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Nighttime rocket attack on US Embassy in Baghdad injured 1

A nighttime rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad injured one personnel member and caused some material damage, staffers there said Monday.The two staff members,

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Vine has relaunched as Byte and it's messy

Witnessing the naked motivations of social media users racing to gain prominence and fame is a harrowing experience.

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Jordan's PM reaffirms kingdom's stance on two-state solution

Jordan's Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Sunday reaffirmed the country's rejection of any unilateral measures aimed at changing the status quo in the occupied Palestinia

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Remembering the Holocaust to better cherish world peace

Polish soldiers during the Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration service at the Ghetto Heroes Monument in Warsaw, Poland, January 27, 2019. /Xinhua Photo Editor's Note: Zhou Yongsheng is a p

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Iraq security forces clash with protesters in Baghdad and other cities

Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in renewed clashes with protesters in Baghdad and other cities on Sunday, Reuters witnesses and security sources sa

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At least 18 killed in eastern Turkey's 6.8-magnitude earthquake

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday, leaving at least 18 people dead and more than 500 others injured. The powerful quake jolted the Elazig prov

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Injured Chinese tourists treated timely in New Zealand

Chinese tourists injured in a severe accident on Tuesday in South Island have received timely treatment and are now out of life-threatening danger, said Chinese Consulate General in Christchurch on

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Poland calls on Putin to tell truth at WWII event in Israel

WARSAW, Poland -- Poland appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to refrain from using World War II and Holocaust victims for current political goals an

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Gartner forecast: 2020 to see 0.9% bump in global device shipments thanks to 5G, then 2 more years of decline

The analysts at Gartner have published their latest global device forecast, and while 2020 looks like it may be partly sunny, get ready for more showers and poor weather ahead. Gartner predicts that a

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Three killed in a pipeline fire tragedy in Lagos

A man stands with his phone in front of flames rising from a pipeline explosion in Abula-Egba, Lagos, Nigeria January 19, 2020. /REUTERS A fire on a pipeline owned by Nigeria's state oil compa

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Phase one agreement could be a phase change in Sino-U.S. relations

Editor's note:William Jones is the Washington bureau chief for Executive Intelligence Review and a non-resident fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. The

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The quest to discover the mystery of dark matter: Razor

Scientists currently can only account for around 5 percent of the universe's matter. The vast majority of our universe - an estimated 25 percent, dark matter and 70 percent, dark energy - which is ye

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Alan Dershowitz, Ken Starr and Robert Ray joining Trump impeachment trial legal team

Former independent counsels Ken Starr and Robert Ray are expected to join President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial legal team, a source familiar with the plan

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House outlines impeachment case, Trump team has fiery answer

President Donald Trump’s legal team issued a fiery response ahead of opening arguments in his impeachment trial Saturday while House Democrats laid out their case in fo

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Seven men, five women to serve on Weinstein rape trial jury

Harvey Weinstein leaves a Manhattan courthouse following jury selection for his trial on rape and sexual assault charges in New York, January 17, 2020. /AP Photo Seven men and five women were

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Ukraine police investigating possible surveillance of Yovanovitch, Russian hacking

Ukrainian police are now investigating two major cases related to the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, one around possible illegal surveillance of former U.

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VCs are just tired

I was in SF last week and met with more than a dozen VCs over the course of two days. This was post the holidays, post their visits to the ski chalets in Tahoe and the island beaches, and in the smack