IRS: Virtual Currencies Are Property for Tax Purposes
(Reuters) - Wading into a murky tax question for the digital age, the Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday that virtual currencies such as Bitcoin are to be treated as property for tax...
View ArticleObama Tried to Paint Russia as Acting Out of Weakness, But Russia Is No Paper...
It’s hard to remember that Barack Obama came to national attention as a silver-tongued orator, an eloquent writer in an age when most politicians spew God-awful prose concocted by their aides. But when...
View ArticleJapan Takes On China Far From Home—in Africa
In the courtyard of a small compound in Geta, 1.7 miles above sea level in southern Ethiopia, members of a local farming cooperative pound and sift barley, the chaff picked up by the vicious wind that...
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Photo Essay: Stranded in Sweden
Once they were respected and successful, they had money and power. Now they’re broke, roaming like ghosts in a foreign land.These are the stories of 12 young Syrian men who used to be rich businessmen,...
View ArticlePlanes, Ships Chase New Leads in Search for Malaysian Jet
(Reuters) - New satellite images have revealed more than 100 objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris from a Malaysian jetliner missing for 18 days, while planes scouring the frigid...
View ArticleMoonshine Is Just a Phone Call Away in Islamic Iran
ANKARA (Reuters) - "Have a shot of tequila first, cheer up!" Shahriyar tells guests gathered at his luxury apartment in Tehran.His girlfriend, Shima, said they party every weekend."Shahriyar has one...
View ArticleJury Convicts Bin Laden Son-In-Law on Terrorism Charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was found guilty of terrorism-related charges on Wednesday following a three-week trial that offered an unusually intimate...
View ArticleObama Promises Tougher Sanctions Against Russia; Russian Stocks Rebound
BRUSSELS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union agreed on Wednesday to work together to prepare possible tougher economic sanctions in response to Russia's behavior in Ukraine,...
View ArticleRussia’s Velvet Invasion
Outside the Ukrainian Institute on London’s Holland Park Avenue stands a bronze statue of St. Volodymyr, Ukraine’s 10th century grand prince of Kiev. At his feet are jam jars and vases of flowers. On...
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Death Toll Looks Set to Rise After Washington State Mudslide
ARLINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - The death toll from a weekend landslide in Washington State looked set to rise on Wednesday but officials say some of the scores of people listed as missing may have...
View ArticleEgypt's Army Chief Resigns to Run for Presidency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday he had resigned from his positions as defense minister and army chief and announced he would run for the presidency in a forthcoming...
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Today in Tabs: Conscious Detabbing
The equivalent of Glasshole will be... Oculanus?— Bill Wasik (@billwasik) March 26, 2014Facebookis buying Oculus VR for $2 billion. Oculus VR's flagship product, the Oculus Rift, is a virtual reality...
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The Health Gap: The Worst Places in America for Mental Health, Child Poverty...
Even within a single state, Americans’ ability to lead healthy lives can vary wildly and depends significantly on which county they live in. Large gulfs exist between the least healthy and the...
View ArticleObama Takes a Leaf Out of the Reagan Playbook
They call it a tentpole speech, one of the big moments of a presidential trip. So when Barack Obama strolled across the stage of the Palais Des Beaux Arts in Brussels on Wednesday, everyone knew it...
View ArticleObama Meets Pope Francis, Stressing Fight Against Inequality
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama highlighted growing gaps between rich and poor ahead of his first meeting on Thursday with Pope Francis, an event that was expected to focus on the...
View ArticleIs NYU Expanding Abroad at the Cost of Free Speech?
The United Arab Emirates are absolute-monarchy sheikhdoms, in which media publications are censored, online comments can land an emirati in prison and dissent is silenced by abduction-like arrests.The...
View ArticleFormer President Carter Says He's Open to Pardon for NSA-Leaker Snowden
Jimmy Carter said that if Edward Snowden were to be convicted and given a death sentence, he would consider pardoning the National Security Agency leaker. He noted, however, that he doesn't feel he has...
View ArticleLil’ Kim Wants You to Sign Up for Obamacare
These days, Lil’ Kim is singing the praises of health and prescription drug coverage rather than “Drugs.”The rapper and mom-to-be will make three stops in New York City on Friday as part of the...
View Article‘You See All Kinds of Stuff’: A Conversation With Europe’s Most Prolific...
Ed Houben has 99 children. Maybe 100 by the time you read this. Several more are already on the way. He has met many of them, but he has raised none of them. Scattered throughout the Netherlands—his...
View ArticleU.N. General Assembly Declares Crimea Secession Vote Invalid
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday passed a non-binding resolution declaring invalid Crimea's Moscow-backed referendum earlier this month on seceding from Ukraine, in a...
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