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XKCD’s "What If?" Is The Best Bathroom Book You’ll Ever Buy
The Internet is history’s greatest repository of minutiae, and its greatest generator. And that information is proliferating, mostly in the form of facts, both grand and trivial. The Twittersphere is...
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Yuppies Are Killing the Dive Bar
I don’t really like dive bars, but I am always sad when one closes. I prefer to drink in a clean, well-lighted place where I don’t have to watch Yankees highlights or listen to the discomfiting...
View ArticleAmericans Detained in North Korea Plead for Help in CNN Interviews
Three U.S. citizens detained in North Korea spoke to the U.S. television channel CNN on Monday with one pleading with the United States for help and another describing his situation as "urgent".Kenneth...
View ArticleEgyptian Islamic Authority Issues Fatwas Against Selfies and Chatting Online
An Egyptian Islamic authority has issued a fatwa prohibiting online contact between men and women, dismissing online chatrooms as "frivolous" and "evil".Dar al-Ifta, a semi-governmental Islamic...
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Russia Has Threatened Nuclear Attack, Says Ukraine Defence Minister
Kiev has received threats of nuclear retaliation from Russia through unofficial channels if it continues to fight pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Minister of Defence, Valeriy...
View ArticleMerkel Defends Arming Kurds and Calls Islamic State a Threat to Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her government's taboo-breaking decision to send arms to Kurds fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, telling parliament on Monday that the group posed a...
View ArticleBritain Unveils Plans to Strip Suspected Islamists of Passports
Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday announced plans to strip suspected Islamist militants of their passports temporarily, to combat the threat posed by radicalized Britons returning from Syria and...
View ArticleHundreds of Intimate Celebrity Pictures Leaked Online Following Alleged...
Hundreds of intimate pictures of female celebrities, including Oscar-winning actor Jennifer Lawrence, were leaked overnight after being stolen from their private collections and posted on infamous web...
View ArticleNATO to Create New 'Spearhead' Force in Response to Russian Threat
NATO leaders will respond to the Ukraine crisis by agreeing this week to create a "spearhead" rapid reaction force, potentially including several thousand troops, that could be sent to a hotspot in as...
View ArticlePoland's Tusk May Step Down as Early as September
Poland's Donald Tusk may resign as prime minister as early as September to take up the job of European Council president, a government spokeswoman said on Tuesday."I think that it will be possible even...
View ArticleAmid Foreign Crises, Obama Takes Solace in U.S. Economic Turnaround
Throughout much of his presidency, Barack Obama has been under siege about the state of the U.S. economy.But with economic growth now far more robust than when he took office, he is finding some...
View ArticleEU Will Decide New Sanctions for Russia by Friday, Says New Foreign Minister
European Union governments will take a decision on a package of new sanctions against Russia by Friday, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini told the European Parliament on Tuesday."On Monday,...
View ArticleRussia's Lavrov Urges US to 'Talk Sense' Into Kiev
Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine's moves to join NATO were aimed at undermining efforts to end the war in the east of the country, and called on Washington to use its influence and "talk sense" into...
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Taxi Sharing Could Revolutionize New York City’s Transportation System
Too-good-to-be-true pizza and the dazzle of Times Square may leave a lasting impression on first-time visitors to Manhattan, but nothing evokes the island better than the waves of yellow cluttering its...
View ArticleScores Killed as Boko Haram Insurgents Overrun Nigerian Town, Say Sources
Islamist Boko Haram insurgents have overrun much of a northeastern Nigerian town after hours of fighting that has killed scores and displaced thousands of residents, several security sources said on...
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Afghans Face Fighting Taliban Without Western Help
Will Afghanistan, like Iraq, be deserted by the West to fend off extremist groups on its own? The most recent political crisis in the country, which once hosted the perpetrators of the attacks of...
View ArticleHamas Popularity Surges as Palestinian Rivalry Flares
Militant group Hamas would sweep Palestinian elections if they were held today after its support soared during seven weeks of war with Israel in Gaza, an opinion poll published on Tuesday found.The...
View ArticleUK's Fate in the Balance as Poll Shows Record Support for Scottish Independence
A poll showing support for Scottish independence at its highest ever level threw the fate of the United Kingdom into question on Tuesday, just two weeks before Scots vote on whether to secede.The poll...
View ArticleThe Russian Mothers Waiting for News of Their Missing Soldier Sons
Lyubov Maksimova’s soldier son called his father from an unknown number last week. He told him he was involved in “training exercises” in the Rostov region – a Russian territory bordering Ukraine – and...
View ArticleIs Teen Drinking Worse Than Teen Marijuana Use?
Every year, more and more Americans support marijuana legalization. In 2010, 41 percent of Americans favored legalization; by 2014, 54 percent supported such reforms, per the Pew Research Center. This...
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