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US company to replace policy forcing news outlets to offer three free articles a day in exchange for visibility on its search engine...
Mark Zuckerberg Asks Forgiveness for His “Mistakes” on Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg has been under fire ever since Election Day, mostly for doing nothing to combat the onslaught of fake news posts shared on Facebook—many of which were allegedly written by Russian bloggers hoping to influence the outcome of the vote. Since then,...
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Euro ruffled by Spanish vote; Asia data cheer stocks
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The euro took a knock in Asia on Monday as investors kept an anxious eye on an independence vote in Spain's Catalonia, while surprisingly strong economic news out of China and Japan offered support to equities and commodities. ......
Tata Motors Clocks Highest Domestic Sales In Over Four Years
India’s largest truckmaker Tata Motors Ltd. reported its highest sales in four-and-a-half years as strict implementation of load restrictions pushed up demand for commercial vehicles. Sales rose 25 percent in September to 53,965 units....
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Why diabetics should consume carbohydrates towards the end of the meal
Researchers urge diabetes patients to consume bread at the end of the meal after a new study found it helps to keep their blood sugar under control. Type 2 diabetes can cause heart failure, blindness, kidney disease and leg amputations....
Scientists stop brain cancers’ growth by suppressing signal molecule
The absence of a signaling molecule produced by the brain’s nerve cells stops the growth of certain brain tumors, according to a recent study by a group of researchers at Stanford’s School of Medicine. The study, published online earlier this month in “Nature,” showed that, when the...
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Virtual Academy provides education options
FAYETTEVILLE -- Spencer Sumlin credits the Fayetteville Virtual Academy for putting him on track to graduate high school. "I was not only distracted in class but a distraction in class," he said jovially of his time in a traditional school setting. His attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and...
China now Asia’s most popular destination for overseas students: China’s education authority
China has become Asia’s most popular destination for overseas students, said Li Hai, deputy director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of China’s Ministry of Education, at a press conference on Sept. 28....
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Alexander Zverev beaten by Damir Dzumhur at Shenzhen Open
Top seed Alexander Zverev crashed out of the Shenzhen Open as his recent dip in form continued. The German, up to a career high fourth in the world rankings, needed three sets to beat Steve Darcis on Thursday, but he was unable to shake off the rust as in-form Dzumhur won 6-4 7-5 to book his place...
ATP Rankings: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer hold top 2 spots, Wawrinka drops to 9
Johannesburg: Swiss tennis maestro Stan Wawrinka, whose season came to an end early due to a knee injury, has slipped by...
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Barca win behind closed doors amid Catalonia clashes
Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Las Palmas 3-0 in a match played behind closed doors after the Spanish league refused to postpone the game on the day of the highly-charged Catalonia referendum. At least 91 people were injured as Spanish riot police fired rubber bullets and forced their...
Roanld Koeman tight-lipped over his Everton future
Everton manager Ronald Koeman refused to discuss whether he remains the right man to lead the club out of their current slump. The 1-0 defeat to Burnley at Goodison Park on Sunday was the club's fourth loss in five Premier League matches and left the Toffees just two points above the bottom...
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Russia Provides New Internet Connection To North Korea
Russia Provides New Internet Connection To North Korea
North Korea was able to open a second internet connection to the international community thanks to Russia, which has cybersecurity experts deducing that Kim Jong Un may be exploring a way to have larger cyber attacks...
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How Perpetrators of Mass Violence Learn From Each Other
How Perpetrators of Mass Violence Learn From Each Other
The man who opened fire at a music festival in Las Vegas Sunday night notched a ghoulish milestone with the bloodiest mass shooting in American history. But if his attack was unusual in its efficacy, it was less...
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'Biological Clock' Scientists Win 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize
'Biological Clock' Scientists Win 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize
United States-born scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling our biological clocks, the...
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Why Russia Is Threatening to Block Facebook
Why Russia Is Threatening to Block Facebook
The threat comes as controversy unfolds over Facebook ads in the U.S. that allegedly came from Russia. Russia’s communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, could block access to Facebook in the country next...
