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Khamenei appears to reject key aspect of Lausanne framework

Khamenei appears to reject key aspect of Lausanne framework

Iran’s supreme leader specifically rejects limits on Tehran’s research and development into nuclear technology that would last a decade or more.   WASHINGTON – Iran’s… Read More ›

Corporate defaults are here

Corporate defaults are here

First things first: Investor desperation for yield, any discernible yield no matter what the risks, and blind confidence that all this will work out somehow… Read More ›

There are several possible reasons for Twitter’s weird CEO shuffle — and they’re all bad

There are several possible reasons for Twitter’s weird CEO shuffle — and they’re all bad

  This morning, Twitter sent a not-very-coded message to shareholders that it would not allow Jack Dorsey to be its permanent CEO unless he stepped down… Read More ›

Oscar-winning composer James Horner feared dead after his plane crashed and burned

Oscar-winning composer James Horner feared dead after his plane crashed and burned

  The Oscar-winning composer behind Titanic hit “My Heart Will Go On”, James Horner, is missing, feared dead, after a plane registered in his name was found crashed… Read More ›

Washington – US Says IS Suspect In Benghazi Attack Killed In Airstrike

Washington – US Says IS Suspect In Benghazi Attack Killed In Airstrike

  Washington – The Pentagon says an Islamic State operative suspected of involvement in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya,… Read More ›

New York – NYC To Hire 1,300 Police Officers As Part Of $78.5B Budget

New York – NYC To Hire 1,300 Police Officers As Part Of $78.5B Budget

  New York –  The city is set to hire nearly 1,300 new police officers as part of its $78.5 billion budget agreement, honoring a… Read More ›

Pakistan heat wave claims as many as 140 lives in Karachi

Pakistan heat wave claims as many as 140 lives in Karachi

Islamabad, Pakistan – A record-breaking heat wave baked Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, over the weekend, killing as many as 140 people. Saturday’s temperature reached 44.8 degrees… Read More ›

Europe gives new Greek plan a cautious welcome

Europe gives new Greek plan a cautious welcome

Europe gave a cautious welcome Monday to new Greek proposals aimed at ending a damaging credit crisis that threatens the country’s future in the euro.… Read More ›

Toxic moonshine kills 99 in Mumbai slum

Toxic moonshine kills 99 in Mumbai slum

Mumbai – Toxic moonshine has killed 99 people and seriously sickened scores of others of drinkers from a Mumbai slum, Indian police say. Forty-six others have… Read More ›

Why Russia’s state oil company is helping Venezuela

Why Russia’s state oil company is helping Venezuela

  Russia’s state-owned oil company may provide its Venezuelan counterpart a much needed loan of $5 billion. Venezuela’s oil company, PDVSA, is in desperate need… Read More ›

Global markets are ‘extremely nervous’ ahead of Greece’s next move

Global markets are ‘extremely nervous’ ahead of Greece’s next move

  TOKYO (Reuters) – US stock futures jumped in early Asian trade on Monday after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras offered a new package of… Read More ›

New York – Gallup Poll: U.S. Confidence In Police At 22-Year Low

New York – Gallup Poll: U.S. Confidence In Police At 22-Year Low

  New York – Confidence in police in the United States has dropped to the lowest level in more than two decades, with just 52… Read More ›

New York, NY – Lawsuit Seeks To Memorialize A Less Heroic Side Of 9/11

New York, NY – Lawsuit Seeks To Memorialize A Less Heroic Side Of 9/11

  New York, NY – It has been nearly 14 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, but a lawsuit on behalf of Muslims rounded up… Read More ›

Charleston, SC – Thousands Unite On SC Bridge To Show Unity After Church Shooting

Charleston, SC – Thousands Unite On SC Bridge To Show Unity After Church Shooting

  Charleston, SC – Thousands of people marched across Charleston’s main bridge in a show of unity after nine black church parishioners were gunned down… Read More ›

Def Leppard guitarist pulls out of tour after cancer returns

Def Leppard guitarist pulls out of tour after cancer returns

  Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell is pulling out of the rock band’s tour after his cancer returned. Campbell, 52, announced two years ago that… Read More ›

Baby among 10 people shot at Philadelphia block party

Baby among 10 people shot at Philadelphia block party

Ten people, including three children, were shot at a Philadelphia cookout and block party Saturday night. According to Philadelphia police incident report, witnesses said “that… Read More ›

Al Jazeera journalist arrested in Berlin

Al Jazeera journalist arrested in Berlin

The Qatar-based Al Jazeera network is calling on German authorities to release a journalist arrested in Berlin and wanted in Egypt. Ahmed Mansour, a senior… Read More ›

Police are reportedly closing in on the two escaped New York fugitives

Police are reportedly closing in on the two escaped New York fugitives

Police have descended on the town of Friendship, New York, where there were sightings of two convicted murderes who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks… Read More ›

China’s stock market surge dream could easily bring about its worst nightmare

China’s stock market surge dream could easily bring about its worst nightmare

China’s ruling Communist Party has made it clear that it has a mortal enemy: social unrest. Separately, it has also made it clear that the… Read More ›

Apple wants to change the way we read news, and it could upend the entire media industry

Apple wants to change the way we read news, and it could upend the entire media industry

Starting in the fall, iPhone and iPad owners will notice yet another new Apple app on their iPhone called News. It’s a curated news service… Read More ›