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Fri, 28/10/2016 - 20:14
The FBI review of additional emails is already giving Republicans ammunition to attack the Democratic presidential nominee.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 20:12
They’re taking their homes and churches back from the Islamic State. But it may be too late to start over.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 19:36
Conspiracy theories surrounded the death of Mikhail Lesin. DC prosecutors determined he died after days of drinking.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 19:16
The president of the Philippines says God told him not to use swear words again.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 18:24
Somalia’s fight against jihad will be decisive for women’s rights — and may be decided by female soldiers.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 16:42
When travelers don't get their visas on time, they get angry. And then they write Yelp reviews.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 16:33
Server farms, I suspect, are our modern Delphis. Hidden away, accessible only to initiates. Essential to the way we live yet unavailable to most mere mortals.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 16:33
The infantry's emphasis on physicality over intelligence is a joke.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 16:31
These guys would be charged nowadays, I suspect.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 14:10
Putin Blames Obama for Syria; And Lots More
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 23:14
The Russian president has sown confusion and conflict around the world the past two years. But his short-sighted meddling isn’t the work of a mastermind.
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 22:43
“You didn’t see me whining after I lost the rigged 1960 election, did you?” asks the ghost of the 37th president.
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 22:24
Thai mourners are gathering to say goodbye to their king. But they're also leaving behind piles of trash.
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 20:38
The final battles of the fight for the White House, from swing state Nevada to Trump's hotel in Washington, from the Iran deal to intervention in Syria.
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 20:05
Goldman says data doesn't support Trump's claim that he can pull off an upset like Britain's decision to leave the EU.
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 19:14
With three African countries giving notice that they intend to abandon the ICC, a coordinated exodus might soon be coming.
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 18:56
From Florida resorts to Washington hotels, Trump’s focus on his businesses in the election’s crucial final weeks signals he’s already looking beyond Nov. 8.
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 17:52
The United States has dramatically stepped up attacks on the caliphate’s oil production. But to win this battle, it’s going to have to go scorched earth.
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 17:32
One of the key problems of innovation, James Gleick notes in The Information, is that new things tend to be seen too much in the context of the old.
Wed, 26/10/2016 - 17:32
I read the new book, War Virgin, to see where fact separated from fiction.
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