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Over 50 dead, more than 200 hurt in Las Vegas shooting, suspect named
Over 50 dead, more than 200 hurt in Las Vegas shooting, suspect named
A gunman killed over 50 people and wounded more than 200 at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, raining down rapid fire from the 32nd floor of a...
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Barbarians At The Gate – Puerto Rico Braces For President Trump And More Disaster Capitalism
Barbarians At The Gate – Puerto Rico Braces For President Trump And More Disaster Capitalism
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Whether colonizing and then exploiting the Caribbean island after a “Splendid Little War” or getting filthy rich off devastating hurricanes, for the U.S. Puerto Rico...
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As ISIS reels, al-Qaeda returns with another bin Laden
As ISIS reels, al-Qaeda returns with another bin Laden
As the Americans and more recently the Russians worked to crush the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq, they also have had to face an older, and seemingly wiser, enemy: A resurgent al-Qaeda, which has exploited...
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German Police Order Immediate Evacuation In Berlin After Finding WWII Bomb
German Police Order Immediate Evacuation In Berlin After Finding WWII Bomb
Police issued an immediate evacuation of part of southern Berlin and ordered temporary road, rail and metro closures after construction workers found an...
Trial Begins Against Alleged Leader Of 2012 Benghazi Attacks
Trial Begins Against Alleged Leader Of 2012 Benghazi Attacks
The trial against Ahmed Abu Khatallah began on Monday with federal prosecutors telling jurors he organized the 2012 attacks on a United States diplomatic...
More Than 2 Million Joined The Ranks Of The World's Refugees This Year
More Than 2 Million Joined The Ranks Of The World's Refugees This Year
A United Nations refugee official announced on Monday, more than 2 million refugees escaping war or persecution joined the ranks of the world’s refugees this...
Pak is a country of cowards, soon India will teach a good lesson: J-K Dy. CM
Pak is a country of cowards, soon India will teach a good lesson: J-K Dy. CM
[India], October 2 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Nirmal Singh on Monday said that Pakistan is a country of cowards and soon India will teach a good...
Golden Gate Bridge turns 80, lures foreign and local tourists
Golden Gate Bridge turns 80, lures foreign and local tourists
SAN FRANCISCO, California—It’s a wind-swept afternoon at the continent’s edge in the north of California – particularly at the...
Karnataka: 18-month-old toddler put on a bed of charcoal as part of ritual
Karnataka: 18-month-old toddler put on a bed of charcoal as part of ritual
[Representational image]Creative Commons While India is a country with various rituals that have been followed by generations, the latest one has shaken people...
Pakistan Corruption Court Postpones Indictment Of Ex-PM Sharif
Pakistan Corruption Court Postpones Indictment Of Ex-PM Sharif
A Pakistani court has postponed the indictment of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for seven days after his children, who are co-defendants in the case, did...
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Want to clean up college athletics? Pay the players.
Want to clean up college athletics? Pay the players.
It's unlikely to happen because supporters of paying college athletes are all talk and no action....
The slaughter in Las Vegas is all too familiar, yet Americans refuse to stop it
The slaughter in Las Vegas is all too familiar, yet Americans refuse to stop it
The nation awakened Monday morning to learn that once again a man – and it’s almost always a man –...
So Few Americans Understand What the Second Amendment Is Really About—or Its Dark History
So Few Americans Understand What the Second Amendment Is Really About—or Its Dark History
The Constitution has been hijacked by the NRA. The only solution is full repeal. With the crazed...
Charles Blow: Trump Is Following a Sinister Playbook from the 1960s
Charles Blow: Trump Is Following a Sinister Playbook from the 1960s
The president's attacks on Puerto Rico's mayor and NFL protesters are all too familiar. Nine months...
11 White Men Over 50 Who Have Committed Mass Murders in the Last Decade
11 White Men Over 50 Who Have Committed Mass Murders in the Last Decade
The Las Vegas shooter was hardly the first, and he won't be the last. A 64-year-old gunman killed...
"We Cannot Wait": Puerto Rico’s Residents Organize to Provide Food & Water after Hurricane Maria
"We Cannot Wait": Puerto Rico’s Residents Organize to Provide Food & Water after Hurricane Maria
Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, the capital San Juan is still...
