Kim promises to build an ‘invincible military’ while attacking the US
Kim Jong Un, North Korean leader, reviewed powerful missiles that could launch nuclear strikes against the U.S. continental. He also pledged to create an "invincible military" to deal with what he called persistent U.S....
Czech voters narrowly vote against the ruling party; PM Babis could be expelled
The Czech Republic's parliamentary elections were won by Prime Minister Andrej Babis' centrist party. This was a surprising development that could signal the end of the reign of the populist billionaire.Two-day elections to fill...
Banisadr, Iran’s first president after 1979 revolution, dies
Abolhassan Baniadr, Iran’s first president following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, died Saturday. He was impeached after challenging the increasing power of the clerics during the transition to a theocracy. He was 88.Banisadr stood out among...
Brazil’s inflation reaches double digits, putting the poor in grave danger
It's something Brazilians rarely see in the past quarter century. And in 2016, it helped to establish , a president's downfall.Double-digit inflation.Millions of poor Brazilians are struggling to survive due to the escalating prices of...
100-year-old man denies being an accessory to the murder at Nazi camp
A German court heard Friday from a 100-year-old man who was being tried for his role in the guarding of Nazi SS camps during World War II.The defendant faces 3,518 counts of accessory murder...
Alabama floods, Alabama child drowns in floods caused by slow-moving front
After a slowing weather front that flooded Alabama, flash flood warnings were issued Thursday for large swathes of the southeastern U.S. Floods were responsible for the death of a child.In just one day, 6 inches...
CIA establishes a working group to monitor China’s threats
Thursday's announcement by the CIA indicated that it would create a high-ranking working group on China as part a broad U.S. government effort to counter Beijing's influence.This group will be one of a few...
Palestinians fear a greater threat from brazen attacks by settlers
Numerous Jewish settlers came down from the hills to smash windows and cars in a small Palestinian village. Families hid in their homes while Israeli soldiers watched.This rural Palestinian area of the occupied West...
Panama buries more migrants victims of the Darien Gap’s brutality
A plasticized card with as little information as possible about migrants who have died crossing dangerous sections of their journey to the United States is buried in a cemetery in Panama's Darien Province.Recent afternoon...
Worldwide outage at Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram
Facebook, along with its Instagram platform and WhatsApp platform, suffered a global outage Monday that lasted more than three hours. The downtime also affected employees' access to internal Facebook systems. Service has not been restored yet.The...
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North Texas school transitions to 4-day week: What to expect
Treetops School International, a charter school in Euless, made a groundbreaking announcement this week that is sure to shake up the traditional school week...
