Chinese Man Sues After Getting Electroshock Therapy to ‘Cure’ Homosexuality
A gay Chinese man, Yang Teng, 30, is suing a psychological clinic that gave him electric shocks as a part of gay conversion therapy. Teng is also going after Baidu, China’s major search engine, for...
View ArticleCIA Hacked Senate Computers
The Central Intelligence Agency improperly accessed computers used by the Senate committee investigating the agency’s use of torture following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, according to...
View ArticleFearing a Loss, House Republicans Pull Their Own Immigration Bill
House Republicans decided to pull Speaker John Boehner’s bill addressing the flood of mostly child immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border instead of having the measure possibly go down in a vote....
View ArticleCIA Says 'Oops. Sorry.' Capitulates on Intelligence Committee Spying Probe
Now they say they’re sorry. But last spring CIA Director John Brennan and his aides were telling anyone who would listen that the agency’s sleuths were justified in spying on Senate Intelligence...
View ArticleEducation Blogger Fired for Writing About Homophones and Confusing Homophobes
A Utah teacher and education blogger says he was fired from the Nomen Global Language Center in Provo after writing a blog post about homophones, though he disputes media reports that he was let go for...
View ArticleTaiwan Gas Blast Kills 15, Injures 243: Local Media
TAIPEI (Reuters) - An explosion caused by a gas leak in the southern Taiwanese city Kaohsiung has killed 15 people and injured another 243, Taiwanese media reported on Friday.Smoke with a “gas-like...
View ArticleIslamophobia in America on the Rise, Poll Shows
Yesterday I and many others received a press release titled "Stop Hamas - Princess Yasmine become terrorist" [sic]. Attached to the release were a boatload of jpegs depicting Prince Aladdin, Princess...
View ArticleBrits Say Putin Shows NATO Is Useless
NATO, the U.S.-led military alliance that has protected America and western Europe from attack since the end of World War Two, is no longer fit for purpose.The growing aggression of Russian president...
View ArticleTaxis, Planes and Viruses: How Deadly Ebola Can Spread
LONDON, (Reuters) - For scientists tracking the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, it is not about complex virology and genotyping, but about how contagious microbes - like humans - use planes, bikes...
View ArticleU.S. House to Try to Pass Border Funding Bill Friday: Lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will delay the start of a five-week recess in order to try to pass a funding bill dealing with an immigration crisis on the southwestern border,...
View ArticleSprint's New Data Plan Makes You Pay for Your Favorite App's Data
A new smartphone plan, unveiled on Wednesday by Sprint, will charge users separately for access to different social media sites. While the plan will likely make phones more affordable for certain...
View ArticleTesla Posts $61.9 Million Loss as Second-Quarter Sales Climb
DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc, the California-based maker of luxury electric cars, said it lost $61.9 million, or 50 cents a share, in the second quarter, as revenue nearly doubled to $769.3...
View ArticleIsrael and Hamas Agree on 72-hour Humanitarian Gaza Ceasefire
UNITED NATIONS/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Israel and Islamist militant group Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in their conflict in the Gaza Strip starting on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John...
View ArticleBrian Eno: Giving Israel Money Is ‘Like Sending Money to the Klan’
Acclaimed producer and musical artist Brian Eno has written a letter accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and asking why the United States would continue to support what he considers “a ragingly racist...
View ArticleTel Aviv Diary: Israelis Ponder How the War in Gaza Will End
I just came back from my nightly bicycle ride and heard the distant sounds of a rocket intercept. I thought to myself – this is kind of late. When I got upstairs, there in my inbox was the State...
View ArticleIndia's Veto of WTO Trade Deal Sends Wrong Signal, Says Kerry
NEW DELHI/SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday that India's refusal to sign a global trade deal sent the wrong signal, and he urged New...
View ArticleIsrael Declares Ceasefire Over Following Clash, as 50 Die in Shelling
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel declared a Gaza ceasefire over on Friday and killed more than 50 Palestinians in renewed shelling, saying militants had breached the truce shortly after it began and...
View ArticleKurdish Tankers Haemorrhaging Money As Disputed Oil Lacks Buyers
LONDON (Reuters) - After a legal show-down in Texas this week, the outlook for a handful of tankers holding some $300 million worth of Kurdish oil is not looking good.Seemingly unable to find enough...
View ArticleData is Growing Faster Than Computing Power
There is an inconvenient truth in technology: The amount of data keeps growing exponentially, while the increases in the power of computers are slowing down.Somebody needs to invent a new way for...
View ArticleThe 20-Year-Old Ebola Treatment That Could Stop the Outbreak
The devastation wrought by the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history grows daily. As of Thursday, the deaths totalled 729 deaths in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), but...
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