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NEW YORK: A week ahead of the launch of new MacOS-powered computers, Apple is investigating a claim that its latest device iPhone 7 overheated, caught fire and reportedly destroyed a car in Australia. The incident comes at a time when South Korean giant Samsung is recuperating from the aftermath of...
VKontakte is 10 years old: What’s the secret of the ‘Russian Facebook’?
The social network created by Pavel Durov remains Russia’s most popular When in October 2006 Pavel Durov, a 22-year-old philology graduate of St. Petersburg State University announced the launch of VKontakte (now known as VK), social networks in Russia were only beginning to gain popularity....
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City banks plan to hoard bitcoins to help them pay cyber ransoms
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Dollar Bulls Undeterred as Warning Signs Flash on Greenback Gain
The dollar erased its 2016 loss versus the euro and the outlook for higher relative interest rates may prove strong enough for the greenback to overcome historical patterns that signal its gains are overdone. The U.S. currency rose for a third week on renewed bets among investors and traders that...
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President inaugurates two hospitals in Gujarat
Ankleshwar/Bharuch, Oct 23 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday inaugurated a revamped version of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital and Heart Institute and a modern Sevashram Hospital in Gujarat's twin...
WHO Must Allow Wider Debate on Dealing With Worldwide Smoking Problem
Continuing exclusion of dissenting voices on tobacco control will lead to poor public policy By Gary Johns The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts there will be 1 billion smokers worldwide by 2025 — a total that's about the same as today's except for the fact that tobacco consumption is falling...
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Paris St-Germain 0-0 Marseille
Edinson Cavani has scored 13 goals in all competitions for PSG this season Rudi Garcia's first game in charge of Marseille ended in a battling goalless draw against Paris St-Germain. The ex-Roma boss, 52, was appointed last week after Marseille's takeover by American businessman Frank McCourt....
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In Venezuela, impeachment move prompts protest at National Assembly
In Venezuela, impeachment move prompts protest at National Assembly
(CNN)Venezuelan lawmakers have announced they plan to push for impeachment proceedings against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. In a special session on Sunday, the Venezuelan National Assembly, which is made up...
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Why Progressives Love the New Cold War
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The Clinton campaign’s full-scale effort to turn this election into a referendum on Vladimir Putin is causing liberals like Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, and Glenn Greenwald, the energizing force behind...
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British banker pleads not guilty to murder of 2 Indonesian women
British banker pleads not guilty to murder of 2 Indonesian women
Hong Kong (CNN)A former British banker has pleaded not guilty to the murders of two Indonesian women in Hong Kong. Rurik Jutting, 31, in Hong Kong's High Court court on Monday, denied two counts of murder, claiming...
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Darkness at Noon: ISIS Sets Oil, Sulfur Fires in Battle For Mosul
Darkness at Noon: ISIS Sets Oil, Sulfur Fires in Battle For Mosul
Here in the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, in the desert south of Mosul, the sun is an orange orb burning through a screen of black and gray clouds that cover the sky. The sky at mid-afternoon is the color of dusk, and the air...
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World must do everything to end Aleppo massacre, says French FM
World must do everything to end Aleppo massacre, says French FM
Author: AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Mon, 2016-10-24 ID: 1477263058755388300 ALEPPO: NIZIP, Turkey: France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has urged the international community to “do everything” to end the...
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Shaikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar, dies aged 84
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The deceased is the father of Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar, who handed over power to his son, Shaikh Tamim in 2013 ......
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Saudi Arabia ‘deliberately targeting impoverished Yemen’s farms and ...
Saudi Arabia ‘deliberately targeting impoverished Yemen’s farms and agricultural industry’
The Yemen war uniquely combines tragedy, hypocrisy and farce. First come the casualties: around 10,000, almost 4,000 of them civilians. Then come those anonymous...
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Tour bus slams into truck on California highway, killing 13
Tour bus slams into truck on California highway, killing 13
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — A tour bus returning home to Los Angeles from a casino trip plowed into the back of a semi-truck on a California highway early Sunday,...
Hitler’s Secret Nazi Base Discovered Seven Decades After Being Abandoned
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Hitler’s secret Nazi base named “Schatzgraber” (which translates to mean “Treasure Hunter” was discovered by Russian Scientists in...
Iraqi Forces Launch New Advance Northeast of Mosul
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Khazer, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi and Kurdish forces have launched a new offensive on a town near Mosul as part of a massive operation aimed at retaking the country's...
Saudi warplanes resume bombing Yemen as truce expires
Saudi warplanes resume bombing Yemen as truce expires
Saudi Arabia has resumed its air strikes against Yemen after the expiry of a three-day ceasefire in the war-ravaged country. The Saudi jest conducted more...
MLB: Cubs beat Dodgers 5-0 to reach 1st World Series since 1945
MLB: Cubs beat Dodgers 5-0 to reach 1st World Series since 1945
Chicago • Cursed by a Billy Goat, bedeviled by Bartman and crushed by decades of disappointment, the Chicago Cubs are at long last headed back to the World...
Attacks on the internet keep getting bigger and nastier
Attacks on the internet keep getting bigger and nastier
NEW YORK (AP) — Could millions of connected cameras, thermostats and kids' toys bring the internet to its knees? It's beginning to look that way....
Simone Schaller, believed to be oldest living Olympian, dies in Arcadia at 104
Simone Schaller, believed to be oldest living Olympian, dies in Arcadia at 104
ARCADIA: Simone Schaller, an American hurdler who competed at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Games and was believed to be the oldest living Olympian, has died. She...
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