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Microsoft Tightens Screws on Terrorists Posting Online
Microsoft last week announced plans to crack down on terrorist content, perhaps in response to the Obama administration's intense effort to get Silicon Valley's help in preventing...
Health Chiefs, Hewlett Packard Probed
Romanian prosecutors say nine health chiefs and tech giant Hewlett Packard are being probed on suspicion of wrongdoing in a health services contract that cost the state 16.8 million euros ($18.8 million) ......
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Zika outbreak fuelled by mosquito control failure, says WHO boss
The spread of Zika is the price being paid for a massive policy failure on mosquito control, says World Health Organization leader Margaret Chan. Speaking at the agency's annual World Health Assembly, Dr Chan said experts had "dropped the ball" in the 1970s with regards to getting a handle on...
Get a peek into Kerala’s tourist highlights through this coffee-table book series
The Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary (Photo courtesy: Kerala Tourism) Are you travelling to Kerala anytime soon for a vacation? If yes, then you must flip through the pages of a new coffee-table book series brought out by the state tourism department. The book series, that’s filled with some...
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Rory McIlroy may withdraw from Rio Olympics over Zika virus concerns
Rory McIlroy has become the latest, and most high-profile, golfer to express reservations about competing in the Rio Olympics this year due to the ongoing threat of the Zika virus. The world number three, who clinched his first win of 2016 at the Irish Open over the weekend, is due to participate...
The Latest: Former US Open champ Marin Cilic falls in Paris
PARIS (AP) -- The Latest on the French Open (all times local): --- 9:20 p.m. Former U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic has fallen at the first hurdle in Paris - to a player 156 spots below him in the rankings. The tenth seed from Croatia lost 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Monday in the first round to Marco...
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India uses outdated laws to silence dissent, HRW says
India uses outdated laws to silence dissent, HRW says
NEW DELHI: India routinely uses outdated and loosely worded laws to crack down on dissent, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, urging the government to repeal or amend legislation used to stifle free speech. A new report...
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End Israel's occupation of Palestine, Qatar tells forum
End Israel's occupation of Palestine, Qatar tells forum
The 16th Doha Forum has wrapped up with speakers from around the world touching on issues ranging from global and regional security to conflict resolution and climate change. The conference, organised by Qatar's foreign...
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Why is the U.S. arming Vietnam?
Why is the U.S. arming Vietnam?
(CNN)President Barack Obama's announcement Monday that he was lifting the ban on the sale of weapons to Vietnam sent one message to the former U.S. wartime foe and another to the region. By ending the ban, the U.S. is...
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Leaked tape forces Brazil minister out
Leaked tape forces Brazil minister out
A key minister in Brazil's new government steps aside after he was caught on tape allegedly conspiring to obstruct a major corruption probe. ......
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Syria blames foreign states for blasts
Syria blames foreign states for blasts
The Syrian government accuses Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia of being behind a wave of bombings in the coastal cities of Tartous and Jableh. ......
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"Zika is not 'coming' to the United States: It is already here"
"Zika is not 'coming' to the United States: It is already here"
As mosquito season arrives and the Zika virus threatens the United States, Congress has been slow to provide the funding President Obama requested to fight the disease. Ronald Klain, who managed the response to Ebola in...
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20 Years Later, 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski Eager To Tell Story
20 Years Later, 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski Eager To Tell Story
Ted Kaczynski, the man known as the “Unabomber” who for nearly two decades sent bombs through the mail, killing three and injuring two dozen more, is anxious to have his story told in his own words, and is reaching out...
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Obama wants peaceful settlement of South China Sea disputes
Obama wants peaceful settlement of South China Sea disputes
HANOI: US President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for territorial disputes in the South China Sea to be "resolved peacefully" as Vietnam baulks at Chinese...
11 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide, many feared missing: officials
11 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide, many feared missing: officials
Yangon: At least 11 people died in a landslide in a remote jade mining region of northern Myanmar with many more feared missing, authorities said Tuesday, the...
India gets a relief from choking heatwave, witnesses heavy rainfall
India gets a relief from choking heatwave, witnesses heavy rainfall
India gets a relief from the choking heatwave as several parts of the country witnesses heavy rainfall. ......
EgyptAir jet swerve claim denied as hunt for black boxes continues
EgyptAir jet swerve claim denied as hunt for black boxes continues
The doomed EgyptAir Flight 804 did not swerve or lose altitude before it disappeared off radar, the head of Egypt's state-run provider of air navigation...
UK grants asylum to Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed
UK grants asylum to Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed
Britain has granted political refugee status to ousted former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, his lawyer has claimed. A prominent human rights campaigner...
Plane Crash in Hawaii Leaves 5 Dead
Plane Crash in Hawaii Leaves 5 Dead
Five people died Monday morning in a small plane that crashed in Hawaii, NBC News reported.The plane was carrying four skydivers and the pilot. Four of the...
Review urged of European GM crop ban
Review urged of European GM crop ban
The ban on GM crops by European countries should be reassessed, the president of UK science body the Royal Society has said. ......
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Fox News’s quest for a Democratic debate fails nobly
Fox News’s quest for a Democratic debate fails nobly
In the category of least surprising news developments, let’s drop this just-released statement...
Sanders Ahead of Trump by 15 Points, Hillary Just by 3
Sanders Ahead of Trump by 15 Points, Hillary Just by 3
A major national poll has some surprising numbers in it. A shocker. A new NBC News/Wall St Journal...
Post management disputes guild’s methodology on pay-gap analysis
Post management disputes guild’s methodology on pay-gap analysis
One of the findings in a just-released salary analysis by the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild could...
Why It Would Be Politically Stupid to Dismiss Trump's Chances Against Hillary
Why It Would Be Politically Stupid to Dismiss Trump's Chances Against Hillary
Here's how we got to the point where Trump and Clinton are in a statistical tie in some polls. A new...
Campuses Are Again a Hotbed of Protest as Issues of Race, Class and More Bubble Up
Campuses Are Again a Hotbed of Protest as Issues of Race, Class and More Bubble Up
Student protest, the Black Lives Matter Movement, and the rise of the corporate university. This...
This Biotech Company Wants the Power to Deny Patients Access to Their Own Genetic Information
This Biotech Company Wants the Power to Deny Patients Access to Their Own Genetic Information
Myriad Genetics has already provoked ire for its former monopoly on testing for genes associated...
