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Vietnamese girls smuggled into China and sold as child brides

Vietnamese girls smuggled into China and sold as child brides

Editor’s Note: The names of the trafficked girls in this story have been changed to protect their identities. Lao Cai, Vietnam – “When I woke… Read More ›

Jewish zookeeper mourned after mauled to death by tiger

Jewish zookeeper mourned after mauled to death by tiger

Stacey Konwiser, a veteran keeper, had been working with tigers at Florida zoo for three years; husband works there too   MIAMI — South Florida… Read More ›

Islamic State sees sharp drop in its revenue

Islamic State sees sharp drop in its revenue

“The Islamic State is still a force in the region, but, this drop in revenue is a significant figure and will increase the challenge for… Read More ›

Iran parades parts of advanced S-300 missile battery in Tehran

Iran parades parts of advanced S-300 missile battery in Tehran

Addressing Army Day celebrations, president calls those who say Islamic Republic doesn’t need hard power ‘naive’   Iran on Sunday paraded what it claimed were… Read More ›

6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes southeast of Tonga

6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes southeast of Tonga

  SYDNEY – An magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck southeast of the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake… Read More ›

San Francisco’s housing market is at a tipping point

San Francisco’s housing market is at a tipping point

  San Francisco’s housing market is at a tipping point. A shortage of housing inventory, with demand that has not flatlined, has jacked up home prices… Read More ›

Elisabeth Murdoch’s new company is creating a made-for-Snapchat millennial media brand

Elisabeth Murdoch’s new company is creating a made-for-Snapchat millennial media brand

  Elisabeth Murdoch’s new UK-based media company is set to launch a made-for-Snapchat mobile video media brand called “Brother.” The brand is due to launch in… Read More ›

Washington – NYT: Saudi Arabia Threatens To Sell Off Billions In American Assets If 9/11 Bill Passes

Washington – NYT: Saudi Arabia Threatens To Sell Off Billions In American Assets If 9/11 Bill Passes

  Washington – The Saudi Arabian government has threatened to sell of hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American assets should the U.S. Congress… Read More ›

New York – At Trump Tower, True Believers Mix With The Morbidly Curious

New York – At Trump Tower, True Believers Mix With The Morbidly Curious

  New York – Inside Trump Tower, altar to all things Donald, the throngs pouring into the soaring brass-and-glass atrium include both the true believers… Read More ›

Ozu, Japan – Some Sleep In Cars After 2 Nights Of Quakes Kill 41 In Japan

Ozu, Japan – Some Sleep In Cars After 2 Nights Of Quakes Kill 41 In Japan

  Ozu, Japan – The wooden home barely withstood the first earthquake. An even stronger one the next night dealt what might have been the… Read More ›

Ecuador earthquake: 77 killed, hundreds injured

Ecuador earthquake: 77 killed, hundreds injured

A major earthquake hit Ecuador’s central coast, killing at least 77 people as it buckled homes and knocked out power in a city hundreds of… Read More ›

North Korean official on Trump comments: ‘Totally absurd and illogical’

North Korean official on Trump comments: ‘Totally absurd and illogical’

Pyongyang, North Korea – A North Korean official said recent remarks by Republican frontrunner Donald Trump are “absurd and illogical,” in a rare interview granted… Read More ›

Russia denies wrongdoing after jet barrel-rolls over U.S. aircraft

Russia denies wrongdoing after jet barrel-rolls over U.S. aircraft

  Washington – A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane was barrel-rolled by a Russian jet over the Baltic Sea during a routine flight in international… Read More ›

Pope lauded by refugees he helped resettle in Italy

Pope lauded by refugees he helped resettle in Italy

Francis says decision to assist 12 Muslims who were stranded in Greek camp after fleeing war-torn Syria is ‘purely humanitarian’   ROME (AP) — Pope… Read More ›

Report: Dozens of Hezbollah militants ‘accidentally’ killed in chemical attack

Report: Dozens of Hezbollah militants ‘accidentally’ killed in chemical attack

Diplomatic source says that a lack of coordination between Bashar Assad’s troops and supporting forces could lead to future instability.   Dozens of members of… Read More ›

Goldman Sachs is cutting costs big time

Goldman Sachs is cutting costs big time

  Goldman Sachs is looking to cut costs, big time. That’s according to Bloomberg’sDakin Campbell, Aaron Kirchfeld, Manuel Baigorri, who report that the firm is… Read More ›

The process of selling Yahoo has ‘been a f—ing joke’

The process of selling Yahoo has ‘been a f—ing joke’

  Though it’s up for sale, new information obtained by Fortune paints Yahoo as a company that doesn’t want to be sold and has few… Read More ›

New York – Documents: Former N.Y. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Used Position To Advance Mistresses’ Careers

New York – Documents: Former N.Y. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Used Position To Advance Mistresses’ Careers

  New York – Sheldon Silver, one of New York state’s most powerful politicians before his December conviction in a bribery case, had two extramarital… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Campaign Manager Says He Called Reporter After Run-in

Washington – Trump Campaign Manager Says He Called Reporter After Run-in

  Washington – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s campaign manager said on Friday that he was relieved a battery case against him was over but… Read More ›

Migrating humans may have killed off Neanderthals, by accident

Migrating humans may have killed off Neanderthals, by accident

  It appears modern humans may have some blood on our hands. A new study published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology suggests that… Read More ›