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6 days ago
Current Event belangermiraCanadian found dead in Thai cell wanted over 'dark web' market
A 26-year-old Canadian found dead in his Thai police cell this week was wanted in the US for allegedly running a massive "dark web" marketplace for drugs and other contraband, a police source told AFP Saturday.
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9 days ago
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Civil war has cost Syrian economy 226 billion dollars, says World Bank
Syria's six-year conflict has ravaged its infrastructure and caused losses to its economy of $226 billion, according to estimates published by the World Bank on Monday. The devastating war has killed over 320,000 people and displaced more than half the country's population since it began in March 2011. The World Bank said the destruction ran much deeper than death tolls or infrastructure damage alone could capture.
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10 days ago
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Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign
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12 days ago
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The Disastrous Fyre Festival May Have Wrecked It for Everyone
The Bahamas catastrophe could make it harder for an entire industry to insure events already known for risky behavior.
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2 weeks ago
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Ed Sheeran's Divide.
Posted in: What's your favorite album of 2017?
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2 weeks ago
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BIC: The Company Behind the Pen
BIC is a corporation based in France best known for making ballpoint pens. It was founded in 1945 by Baron Marcel Bich and has become known for making disposable consumer products such as lighters, razors, mechanical pencils, and printed paper products. The Bic Cristal is an inexpensive disposable ballpoint pen mass-produced and sold by BIC. It was first launched in December 1950 and is by far the best selling pen in the world – the 100 billionth was sold in September 2006. It has become the a...
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3 weeks ago
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Turkey jails more journalists than any other nation. Those in detention are all terrorists, Erdogan says.
Turkey has arrested about 150 journalists since last year's failed military coup against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The country is now the world's leading jailer of journalists. But as trials begin, Erdogan is insisting that none of these editors and reporters are being tried for their professional work. They're all terrorists, he says.
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3 weeks ago
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Global ransomware attack causes turmoil
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1 month ago
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Boys at Exeter academy wear skirts in uniform protest
Some 30 boys have worn skirts to school in protest at being told they were not allowed to wear shorts. The pupils from ISCA Academy in Exeter asked permission to modify their uniform because of the hot weather. One of the boys who took part in the protest said: "We're not allowed to wear shorts, and I'm not sitting in trousers all day, it's a bit hot."
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1 month ago
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The woman helping Mongolians die with dignity
Fifteen years ago there was no such thing as palliative care - care for the dying - in Mongolia. Now there is, thanks to Odontuya Davaasuren.
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1 month ago
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Coconut oil isn't healthy. It's never been healthy.
Coconut oil isn't healthy and it never will be. Nathan Rousseau Smith (@fantasticmrnate) explains why.
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
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Michelle Carter Is Guilty of Manslaughter in Texting Suicide Case
Ms. Carter, who pressed Conrad Roy III to kill himself, was convicted in a rare finding that a person’s words can directly cause someone else’s suicide.
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1 month ago
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Spectacular postcards capture 1890s France in vibrant color
And yes, the Eiffel Tower really used to be painted red.
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2 months ago
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Tillerson holds briefing in Saudi Arabia without US press
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson briefed the media in Saudi Arabia on Sunday without members of the American press in attendance. Tillerson held the press conference with the Saudi foreign minister, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, but it appeared that only foreign reporters were present. Journalists from the United States were left scrambling to figure out what happened.
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2 months ago
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US and EU reject expanding laptop ban to flights from Europe
US and EU officials have decided against a ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Europe. But after a four-hour meeting in Brussels to discuss the threats to aviation security, officials said other measures were still being considered. US officials had previously said they were looking into extending to Europe a ban on electronics on flights from eight mostly Muslim countries.
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2 months ago
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Chelsea Manning to remain on active duty, receive health care after prison release
Transgender soldier Chelsea Manning to remain in Army, receive benefits, while conviction is appealed. She won't be paid but will have access to health care, post exchanges and commissaries.
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2 months ago
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The woman who invented Mother’s Day would absolutely hate what it is today
While dining at a Philadelphia tearoom owned by her friend John Wanamaker, Anna Jarvis ordered a salad — then dumped it on the floor.