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A man watches a TV news program showing an image published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's "Pukgukson-2" missile launch at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017.

Pentagon: North Korea's Latest Missile Likely Traveled Farther Than Any Other

Fox News is reporting North Korea claims the ballistic missile it successfully test-fired this past weekend “probably” traveled farther than any other missile launched by the rogue, secretive nation, a Pentagon spokesman told reporters Monday. The launch represented a “clear grave threat to our national security,” Capt. Jeff Davis told Fox News. The missile traveled roughly 300

Press conference by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S President Barack Obama on the first day of the visit, 04/24/2016 , at Herrenhausen Palace in Hannover, Germany

Poll Shows German Left-Of-Center Majority Edging Ahead Of Merkel

Three left-leaning German parties would now win enough combined support to oust Chancellor Angela Merkel in September's election, according to an opinion poll by the INSA institute to be published in Bild newspaper on Tuesday, Reuters reports.The newspaper said in advance of the report that it was the first time "in a long time" that a left-of-center coalition would have enough

In this picture taken, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, Syrian Civil Defense workers search through the rubble in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, Syria.

VIDEO: Human Rights Watch: Syrian Authorities Ordered Several Chemical Attacks in Aleppo

Human Rights Watch reported on Monday that Syrian government forces used intense chemical weapons in order to retake the city during the final weeks of battle late in 2016 which killed nine people and wounded hundreds more, according to Al Jazeera. HRW said it verified eight chemical attacks beginning on November 17th until December 13 after interviewing witnesses, collecting

Former Goldman Sachs Banker Steven Mnuchin Confirmed As Treasury Secretary

On Monday evening the Senate confirmed Steven T. Mnuchin as the secretary of the Treasury Department in order to execute Trump's plans for editing the tax code, renegotiating trade deals and other financial regulations, according to The New York Times. In a 53 to 47 vote, the Senate confirmed Mnuchin to the post, though there was a long debate about Mnuchin's experience working

Lt. j. g. Sarah Heidt, anti-submarine warfare officer on board USS McCampbell (DDG 85), teaches Aboriginal students at their school how to give a high five.

2017-02-14
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Australia struggles to improve lives of indigenous population

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is failing to meet almost every target for improving the lives of its indigenous population, including reducing the infant mortality rate, getting children in school and adults in jobs, according to a government report released on Tuesday.

McMurdo Sound sea life of an ice wall and the ocean floor at Explorer's Cover, New Harbor, McMurdo Sound is adjacent to remote-controlled photographic equipment

‘Extraordinary’ levels of toxic pollution found in Mariana Trench, deepest place on the planet

Scientists have discovered “extraordinary” levels of toxic pollution in the most remote and inaccessible place on the planet – the 10km-deep Mariana Trench in the Pacific ocean. Small crustaceans that live in the pitch-black waters of the trench, captured by a robotic submarine, were contaminated with 50 times more toxic chemicals than crabs that survive in

2017-02-13
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After 54 years in India, war veteran returns home for a family reunion

A former Chinese soldier who was unable to leave India for 54 years flew home to China over the weekend, Xinhua News Agency reported. Wang Qi, now in his 70s, was an army engineer when he went missing in a forest on the China-India border in 1963. He was later detained by the Indian military and imprisoned for seven years on an

Original caption: Ku Klux Klan members supporting Barry Goldwater's campaign for the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention, San Francisco, California, as an African American man pushes signs back.

Body of Missouri KKK leader found by a river a few days after he disappeared, ...

A Missouri man who identified himself as the leader of a Ku Klux Klan chapter has been found dead several days after he was reported missing, officials said. The body of Frank Ancona, of Leadwood, Missouri, was discovered late Saturday on a river bank in a rural part of the state, Washington County ... ...

Beyonce performs at the 59th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles.

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Beyonce's twin pregnancy announcement pic turns into a mural

Singer Beyonce Knowles' twin pregnancy announcement photograph that took the internet by storm has been turned into a massive mural. Renowned street artist LushSux has

Lee Jae-yong, a vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. arrives for hearing at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016.

