Former secretary of state tells Guardian that NSA whistleblower should return to US if he is serious in engaging in debate Hillary Clinton said she wants to 'feel her way' to a decision on whether to make a bid for the White House in 2016. Photograph: AlexWong/Getty Images Hillary Clinton has said EdwardSnowden should be entitled to both a legal and public defence of his decision to leak top-secret documents if he returns to the United States. "If he wishes to return knowing he would be held...
The ticket scam is thought to have netted $101 million since 2002. Photo: Supplied RIO DE JANEIRO: An illegal ticketing scandal rocked the World Cup on Thursday as Germany and France geared up for a titanic quarter-final showdown. Police probing an international scalping syndicate said thousands of...
An unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least two people, emergency officials said. Television images showed the front of a passenger bus crushed by the...
Red Cross workers carry the body of a woman who died of the Ebola virus during a 1995 outbreak in the Congo. The United Nations health agency said on Thursday it expected the worst Ebola outbreak in history to continue its deadly rampage through west Africa for at least "several months". The...
Allegations that pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) systematically bribed doctors in China are credible, says an investigator hired by the firm. PeterHumphrey was hired only to investigate who was behind a suspected smear campaign against GSK. But after he finished his report, he learned...
A protester throws a burning tire See Also Arab-Jewish tension in parts of Jerusalem was at fever pitch Thursday afternoon, three days after the funerals for three slain Israeli teens and a day after the alleged revenge killing of 16-year-old Muhammed Abu Khdeir, with clashes...
Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling It is from ancient Persia (modern Iran) that the game of chess required many of its terms. For example, Persian foot soldiers were the piyadah, or pawns. The chariot was the rukh, or rook (for castle). Their ruler was the shah, from which the word...
