Strong winds ‘kill six’ in Turkey
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Winds in Istanbul, Turkey have reached speeds of more than 150mph A series of strong winds in Turkey have caused some house collapses, killing six people, injuring 52…
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Senate votes to kill Trump’s use of emergency powers to fund border wall
The Senate voted Tuesday to kill a House-passed attempt to stop the Trump administration from using emergency powers to pay for construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The 74-25 vote was the…
Fidel Castro’s revolutionary mentor has said he is emigrating to fight capitalism
Fidel Castro’s revolutionary mentor has said he is emigrating to fight capitalism, as officials grapple with uncertain future • Decision has split supporters of the 78-year-old • Movers, rumours and military politics in Cuba…
World health experts focus on dollars and cents of a possible global pandemic
High-level international health experts on Tuesday offered the world little hope of staving off the next major pandemic — suggesting there’s little time to ramp up investment in vaccines, emergency health-care, environmental readiness, and…
New York City to open the voting process to all citizens, not just those with legal permission
New York City will give noncitizens the right to vote in local elections, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The city’s Board of Elections will set rules for getting on the ballot. Registrants can…
Dole’s Office Gets Unwanted Help for Bob Dole’s Funeral
A Washington, D.C. event planner has been removed from Bob Dole’s funeral after a body snatching of a former Democratic National Committee chairwoman last year, apparently at the hand of Dole’s office. Michael Brown,…
Report: Database Based on Stanford, Boston University Study Needed to Track Injuries in Death Penalty System
America needs a national database that tracks serious errors in the death penalty system, including wrongful convictions, based on research by experts at Stanford, Boston University and other universities, according to a new National…
Inspection shows how Ontario government undermined its environmental policies on mining projects
Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government has approved more than a dozen new mining permits without seeking public comment, according to an examination of provincial approval maps. The Greenbelt Management Strategy says 87% of the Ontario…
Protesters in Lebanon block major highways
Written by Staff Writer by Tara Curhan, CNN Lebanon’s worsening economic crisis prompted more than 40,000 protestors to take to the streets of Beirut on Saturday, blocking major roadways and shattering decades of calm….
A free festival held near Seoul to remember the Unification War
0 South Korean Massacre Memorial Museum WHICH? The South Korean Museum of the Unification War DIRECTIONS South Koreans are divided with regard to what happened on July 27, 1950 when the communist North invaded…