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Wild video shows moment tourist clipped by plane

Wild video shows moment tourist clipped by plane

A St. Barts tourist was hoping to get a close-up shot of landing planes. But not this close. Amateur photographer Mekki Jaidi was on vacation… Read More ›

Russian fighter jets get close to U.S. destroyer

Russian fighter jets get close to U.S. destroyer

Unarmed Russian fighter jets made two extremely close overflights this week of the USS Donald Cook, sailing in the Baltic Sea, CNN has learned. Navy… Read More ›

Belgian authorities charge 2, detain 3 others over attacks

Belgian authorities charge 2, detain 3 others over attacks

At least 8 people linked to Islamic State, including key suspect Salah Abdeslam, being held over Paris, Brussels carnage   Belgium has charged two new… Read More ›

Amsterdam airport partly evacuated in security alert, man detained

Amsterdam airport partly evacuated in security alert, man detained

Dutch military police, sappers on scene amid ‘suspicious situation’; no flight or train disruption reported   Heavily-armed military police evacuated part of Amsterdam’s busy Schiphol… Read More ›

Young Arabs say Islamic State is Mideast’s greatest challenge

Young Arabs say Islamic State is Mideast’s greatest challenge

Poll finds optimism over Arab Spring drops by half in four years, from 72% in 2012 to 36% in 2016   DUBAI, United Arab Emirates… Read More ›

America’s biggest police department is using Facebook to take down its most dangerous gangs

America’s biggest police department is using Facebook to take down its most dangerous gangs

  On November 12, 2014, a man arrived in Canarsie, Brooklyn, expecting to meet a young woman for a date he had arranged online. Instead,… Read More ›

La Niña could have a huge impact on one of the world’s strongest economies

La Niña could have a huge impact on one of the world’s strongest economies

  India’s economy is growing at a 7.3% year-over-year clip, and is considered the bright spot of the global economy. While services (54.4%) and industry (29.5%) account… Read More ›

Here’s what Paul Ryan is really up to with his shadow campaign

Here’s what Paul Ryan is really up to with his shadow campaign

  It was fun to pretend that Paul Ryan was running a stealth campaign for the Republican nomination for president, modeled on the highly successful stealth… Read More ›

United Nations – UN Takes Historic Step To Open Selection Of New UN Chief

United Nations – UN Takes Historic Step To Open Selection Of New UN Chief

  United Nations – The United Nations took a historic step Tuesday to open up the usually secret process of selecting the next secretary-general, giving… Read More ›

San Francisco – Facebook Shows New Ways To Chat, Stream Video

San Francisco – Facebook Shows New Ways To Chat, Stream Video

  San Francisco – Facebook says people who use its Messenger chat service will soon be able to order flowers, shop for shoes and talk… Read More ›

Tucson, AZ – Woman Rescued After Nine Days Lost In Arizona Forest Wrote ‘Help’ In Sticks

Tucson, AZ – Woman Rescued After Nine Days Lost In Arizona Forest Wrote ‘Help’ In Sticks

  Tucson, AZ – A woman lost in an Arizona forest for nine days survived by drinking pond water, eating plants and spelling out “help”… Read More ›

Afghanistan: Former Taliban fighters flee ISIS brutality

Afghanistan: Former Taliban fighters flee ISIS brutality

Jalalabad, Afghanistan (CNN)It might just be a crackle and a hiss but to many in eastern Afghanistan, it’s a sign that ISIS is back. ISIS… Read More ›

BuzzFeed buzzkill: Its stunning revenue miss goes viral

BuzzFeed buzzkill: Its stunning revenue miss goes viral

BuzzFeed fell a stunning $80 million short of projected revenues last year and has reportedly slashed its projections for 2016 in half. Now everybody’s asking:… Read More ›

This is your brain on LSD, literally

This is your brain on LSD, literally

Scientists have for the first time visualized the effects of LSD on the human brain. Using brain scanning and other techniques, researchers at Imperial College… Read More ›

Sanders lags in delegates but front-runner in likability race

Sanders lags in delegates but front-runner in likability race

Presidential hopeful is seen as honest, civil and compassionate, but that might not be enough for the Oval Office   WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders… Read More ›

U2’s Bono lobbies US Senate for ‘Marshall Plan’ in the Middle East

U2’s Bono lobbies US Senate for ‘Marshall Plan’ in the Middle East

ono has lobbied in Washington and other world capitals for a variety of causes including debt relief, alleviating world poverty and fighting AIDS.   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

A German comic’s joke insulted Erdogan and he may go to jail for it – in Germany

A German comic’s joke insulted Erdogan and he may go to jail for it – in Germany

Merkel, who needs Erdogan to deal with migrant crisis, stresses importance of artistic freedom.   Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan has filed a legal complaint against a… Read More ›

A new electric-car startup is breaking ground on a $1 billion plant

A new electric-car startup is breaking ground on a $1 billion plant

  The electric-car startup Faraday Future has made some incremental progress toward getting its operation running at full-speed since the company made its US debut… Read More ›

Alarm bells are ringing for one of OPEC’s strongest members

Alarm bells are ringing for one of OPEC’s strongest members

  Qatar has been one of the strongest players in the Middle East and North Africa region. It’s gone through several years of high real-GDP… Read More ›

Facebook is succeeding where Google should have dominated

Facebook is succeeding where Google should have dominated

  As Facebook gears up to announce a bunch of new video and messaging products at its developers conference this week, a common question has… Read More ›