All World News

Pyongyang – South K: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea

Pyongyang – South K: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea

  Pyongyang – North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Friday off its east coast and it flew about 800 km (500 miles) into the… Read More ›

New York – Alexa Voice Software To Offer Fitbit Progress Updates

New York – Alexa Voice Software To Offer Fitbit Progress Updates

  New York – Alexa, what can you tell me about my health? Starting Thursday, Amazon’s voice assistant will tell you how well you slept… Read More ›

Air Force faces shortage of drone and jet pilots

Air Force faces shortage of drone and jet pilots

  Washington – A top Air Force general warned Wednesday that the U.S. faces a shortage of hundreds of fighter pilots and drone operators. In Capitol… Read More ›

Iran seen escaping UN sanctions over missiles due to ambiguous resolution

Iran seen escaping UN sanctions over missiles due to ambiguous resolution

“When you look at your hand, and you can’t even bluff… you fold,” said a US official.   UNITED NATIONS – Iran will likely escape new… Read More ›

Thank you, surge, may I have another?

Thank you, surge, may I have another?

  Late last night, around 10:30pm (“late” for parents), my brother (who is visiting from the NYC area) and I were standing in my kitchen… Read More ›

Bill Ackman is having the worst year in his fund’s history

Bill Ackman is having the worst year in his fund’s history

  Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, founder of $12 billion Pershing Square Capital, is having the worst year in his fund’s history. Pershing Square Holdings, his fund’s… Read More ›

FedEx: Amazon would have to spend ‘tens of billions’ to compete with us

FedEx: Amazon would have to spend ‘tens of billions’ to compete with us

  FedEx is not concerned about recent reports of Amazon possibly building up an in-house shipping network, and downplayed it as mere “headline grabbing” stories. During its… Read More ›

Washington – Analysis: Obama Dares GOP To Let Clinton, Trump Pick Justice

Washington – Analysis: Obama Dares GOP To Let Clinton, Trump Pick Justice

  Washington – By nominating an uncontroversial 63-year-old judge, President Barack Obama handed Republicans an unwelcome election-year proposition: Give in or risk letting Hillary Clinton… Read More ›

New York – For New York Hospital’s Patients, Miniature Horses Are A Strong Rx

New York – For New York Hospital’s Patients, Miniature Horses Are A Strong Rx

  New York – Some of the most powerful medicine delivered to young patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York on Wednesday came in… Read More ›

North Korea sentences U.S. student to 15 years hard labor

North Korea sentences U.S. student to 15 years hard labor

North Korea has sentenced an American student to 15 years of hard labor after accusing him of removing a political banner from a hotel. The… Read More ›

Professor wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math equation

Professor wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math equation

  It was a problem that had baffled mathematicians for centuries — until British professor Andrew Wiles set his mind to it. “There are no… Read More ›

Donald Trump on brokered convention: ‘I think you’d have riots’

Donald Trump on brokered convention: ‘I think you’d have riots’

Washington – Donald Trump and Ted Cruz warned fellow Republicans Wednesday of dire consequences if the GOP establishment attempts to have a brokered convention this summer.… Read More ›

Will Kurdish moves on federalism scuttle Syria peace drive?

Will Kurdish moves on federalism scuttle Syria peace drive?

Peace talks in Geneva enter third day; new humanitarian aid reaches Aleppo province   Rmeilan- Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a… Read More ›

Harvard Law School finally removed the seal of a ‘brutal slaveholder,’ but not everyone agrees with the decision

Harvard Law School finally removed the seal of a ‘brutal slaveholder,’ but not everyone agrees with the decision

  Harvard Law School is ditching its official seal, following months of protests urging its removal because of its ties to a slave owner, The Harvard… Read More ›

With the Sony PlayStation VR, virtual reality is having its iPod moment

With the Sony PlayStation VR, virtual reality is having its iPod moment

  People don’t really remember this now, but when the Apple iPod first launched in 2001, it wasn’t immediately a huge hit. Tech savvy early… Read More ›

‘Whole new ballgame’: John Kasich is projected to win Ohio

‘Whole new ballgame’: John Kasich is projected to win Ohio

  Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich apparently just scored a key victory in his home state. Multiple news outlets projected on Tuesday evening… Read More ›

New Jersey – Police: 3 Killed, 2 Seriously Injured In Head-on Crash On Route 9 In Old Bridge

New Jersey – Police: 3 Killed, 2 Seriously Injured In Head-on Crash On Route 9 In Old Bridge

  Old Bridge, NJ – Authorities say a head-on crash on a major New Jersey roadway has left three people dead and two women seriously… Read More ›

Washington – Secret Service Manpower Shortage As Campaigns Ramp Up

Washington – Secret Service Manpower Shortage As Campaigns Ramp Up

  Washington – The Secret Service, tasked with simultaneously protecting President Barack Obama and some of the Republican and Democratic candidates now running to replace… Read More ›

San Francisco – Instagram Says It Will Show Posts In Order Of ‘Relevance’

San Francisco – Instagram Says It Will Show Posts In Order Of ‘Relevance’

  San Francisco – Instagram users could soon notice something different in their feeds: Instead of showing users the most recent posts first, the mobile… Read More ›

Ex-Dominican diplomat to plead guilty in U.N. bribery scandal, attorney says

Ex-Dominican diplomat to plead guilty in U.N. bribery scandal, attorney says

  New York – One of the leading figures in a U.N. bribery scandal has decided to plead guilty, according to his attorney. Francis Lorenzo, a… Read More ›