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Female Genital Mutilation on the Rise in the U.S.
The number of women and girls at risk for female genital mutilation (FGM) in the United States has more than doubled in the past 10 years, according to new figures released on Friday.The data, the...
View ArticleSolar-Powered Sea Slugs Steal DNA from Algae
Several species of sea slugs can actually photosynthesize like plants, harnessing energy from the sun to produce food. Perhaps the most impressive example is a little green creature called Elysia...
View ArticleLong-Running Farce Continues at the United Nations
How does this seem, for basic fairness?A judge presides over a trial. The defendant complains about his bias, but the judge does not recuse himself. He runs the trial, and at its end he writes his...
View ArticleAustralian PM to Face Leadership Vote After Party-Room Revolt
Embattled Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he will fight a challenge to his leadership at a party-room meeting next week after disgruntled government lawmakers on Friday sought to oust him...
View ArticleThe Transgender Minor Who Hopes to Be Carnival Queen
The costumes tend to weigh in the hundreds of pounds but Lola Rodríguez is used to feeling an unusual burden of responsibility for a 16-year-old. Lola is bidding to be selected as Las Palmas carnival...
View ArticleUK Discount Retailer Poundland to Spend £55m on 99p Stores
Discount UK retailer Poundland has announced plans to buy 99p Stores for £55 million, a far cry from the penny pinching the bargain shops are known for. The proposed merger of the two popular brands...
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Labour-SNP Alliance ‘Most Likely to Form Government’ After UK Election
A new model to predict the outcome of the UK election has put the chances of any one party gaining an outright majority at just 5.5%, with the most likely outcome being a coalition or working alliance...
View ArticleReport: ISIS Claims American Hostage Killed in Airstrike
Updated | According to the SITE Intelligence group, a jihadist threat watchdog, the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed that an American hostage was killed in a Jordanian airstrike on the terrorist group on...
View ArticleRival Libyan Factions Travel to Kiev and Moscow Seeking Support
Libyan politicians from rival factions have travelled to Ukraine and Russia in the hope of bolstering ties with Kiev and Moscow, according to the Libya Herald.A hardline politician from the Islamist...
View ArticleItalian Policeman ‘Raped Guests’ After Luring Them to Home on Couchsurfing...
An Italian policeman has been accused of using a website designed to help travellers find a place to stay to lure women to his home where he would allegedly drug and rape them. 35-year-old Dino Maglio...
View ArticleI Hesitated Before Vaccinating My Daughter—And I’m a Doctor
Before I was a doctor, I was a dad. My oldest daughter was 2 years old when I started medical school, so I did a little bit of parenting without the benefit of any medical knowledge at all.I remember...
View ArticleUkraine Passes Law to Shoot Deserters
The Ukrainian parliament has approved a motion to allow commanders in the armed forces to fire at army deserters and use force against servicemen for “negligence” or “drinking alcohol” while on...
View ArticleFriends Say Harper Lee Was Manipulated
Soon after the announcement that Harper Lee’s long-awaited second novel was to be published, some fans and critics’ excitement turned to suspicion: The author, who published her best-selling To Kill a...
View ArticleAkon to Stage Anti-ISIS Charity Concert in Kurdish Capital Erbil
Sengalese-American hip-hop artist Akon is throwing an anti-ISIS charity concert in Iraqi Kurdistan this March, according to a video announcement made by the rapper on Thursday. Proceeds for the concert...
View ArticleWebsite Sells Cookies for Girl Scout Injured in Shooting
A dedicated-sales website has been established to help sell the cookies that a young Girl Scout in Indianapolis was on her way to pick up when she was shot earlier this week.Sinai Miller, 9, was...
View ArticleRussia Sends Nuclear Submarine Troops on Arctic Exercise
Nuclear units in the Russian navy have engaged in exercises in the international waters underneath the North Pole, a move which analysts believe is a thinly veiled response to yesterday’s news that...
View ArticleUK Spied on British Citizens Illegally Court Rules, After ‘Absurd’ Proceedings
A secret court has ruled that the UK surveillance agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), spied on British citizens unlawfully up until December 2014. The decision marks the first time...
View ArticleU.S. Stations Black Hawks in Kurdish Capital to Ire of Baghdad
The United States has deployed an additional number of Black Hawk helicopters to Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, raising the prospect of a widening rift between Baghdad and...
View ArticleObama Draws Ire of Right at National Prayer Breakfast
Remarks by President Barack Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday comparing the barbaric actions of ISIS to those of medieval Christian crusaders have drawn ire from his critics on the...
View ArticleDeclaring War on Radical Islam Is Not a Counterterrorism Strategy
Some members of Congress and noisy portions of the media and blogosphere are vexed by President Barack Obama’s refusal to declare war on “radical Islam.”Their distress seemed to be only exacerbated by...
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