Germany's Economy Shrinks As Euro Zone Recovery Halts Amid Russia Sanctions
Germany's economy shrank in the second quarter and France again failed to conjure up any growth, snuffing out any signs of a recovery in the euro zone which is now also weighed down by tit-for-tat...
View ArticleHow the Financial Crisis Hit the UK's Most Popular Suicide Spot
The fall from the top of the white chalk cliffs at Beachy Head takes five seconds. One, two, three, four, five, and on to the rocks below. “Time enough to regret what you have done,” says Andy Nippard,...
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How Washington Opened the Floodgates to Online Poker, Dealing Parents a Bad Hand
In 2007, the head of the FBI’s Cyber Crime Fraud unit, Leslie Bryant, issued a stern warning to Americans: “You can go to Vegas. You can go to Atlantic City. You can go to a racetrack. You can go to...
View ArticleIstanbul's New Erdoğan-Backed Airport to Be Named After... Erdoğan
Istanbul’s new third airport - set to become the world’s largest - will be named after president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish newspaper Taraaf Daily reported last night.Transport, Maritime and...
View ArticleWhy Has Norway's Attempt to Break the Glass Ceiling Failed?
“A woman’s place is in the house. . . and the senate,” declares a popular American bumper sticker. Eleven years ago, Norway decided that a woman’s place was on the boards of publicly traded companies,...
View ArticlePolice Deny Name Given by Hacker Group Is Police Officer in Ferguson Case
A purported member of hacktivist collective Anonymous appears to have followed through on his threat to release the name of the police officer involved in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in...
View ArticleFerguson Police Fire Tear Gas, Stun Grenades and Smoke Bombs at Protesters
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Police in Ferguson, Missouri, fired tear gas, stun grenades and smoke bombs to disperse some 350 protesters late Wednesday, the fourth night of racially charged demonstrations...
View ArticleWhat’s Driving Conservatives Mad About the New AP History Course
As a high school history teacher for more than 40 years, Larry S. Krieger felt it was his duty to teach his students what made America great.Before retiring in 2005, Krieger, 66, liked to begin his...
View ArticleFive Illegal Immigrants Detained in Albania With Ebola Symptoms
Albanian police have detained 40 illegal immigrants from Africa today, five of whom are currently under quarantine after exhibiting symptoms of Ebola, Macedonian newspaper Vecer has reported.Police...
View ArticleIslamic State Militants Mass North of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants are massing near the Iraqi town of Qara Tappa, 122 km (73 miles) north of Baghdad, security sources and a local official said, in an apparent bid to broaden...
View ArticleJournalists Arrested, Assaulted, and Teargassed in Ferguson
As scenes of chaos and photos of war-ready police equipment rolled in from protests in Ferguson, Missouri, on Wednesday, several working journalists found themselves the target of a haphazard law...
View ArticleDonetsk Shelled as Russian 'Aid' Convoy Heads Towards Ukraine
A convoy of trucks said by Russia to contain humanitarian aid supplies that has been denied entrance to Ukraine by Kiev is snaking back towards another Ukrainian border crossing as shelling is stepped...
View ArticleMissouri Highway Patrol to Take Over Security in Ferguson
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View ArticleRep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, Calls for ‘Martial Law’ in Ferguson, Mo.
John Lewis, the Democratic congressman from Georgia and civil rights icon, called on President Barack Obama to declare martial law in Ferguson, Missouri, on Thursday as a necessary response to the...
View ArticleShark Week, Shark Meat: Endangered Species for Dinner
Shark Week, Discovery Channel’s weeklong extravaganza on all things shark, is now in its 27th year and boasts record-high ratings for the network. While it’s driven generally positive public...
View ArticleSusan Schneider, Robin Williams’ Widow, Reveals the Actor had Parkinson’s...
Since Robin Williams’ untimely passing on Monday, thousands have been sharing tributes, love and memories. Today, Williams’ widow, Susan Schneider, revealed in a statement that the late actor had been...
View ArticleOglala Sioux Hope Bitcoin Alternative, Mazacoin, Will Change Economic Woes
The Oglala Sioux of South Dakota, by many measures America’s most impoverished Native American tribe, are a world away from the wealth of Silicon Valley and Manhattan, where prominent investors are...
View ArticleInside the Islamic State's Siege of Mount Sinjab
In his former life in Mosul, before he was driven out by the radical jihadists of the Islamic State, Khudeid Da Khalas, 49, had the grand title of “official representative of the Yezidi people.”Then he...
View ArticleUnder Artillery Fire, Ukraine Rebels Switch Their Leaders
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Two of the most senior rebels battling government troops in eastern Ukraine quit on Thursday, deepening the disarray in a pro-Moscow separatist movement that is being pushed...
View ArticleEbola Frontline: The Economic Impact of Ebola is Making Freetown a Ghost Town
The devastating economic effects of the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone are already being felt, and in the capital Freetown, the bustling, commercial center of the country, the outlook isn’t good. “The...
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