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How Chinese Milk Smugglers Are Fueling Hong Kong Protests
SHEUNG SHUI, Hong Kong -- Banners blowing over Hong Kong’s protester-occupied streets demand the resignation of the city’s much-reviled chief executive, but here in Sheung Shui, a border town nestled...
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“Where’s the corpse?” the burial-team worker shouted, kicking open the door of the isolation ward at the government hospital here. The body was right in front of him, a solidly built young man sprawled...
View ArticleSyria, Through a Glass, Darkly ...
Some 23 years ago, I went to sleep fearing the rumor of war, and awoke to find war had broken out. In the hours between dusk and dawn on January 16-17, 1991, the United States, at the head of a mighty...
View ArticleObama's Tenuous Middle East Coalition
President Obama devoted nearly half his 39-minute address at the United Nations General Assembly last week appealing to world leaders and publics to join in turning back the jihadist offensive in Syria...
View ArticleChina May Be Using Smartphone Apps To Spy On Protesters, U.S. Security Firm Says
HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese government might be using smartphone apps to spy on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, a U.S. security firm said. The applications are disguised as tools created by...
View ArticleShark Attacks Surfer In Australia, Biting Off Parts Of Both Arms
A shark attacked a surfer in Australia on Thursday, ripping off parts of both arms and damaging one of the man's legs, according to media reports. The 23-year-old surfer, who has not been named, lost...
View ArticleIslamic State In Iraq Carried Out Mass Executions, Abductions: UN Report
* Mass executions, abductions by IS deemed war crimes * UN rights chief denounces "staggering array" of abuses * Iraqi air strikes cause "significant civilian deaths" (adds detail, quotes, byline) By...
View ArticleTesla's Elon Musk: It's 'About Time To Unveil The D And Something Else'
Oct 2 (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk sent out a cryptic tweet on Wednesday, saying it is "about time to unveil the D and something else," with an accompanying photo which...
View ArticleThe hidden war in El Salvador
There is no doubt El Salvador has had a troubled past. The country suffered 12 years of internal armed conflict from 1980 to 1992, during which many horrific human rights abuses were committed. Since...
View ArticleLet It Go?
I am utterly appalled by smug and deliberately provocative intellectuals who promote "radical innovation" in Holocaust remembrance by casting aside the "anxiety" of having to deal with the full scope...
View ArticleTrey Gowdy Captains Benghazi Investigation As The Anti-Issa
WASHINGTON -- As he strode into the hearing room in the Capitol Hill visitor's center on Sept. 16, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), chair of the special congressional committee investigating the 2012 attack...
View ArticleBarack Obama and the Will to Fight
The Obama administration has admitted that it misjudged the extremists who set up the Islamic State in chunks of territory torn from Iraq and Syria. The director of national intelligence, James...
View ArticleHow Authorities Are Bracing For The Next Contagion
By Allyn Gaestel for OZY Can the global health system stop Ebola? The answer has more to do with Samuel Kazirharo than you might expect. Kaziraho is a war-weary 44-year-old who lives in the Bulengo...
View ArticleRussians Take 'Hideaway' From Brooklyn To The Urals For Pitch-Perfect Music...
From the backstreets of Brooklyn to a quaint Russian village, we all just want to dance. As evidence, we present this spot-on Russian parody of Kiesza's "Hideaway" music video, which has dispensed with...
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Tensions Mount In Hong Kong Ahead Of Protesters' Deadline To Leader
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police warned of serious consequences if pro-democracy protesters try to occupy government buildings, as they have threatened to do if the territory's leader didn't resign by...
View ArticleThe "Celebrity Couples" of Global Health and Development
Sanitation and nutrition, contraception and newborn survival, girls' education and child survival, infrastructure and maternal survival, women's incomes and violence -- these are just some of the most...
View ArticleHong Kong Protesters Shelve Talks With Government
HONG KONG -- Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong shelved talks with the city's government on Friday, accusing authorities of failing to protect the sit-in from violent attacks. The announcement came...
View ArticleThe Worldwide InstaMeet Is This Weekend. Here's Why You Should Go.
Instagram is an app that connects everyone -- it makes you feel like you're AT dinner with your friends when they post #foodporn, or on vacation with your extended family when they're all...
View ArticleVideo Shows 'Ebola Victim' Wake Up In Body Bag
ABC News journalists in Liberia captured a horrifying scene from the frontline of the Ebola outbreak on Thursday while filming a burial team picking up bodies. The footage shows ABC correspondent Dr....
View ArticleFood prices: always too high or too low
This year's bumper wheat crop has helped push food prices to a four-year low, according to FAO's Food Price Index. This is a welcome development, but we must not waste it through complacency. The...
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