South Korean prosecutors summon Samsung heir Lee

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors summoned Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong for questioning over bribery allegations again on Monday, less than a month after a Seoul court rejected their request for his arrest. ...

Lake Oroville: thousands evacuated as part of tallest dam in US 'set to fail'

Tens of thousands of people living downstream from the tallest dam in the United States have been ordered to evacuate after authorities said a spillway was in danger of imminent collapse.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un salutes at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea, opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, a major political event intended to showcase the country's stability and unity under leader Kim Jong Un despite international criticism and tough new sanctions over the North's recent nuclear test and a slew of missile launches.

UN to hold urgent meeting on North Korea missile launch

The United States, Japan and South Korea have asked for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on North Korea's ballistic missile launch. The UN Mission for Ukraine, which holds the rotating security council presidency, said closed consultations would take place on Monday afternoon. Share Go To North Korea launched the missile early on Sunday, marking its

High five! It's a Grammy-winning record for Adele

Adele has won five Grammys on a record-breaking night for the British star, but she was left "devastated" after fluffing her musical tribute to George Michael. The 28-year-old singer won album of the year for 25 and record and song of the year for Hello, beating her "idol" Beyonce to the three top awards. Share Go To A tearful Adele dedicated her album award to

Resist Rally at Chuck Schumer's NYC Office, at the Demonstrations and protests against the presidency of Donald Trump

Trump stays course on immigrants, undocumented workers

The courts may have halted his travel ban but that hasn’t caused President Donald Trump to shy away from planning new action on immigration in the name of keeping Americans safe. As thousands of Mexicans protested against Trump’s anti-Mexican rhetoric and vow to make the country pay for his “big, beautiful border wall,” the White House confirmed the

2017-02-13
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Russian intel: ISIS planning further destruction of Syria's ancient Palmyra site

(CNN)ISIS' vandalism of one of Syria's most important historic sites looks set to escalate as Russian intelligence suggests that the militant group plans to wreak more destruction on the ancient Roman ruins at Palmyra. The city has seen many of its irreplaceable antiquities, monuments and historic sites destroyed since the terror group first occupied it in May 2015. JUST

Panama paper's Mossack & Fonseca founders held on corruption charges

PANAMA CITY The two founders of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca were arrested on Saturday, the attorney general's office said, after both were indicted on charges of money-laundering in a case allegedly tied to a wide-ranging corruption scandal in Brazil. Firm founders Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca were detained because of the risk they might try to flee the

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (right) speaks to journalists on the international conference

2017-02-13
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UN chief says Fayyad "right man" to be Libya envoy despite US objection

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he believed former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad was the "right

Martha Obermiller of Denver, right, chants during a rally protesting the immigration policies of President Donald Trump, near the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017.

Trump’s “Travel Ban” Makes Us All Judicial Activists

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Because it’s impossible for any state or government to prevent injustice, other than such as it commits itself, President Donald Trump’s executive order to limit immigration from seven predominantly Muslim nations has indeed caused a political firestorm. Given other orders that range from criminalizing aggressive protesters to

File - The top of the butte in this scene from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover stands about 16 feet (about 5 meters) above the rover and about 82 feet (about 25 meters) east-southeast of the rover.

NASA scientists take another step toward getting Mars rocks back to Earth

NASA is another step closer to choosing the landing site for its Mars 2020 mission that could ultimately lead to the first red rocks being transported back to Earth. The post NASA scientists take another step toward getting Mars rocks back to Earth appeared first on Digital Trends . ...

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[VIDEO]: Report: At Least 4 Killed, 5 Missing In French Ski Resort Avalanche

French authorities reported at least four people in a nine-person ski party were killed by an avalanche Monday at the Alpine skiing station of Tignes, RTE reported. Emergency services personnel were looking for the remaining five people in the party that were swept away by the avalanche, which struck an off-piste slope, the report said. "Five people are still buried under a

BREAKING: Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Adviser

Justice Department Warned White House Over Possible Russian Blackmail of Michael Flynn

Majority of Ebola Cases Caused By Super-Spreaders