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California passes landmark bill to treat contract workers as employees in a move that could devastate Uber and Lyft’s business model

California passes landmark bill to treat contract workers as employees in a move that could devastate Uber and Lyft’s business model

  California lawmakers have approved a landmark bill that would reclassify contractors for companies like Uber and Lyft as employees. Assembly Bill 5 passed in a… Read More ›

North Korea Says Willing to Resume U.S. Talks, Launches Projectiles

North Korea Says Willing to Resume U.S. Talks, Launches Projectiles

The launches followed repeated short-range missile tests by North Korea since its leader Kim Jong Un agreed in a June 30 meeting with U.S. President… Read More ›

Airfares from Japan to South Korea drop to under $10

Airfares from Japan to South Korea drop to under $10

  If you’ve ever wanted to travel between Japan and South Korea, there’s no better time than now — air fares are as low as… Read More ›

Hong Kong protesters march to US Consulate to call for help from Trump

Hong Kong protesters march to US Consulate to call for help from Trump

Hong Kong – Protests calling on US President Donald Trump to intervene in the ongoing Hong Kong political standoff escalated rapidly Sunday, with marchers setting… Read More ›

Trump Calls Off Secret Meeting With Taliban, Afghan Leaders

Trump Calls Off Secret Meeting With Taliban, Afghan Leaders

    Washington – President Donald Trump said Saturday he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders after a… Read More ›

NOAA staff were reportedly warned against publicly contradicting Trump about his claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama

NOAA staff were reportedly warned against publicly contradicting Trump about his claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama

  A top National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official reportedly sent an odd, agency-wide warning shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted that Alabama could be… Read More ›

Putin says he offered Trump the chance to buy Russian hypersonic weapons

Putin says he offered Trump the chance to buy Russian hypersonic weapons

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he offered US President Donald Trump the chance to buy Russian hypersonic missiles, supposedly to stop… Read More ›

US Judge: Terror Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights

US Judge: Terror Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights

The government’s watchlist of more than 1 million people identified as “known or suspected terrorists” violates the constitutional rights of those placed on it, a… Read More ›

Boris Johnson fails in high stakes attempt to call snap general election

Boris Johnson fails in high stakes attempt to call snap general election

London – Boris Johnson’s strategy to wrench Britain out of the European Union by the end of next month was in shreds on Wednesday when… Read More ›

Iran warns it will further cut nuclear commitments ‘today or tomorrow’

Iran warns it will further cut nuclear commitments ‘today or tomorrow’

President Rouhani says unspecified step is of ‘extraordinarily significant nature’   Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that his country would be announcing a new step… Read More ›

Trump’s tariffs are expected to hit women and lower-income Americans the hardest

Trump’s tariffs are expected to hit women and lower-income Americans the hardest

  The cost of tariffs are increasingly poised to fall onto those who can least afford them. Lower and middle class Americans spend a higher… Read More ›

Spaghetti models of Hurricane Dorian show the storm heading for Florida — but you should not read them as forecasts

Spaghetti models of Hurricane Dorian show the storm heading for Florida — but you should not read them as forecasts

  Hurricane Dorian is moving toward the Bahamas and Florida. It’s projected to hit Florida’s east coast as a Category 4 hurricane. Spaghetti models show the various… Read More ›

Photos Of Thousands Of Yeshiva University Students Appear On White Nationalist Website

Photos Of Thousands Of Yeshiva University Students Appear On White Nationalist Website

  New York – The photos of thousands of students and faculty of Yeshiva University appear on a white nationalist and anti-Semitic website. The photos… Read More ›

Romelu Lukaku racially abused by Cagliari fans during Serie A game

Romelu Lukaku racially abused by Cagliari fans during Serie A game

Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku was the subject of monkey chants from Cagliari fans Sunday, the latest in a string of racist incidents that have… Read More ›

Iran to Implement ‘Cyber Identity Document’ for Internet Users

Iran to Implement ‘Cyber Identity Document’ for Internet Users

Minister of Communications Mahmoud Vaezi stated that identifying internet users was a “current priority” and that in the future there would be no anonymous internet… Read More ›

Intelligence veterans are pulling their hair out over Trump’s ‘outrageous’ and ‘moronic’ decision to tweet out a photo from a classified briefing

Intelligence veterans are pulling their hair out over Trump’s ‘outrageous’ and ‘moronic’ decision to tweet out a photo from a classified briefing

  President Donald Trump’s decision to tweet out a photo of an Iranian launch pad that he got from a classified intelligence briefing this week has… Read More ›

Joshua Wong and other Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders arrested ahead of rally

Joshua Wong and other Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders arrested ahead of rally

Hong Kong – High-profile pro-democracy leaders were arrested Friday in Hong Kong, in an apparent roundup of activists ahead of what will be the 13th… Read More ›

US cyber attack said to have disabled Iran’s ability to target oil tankers

US cyber attack said to have disabled Iran’s ability to target oil tankers

New York Times says American hack wiped out critical data base used by Revolutionary Guards; Tehran still struggling to restart system   The United States… Read More ›

The Trump administration never agreed to G7 financial aid for the Amazon fires, spokesman says

The Trump administration never agreed to G7 financial aid for the Amazon fires, spokesman says

  The Trump administration did not agree to the $20 million financial aid package offered to Brazil to help battle wildfires raging in the Amazon… Read More ›

Warplanes Strike Near Turkish Military Post in Syria – Security Source

Warplanes Strike Near Turkish Military Post in Syria – Security Source

A senior Turkish security source told Reuters there were heavy clashes between Syrian government forces and rebel fighters about 500 metres from the Turkish observation… Read More ›