940 Cars Torched in France in New Year Celebrations
940 cars were set on fire across France by frenzied revellers as they welcomed the arrival of the New Year, according to France’s Interior Ministry. The wave of arson - part of a bizarre and dangerous...
View ArticleBritain's Prince Andrew Named in Florida Sex Slave Case
The British royal family on Friday denied allegations that Prince Andrew was part of a group of men who allegedly used an underage girl as a sex slave.Although the royal family maintains a policy of...
View ArticleNew U.S. Sanctions For North Korea After Sony Hack
Updated | HONOLULU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea was hit with more sanctions on Friday designed to impede access to the U.S. financial system in the wake of a cyberattack on Sony Pictures...
View ArticlePalestine Presses Ahead With Plan to Join ICC
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In a move that heightened tensions with Israel and could lead to cuts in U.S. aid, the Palestinians on Friday delivered to U.N. headquarters documents on joining the Rome...
View ArticleFrance Warns World Powers of Instability in Libya
NIAMEY (Reuters) - French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday world powers must tackle instability in Libya but he stopped short of openly backing the military intervention called for by...
View ArticleCuban Artist Tania Bruguera Freed After Three Back-to-Back Detentions
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera was freed on Friday after three back-to-back detentions in three days, and after more than a thousand artists worldwide signed an open letter...
View ArticleWolf Hunting Event Breeds Controversy in Idaho
Hunters in Salmon, Idaho, are just over halfway through a controversial wolf- and coyote-hunting contest hosted by the Idaho for Wildlife Organization.This is the group’s second year hosting the...
View ArticleFour Large Parts of Crashed AirAsia Jet Found on Sea Floor
Search teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have found four large parts of the plane on the sea bed, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue...
View ArticleIslamic State Seeking Bases Inside Lebanon: Lebanon Security Chief
Islamic State militants holed up in the Qalamoun mountains on the Syrian-Lebanese border are seeking to gain control of nearby Lebanese villages to support their fighting positions, the head of...
View ArticleBuried Bloomsbury Bounty
Four naked revelers hold hands and dance in the sunshine. To their left, another naked figure balances on a ladder while harvesting grapes and dropping them into baskets held by fellow workers in...
View ArticleSuspect in U.S. Embassy Bombings in Kenya, Tanzania, Dies Before NY Trial
A suspected al Qaeda figure alleged to have helped plan the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya has died in New York just days ahead of his scheduled trial, his son and the...
View ArticleMaking Blood Draws Easier With A Friendlier Needle
Americans stick a lot of needles in their veins. There’s an estimated 2.7 million vein sticks every day in the U.S., and blood tests inform over 70 percent of medical decisions. Venipuncture is a...
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Gay Marriage Gains Support, But It’s Still a Partisan Issue
In November, the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation surveyed members of the American Life Panel (ALP) leading up to the midterm elections. These surveys asked ALP participants about their beliefs...
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Quora Question: Should Poachers Be Shot on Sight?
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View ArticleQuora Question: What Is the Most Dangerous Airspace for Commercial Airliners...
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View ArticleIsrael Freezes Funds to Palestinians Over Application to Criminal Court
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has decided to withhold critical tax revenue from the Palestinians and is seeking ways to bring war crimes prosecutions in the United States and elsewhere against President...
View ArticleFive Arrested in India Over Kidnapping and Gang Rape of Japanese Tourist
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Indian police have arrested five men in connection with the alleged abduction and gang-rape of a 23-year-old Japanese tourist, officials said on Saturday.The woman had filed...
View ArticleChristodoulos Xiros, Greek Marxist Guerrilla, Arrested
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police on Saturday arrested Christodoulos Xiros, a fugitive member of the Marxist guerrilla group November 17 who had absconded while on leave from prison almost a year...
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Obama's Cuba Opening Hits Early Obstacles, Faces Struggle with Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Only two-and-a-half weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama announced a historic prisoner exchange and re-establishment of long-broken ties with Cuba, his new policy is...
View ArticleOfficers Salute Mayor De Blasio, Commissioner as They Arrive at Funeral
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police guards saluted as Mayor Bill de Blasio entered a Brooklyn funeral home on Saturday with his police commissioner for the wake of the second of two patrol...
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