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With revamped app, news to be at core of Apple
Science
June 21, 2015
With revamped app, news to be at core of Apple
Apple is diving deeper into the news business with a new application that could make the US tech giant a…
Conflict-scarred Mali on cusp of peace deal
World
June 20, 2015
Conflict-scarred Mali on cusp of peace deal
Mali's Tuareg-led rebel alliance prepared Saturday to sign a landmark deal to end years of unrest in a nation riven…
Migration crisis and corruption takes toll on Italy’s Renzi
World
June 20, 2015
Migration crisis and corruption takes toll on Italy’s Renzi
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi's popularity and public trust in his center-left party have been damaged by corruption scandals and…
Grenade attacks injure 11 police in Burundi capital
World
June 20, 2015
Grenade attacks injure 11 police in Burundi capital
Eleven Burundian police officers were wounded, one of them seriously, in a string of overnight grenade attacks in the capital…
NGO: Famed Syria mosaic museum damaged in barrel bombing
Archaeology
June 20, 2015
NGO: Famed Syria mosaic museum damaged in barrel bombing
Syria's best-known mosaic museum in the northern rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan has been seriously damaged in a regime barrel…
WikiLeaks: Bin Laden son asked US for death certificate
Egypt
June 20, 2015
WikiLeaks: Bin Laden son asked US for death certificate
A son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden asked the United States for a death certificate after US Navy SEALS…
A year on, no quick fix to halt IS ‘caliphate’
Middle East
June 20, 2015
A year on, no quick fix to halt IS ‘caliphate’
A year after its establishment, the Islamic State group's self-declared "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq remains well-funded and heavily armed,…
Bahrain frees Sunni opposition leader after four years
Middle East
June 20, 2015
Bahrain frees Sunni opposition leader after four years
Bahrain released at dawn on Saturday a Sunni opposition leader who was jailed more than four years for involvement in…
Tom Hanks in talks to star in Clint Eastwood film
Cinema/TV
June 19, 2015
Tom Hanks in talks to star in Clint Eastwood film
Negotiations are underway for Tom Hanks to play Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger in an upcoming Clint Eastwood movie, "Miracle on…
Can you guess which city is the most well-read in the US?
Books
June 19, 2015
Can you guess which city is the most well-read in the US?
Seattle is home to America's biggest community of bookworms, according to Amazon.After compiling the data on all book, magazine and…