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A previous court-martial had stripped him of his title of general and deprived him of his pension for “dabbling in politics.” Fonseka, who led government forces to a decisive victory…
TOKYO — Officials here said Thursday that they were trying every possible avenue to reach the Islamic State militants who have threatened to kill two Japanese hostages but had so…
That teenager, called “Kim,” disappeared in a southern Turkish border city earlier this month, leading authorities to suspect that he may have slipped away to Syria to join ISIS. While…
DONETSK, Ukraine — Local authorities in the separatist stronghold in east Ukraine say at least seven people have been killed after a city bus was hit by an artillery shell….
The areas targeted were Debaltseve and Avdiyivka, he said. The reported shelling comes after talks Wednesday in Berlin between the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France aimed at…
The study also notes that iPhone sales correlate to population density. The more densely populated the state, the greater the chance that iPhone sales will be higher in that state….
FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank is widely expected to announce on Thursday that it will finally begin buying government bonds as part of a so-called quantitative easing program. In…
“(L)ast year our original content overall was some of our most efficient content,” the company wrote. “(O)ur originals cost us less money, relative to our viewing metrics, than most of…
Related: Still waiting for a pay raise? You’re not alone The other America: Meanwhile, several U.S. cities located near the Great Lakes ranked in the bottom 50 cities worldwide for…
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BARCELONA, Spain — Núria Rivero, an art historian, gave a tour one recent day of a sumptuous mansion from Barcelona’s own bygone gilded age, one now owned by the city….
“Don’t assume you are a respectable person, just because of your position,” he said in the speech, footage of which was widely circulated on social media. “To us, you are…
The president laid the groundwork for middle-class economics during his State of the Union address on Tuesday. WASHINGTON — President Obama’s push for a new “middle-class economics” may go nowhere…
Related: Microsoft’s insane holographic vision of the future After an on-stage demonstration of the sleek, wraparound black glasses, Microsoft gave reporters four hands-on demos of the device at its Redmond,…
PARK CITY, Utah — The Sundance Television Festival this is not. That snarky, small-screen nickname is nonetheless being tossed around by some of the Hollywood attendees who are gathering here…
The president had an off-the-cuff response during his speech after applause broke out when he said, “I have no more campaigns to run.” WASHINGTON — The morning after major Democratic…
“Regional or systemic financial crises will not happen in China,” he said. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors….
Cisco (CSCO, Tech30) CEO John Chambers warned that more cyberattacks were inevitable. “If you think last year was bad, wait until this year,” he said. “Every company will be broken…
Saudi officials have repeatedly said the nation will not cut oil production. It’s unlikely that the new king will alter that stance. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is…
WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are scheduled to meet privately this week in Utah, raising the possibility that the two former governors will find a way to avoid…
The president discussed the military campaign against the Islamic State, and the larger battle against violent extremism, during his State of the Union address. WASHINGTON — The long-running debate over…
A truck filled with ramen noodles crashed on a North Carolina highway Wednesday, spilling hundreds of boxes of the dorm-room dish and snarling traffic for hours while workers, some dressed…
Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said. The…
But Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday that Tokyo had so far heard nothing and doesn’t know what situation the two hostages, Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa, are…
FERGUSON SHOOTING A high bar: Legal experts had said all along that it’d be a high bar — to get a federal indictment for Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting…
The campaign is linked to the United Nations Millennium Goals, agreed 15 years ago. They include halving extreme poverty and providing universal primary education. This is the year those goals…
As more than 30,000 spectators looked on at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) during Wednesday night’s T20 “Big Bash” league clash between the Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers, visiting batsman…
“Yavash, yavash,” the small, gray-haired doctor says, leaning across from the passenger seat to put a hand on his friend’s shoulder, imploring him to slow down the black Toyota as…
As such, media outlets wrestled with the dilemma over whether to show the magazine’s previous caricatures of the prophet after this month’s massacre at Charlie Hebdo’s Paris office. After the…
Last year, Johnson told NPR that officials were “coming after him” for capital gains tax on the sale of his first London home. Asked whether he would pay the bill,…