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Germany will reportedly tell citizens to stockpile food, water in case of major attack
The Week - 22 Aug 2016 07:02
In the wake of stabbing attacks and a shooting rampage last month, the German government is planning to tell citizens they should prepare themselves for a catastrophic event by having a stockpile of food and water, a Ger...
Pokémon Go May Have Just Shown Us What the End of the World Looks Like
Time - 22 Aug 2016 11:32
Thousands of people swarm a Taiwanese intersection in a scene reminiscent of science fiction
China's worst-ever Olympics?
CNN - 22 Aug 2016 05:57
For a nation known for its obsession for gold, Team China seemed to have had a rough time in Rio de Janeiro.
S. Korea, US start drills despite N. Korea's nuclear threat
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2016 05:21
South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea's threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal. …
Life inside the Philippines' most overcrowded jail
CNN - 22 Aug 2016 05:54
In an unassuming Quezon City neighborhood, across from a municipal library and around the corner from a police station stands the local jail.
Southern California Wildfire Evacuees Allowed to Return Home
ABC News - 22 Aug 2016 04:23
The explosive wildfire sent thousands fleeing for their lives.
'I was addicted': 40 knives removed from man's stomach
CNN - 22 Aug 2016 07:02
A man in India spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed from his stomach, according to the doctor who led the operation.
Nicolas Sarkozy announces presidential run on Facebook
Fox News - 22 Aug 2016 16:45
France's former conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy has formally announced he is running for the presidency again in next year's elections.
Nearly 1,800 Killed in Philippine Drug War, Top Police Official Tells Senators
The New York Times - 22 Aug 2016 16:19
Under President Rodrigo Duterte, 712 suspects have died in police operations and 1,067 have been killed by vigilantes, the nation's police chief says.
Ethiopia says protesting marathoner to be welcomed as hero
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2016 15:26
The Ethiopian marathon runner who made an anti-government gesture at the Rio Games while approaching the finish line will not face prosecution upon his return home and will have "a heroic welcome," a government spokesman...
Child bomber in Turkey not the only violent use of children
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2016 07:40
The suicide attacker who detonated his explosives amid an outdoor Kurdish wedding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at least 51 people, was an Islamic State group child as young as 12 years old. The extremist group h...
Silver Medalist Feyisa Lilesa: 'If I Go Back to Ethiopia, the Government Will Kill Me'
Time - 22 Aug 2016 05:58
The marathon silver medalist made a highly charged gesture of solidarity with the Oromo people as he crossed the finish line Sunday
Kurdish militia launches assault to evict Syrian army from key city of Hasaka
Reuters - 22 Aug 2016 05:43
HASAKA, Syria
5-Year-Old Girl Killed and Dumped in Woods by Father's Coworker, Police Say
Time - 22 Aug 2016 20:50
Alayna Ertl was abducted from her home and killed, according to police
What's Next for the New York Subway? Toronto Already Knows
The New York Times - 22 Aug 2016 18:08
Nearly five years after Canada's largest city introduced so-called open gangway trains, riders have given the trains a ringing endorsement. Now officials in New York are embracing the design.
Deadly Louisiana Flooding Claimed at Least 13 Lives, Damaged 60,000 Homes
ABC News - 22 Aug 2016 16:49
President Obama is expected to travel to Louisiana on Tuesday.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto Accused of Plagiarizing Law Thesis
Time - 22 Aug 2016 16:37
Nearly a third of his thesis was lifted without citation from other writers, according to a report
Turkey vows to fight IS after attack kills 54, many children
Fox News - 22 Aug 2016 16:35
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday that his country is determined to fight Islamic State group extremists inside Turkey and in Syria, after a youth blew himself up at a Kurdish wedding party, killing a...
World Humanitarian Day: UN Urges Solidarity With 130 Million People Facing 'Impossible Choices'
The Huffington Post - 22 Aug 2016 16:28
By Stephen O'Brien* Two days ago, Rose Lokonyen made history by competing in the 800m heats at the Rio Olympics. Unlike other athletes, she didn't run under her home country's flag. 14 years after she made the impossible...
Hillary Clinton Campaign Reserves Another $80 Million in TV Ads
Time - 22 Aug 2016 16:23
Donald Trump plans to spend $4.8 million over 10 days in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania
What's Behind Clinton's 11-Day Fundraising Blitz
ABC News - 22 Aug 2016 16:21
The Democratic nominee is packing in the fundraisers before the fall.
Kerry: South Sudan agrees to deployment of regional force
Fox News - 22 Aug 2016 16:18
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says East African foreign ministers from countries including South Sudan have agreed to move ahead with the deployment of a regional peacekeeping force to that troubled nation.