diva. The 68-year-old country superstar’s long-awaited dance record will be...
View ArticleFormer Intern Files Suit Against Clear Channel
A former intern for Clear Channel Communications has filed a suit against the massive radio broadcasting company in federal court, alleging that she performed the job of a paid employee in her unpaid...
View ArticleDutch State Found Liable for Srebrenica Killings
The Hague district court ruled Wednesday that Dutch state is liable for the deaths of 300 Bosnian Muslims after peacekeepers from the country failed to protect them during the Srebrenica massacre in...
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Google Street View Cars Want to Scan Your City for Gas Leaks
Google Street View’s mapping cars have been taking more than just visual scans while touring the streets of three U.S. cities lately. In Boston, Staten Island, and Indianapolis, Google’s cars were...
View ArticleSwedish Courts Upholds Julian Assange's Arrest Warrant
A Swedish court has upheld the arrest warrant for Julian Assange, meaning he is still suspected for rape and molestation in the country. The ruling means that the WikiLeaks founder, who has now been...
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For Its Nuclear Program, Time Is on Iran's Side
Negotiators in Vienna trying to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear arms program are at an impasse and seem about to end with nothing resolved. That raises an important question for the West and for...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Teases Jon Stewart on ‘Daily Show’ with Non-Announcement of...
“[Hillary Clinton] is here to declare her candidacy for president,” boasted Jon Stewart about the former senator, secretary of state and first lady’s appearance on The Daily Show Tuesday night. “I...
View ArticleFour Children Killed by Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Beach
Four Palestinian children were killed by an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza beach this afternoon as the Palestinian death toll in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas exceeded 200 on day nine of...
View ArticleRep. Kwasman Mistakes Bus Full of YMCA Campers for Bus Full of Undocumented...
Adam Kwasman is having a bad day. As a Republican member of Arizona’s House of Representatives, Kwasman is practically obligated to be an outspoken critic of undocumented immigrants. That’s why on...
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Nearly a Third of Borneo's Rainforest Is Gone
Just four decades of logging, fire, and clearing land for oil palm plantations has left almost a third of Borneo’s tropical rainforest completely deforested, according to a study published Wednesday in...
View ArticleNations Worldwide Use Private Companies to Spy, U.N. Warns
Nations around the world are using private companies to spy on their citizens, a report published by the United Nation’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights warned today.Governments are...
View ArticleThe Long Island Rail Road Strike by the Numbers
If no agreement is reached between unions and the MTA by Sunday, the Long Island Railroad will stop running, and the roughly 300,000 Long Islanders who make the daily commute to New York City will be...
View ArticleGaza: Put the Ground Invasion on Hold
Tel Aviv — Today is the ninth day of the war between Hamas and Israel. It's the ninth day that missiles were fired at Tel Aviv and the ninth day that all of those missiles were downed by Iron...
View ArticleMount Fuji Volcano Is in a ‘Critical State,’ New Study Warns
Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan and the subject of hundreds of pilgrimages and artistic tributes, has not erupted since 1707 but is still very, very much an active volcano, researchers in...
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