The global elite have descended on snowy Davos in Switzerland once again for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. World leaders, CEOs and NGO chiefs are all gathered to grapple with the tumultuous events of 2016 and attempt to anticipate the political and economic trends likely to shape 2017. This year’s forum theme […]
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International, USAORLANDO, Fla. — Records detailing the charges the wife of the Pulse nightclub shooter is facing were unsealed Tuesday morning in federal court. Noor Salman was arrested early Monday morning at her home outside San Francisco and is expected to appear before a federal judge for the first time later Tuesday. She is the only
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USAJAKARTA, Indonesia — Nearly three years after Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared over the Indian Ocean, Australia, China and Malaysia on Tuesday called off the underwater search, saying “no new information has been discovered” to solve what has become one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. A statement by the Joint Agency Coordination Center in Australia, which
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International, Travel and FoodFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Accused airport shooter Esteban Santiago initially blamed his actions on government mind control but later told FBI agents he had been “on the dark web” communicating in “jihadi chat rooms,” with Islamic State terrorists or sympathizers, authorities said in court Tuesday. During a detention hearing, federal prosecutors said that Santiago, 26,
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USADonald Trump may have a point about paid protesters: Job ads running in more than 20 cities offer $2,500 per month for agitators to demonstrate at this week’s presidential inauguration events. Demand Protest, a San Francisco company that bills itself as the “largest private grassroots support organization in the United States,” posted identical ads Jan.
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USATEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — Some believe that the fabled mines of King Solomon were located among copper smelting camps in Israel’s Timna Valley. The arid conditions at Timna have seen the astonishing preservation of 3,000-year-old organic materials, which have provided Tel Aviv University archaeologists with a unique window into the culture and practices of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationOfficial from anti-IDF group Breaking the Silence: shooting Israeli soldiers ‘not terrorism’ (JNS.org) An official from Breaking the Silence (BtS), a left-wing NGO that publicizes the testimonies of former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in order to spread criticism of the Israeli military, was reportedly caught saying that he does not consider shooting IDF soldiers
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Paris Peace Conference was not as bad as it could have been. The British and Russian governments sent low level delegations. Some of the wording in UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2334 disappeared, and the assembled agreed to resolve “all permanent status issues on the basis of United Nations
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By Jenn Lindsay ROME, Italy — Two weeks after I met the man who would become my husband, we were sitting on the moonlit front porch of a house in Umbria, breathing in the fresh air of the Italian countryside. If we had been from the same country, we might have been nervous about our
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International, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and FoodATLANTA — One of the highest elected officials in one of Georgia’s most diverse counties waded into controversial territory over the weekend when he wrote a Facebook post calling U.S. Rep. John Lewis — a civil rights legend already locked in a war of words with President-elect Donald Trump — a “racist pig.” The reaction
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USAMIAMI — A 2014 letter addressed to Barack Obama from the man accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., a White House source said Monday. There was no immediate word on whether the president had read the letter and what, if any, reaction he had to it.
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International, Middle East, USAOnce seen as a wild card in France’s increasingly unpredictable presidential campaign, former economy minister Emmanuel Macron, an independent who has never held elected office, is gaining seemingly unstoppable momentum on a strong pro-EU platform. The centrist, who quit President François Hollande’s government in August 2016 to pursue his own presidential ambitions, is running as
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InternationalMIAMI — More than 80 false killer whales have been found dead after stranding themselves along the remote coast of Southwest Florida in Everglades National Park, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday. So far, the death toll is 81, with just one of the rare whales found alive. Crews continue to search for
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The World We Share, USAJust eight men hold the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of humanity, according to new data compiled by Oxfam. Released to coincide with the annual World Economic Forum meeting of political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland, and the impending inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Oxfam said that new and better
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