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  London – A UK report into allegations of the sexual abuse of children by people in, or close to, government in the 1970s and 1980s… Read More ›

The Financial Times has a new owner. Japanese publishing group Nikkei Inc. is paying Pearson (PSO) £844 million ($1.3 billion) in cash for the Financial… Read More ›

NASA said Thursday that its Kepler spacecraft has spotted “Earth’s bigger, older cousin”: the first nearly Earth-size planet to be found in the habitable zone… Read More ›

Kerry, White House mum on whether Iran-IAEA agreement allows Tehran to collect inspectors’ soil samples at Parchin   WASHINGTON – The Obama administration ducked concerns… Read More ›

After mortar shells claimed both soldiers and civilian casualties, new radar system will increase warning time from 3-5 seconds to 15 seconds. The IDF is… Read More ›

Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal traveled to Lafayette, a city of about 120,000 people roughly 55 miles (90 km) southwest of Baton Rouge.   Alone… Read More ›

  Aspen, Colorado – FBI Director James Comey says U.S. military strikes have diminished the al Qaeda offshoot Khorasan Group. Comey, in an interview with CNN’s… Read More ›

Thousands of foreigners have crossed through Turkey, a NATO member, to join Islamic State over the past few years.   WASHINGTON – US President Barack… Read More ›

Gold and the mining stocks have been absolutely crushed lately. The plunge in price after a nearly four-year bear market has investors panicking. In fact,… Read More ›

  Bank of America CFO Bruce Thompson is out. On Wednesday evening, the firm announced that Thompson will leave the firm. Thompson has served as CFO… Read More ›

  The stock market is disappearing. In an afternoon email to clients, Rich Barry at the NYSE wrote: Buyback factoid: ~20% of S&P 500 companies… Read More ›

  For now, the fight’s over. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is dropping his proposed bill to limit the growth of for-hire vehicle… Read More ›

  Los Angeles – A man with a loaded handgun was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday as he tried to drive through a security… Read More ›

  Washington – The White House does not plan to change President Barack Obama’s itinerary for his trip to Kenya later this week despite disclosure… Read More ›

  Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal by a Christian woman who has been sentenced to death for blasphemy. A… Read More ›

  Four UK soccer fans who were filmed as theyphysically stopped a black man from boarding a Paris Métro train in a nasty incident of… Read More ›

The Cincinnati Police Department said Wednesday it has finished investigating the fatal shooting of an apparently unarmed black man by a University of Cincinnati police… Read More ›

Rather than improving the human rights situation, more “hangings, arrests, and repression,” can instead be expected.   BERLIN – The euphoria surrounding the agreement to… Read More ›

Sisi has launched a tough security crackdown since Morsi’s overthrow. Security forces killed hundreds of supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood in the streets and arrested… Read More ›

  Microsoft’s earnings today gave plenty of reasons for both bulls and bears to take heart, after a mixed quarter that beat Wall Street expectations —… Read More ›