UN: New talks on Western Sahara expected in March
Special envoy for Western Sahara hopes to meet different parties in February before a new round of talks in March. from Al Jazeera English...Read More
Bug in Apple FaceTime app lets users listen in on conversations
Apple says 'group FaceTime is temporarily unavailable' as the company works on solving the issue. from Al Jazeera English http://b...Read More
New top story on Hacker News: The first synthetic element
The first synthetic element 39 by pseudolus | 1 comments on Hacker News. Read More
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New top story on Hacker News: Superior Testing: Stop Stopping
Superior Testing: Stop Stopping 5 by ming13 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Read More
Canada confirms 14th case of diplomat falling mysteriously ill in Cuba
Canada has confirmed a 14th case of unusual health symptoms experienced by some Canadian diplomatic staff and their family members posted in...Read More
Tesla shares sink after earnings
Tesla is still profitable — it's just not as much as investors hoped. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://cnn.it/2sVR7MM Read More
Robot valets head to London
Travelers flying out of London's Gatwick Airport may soon have a robot parking their car. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://c...Read More
Emiliano Sala: Touching tributes to missing footballer
On nights like this soccer can be a comfort, acting as a balm during life's tragedies, offering 90-minutes of respite when the emotional...Read More
Norway to build 'floating' tunnel
With majestic glaciers, fjords and mountains, Norway is famous for its dramatic natural landscape. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World http...Read More
Howard Schultz: Spoiler or ‘reassuring alternative’?
Schultz says he would run as an independent. Or as Democrats see it, a spoiler, who would have no chance of winning but very well might secu...Read More
A China-controlled internet? Why tech giant Huawei roils Western fears.
Huawei, the world’s biggest producer of telecommunications equipment, has been in the headlines as the United States proceeds with a case ag...Read More
Lots of senators are eyeing the White House. But few have ever made it there
When a young US senator named Barack Obama announced he was going to run for president in 2007, pundits proclaimed the odds were against him...Read More
Super Bowl’s halftime controversy
The eight most-watched television broadcasts in US history were Super Bowl games. The game’s glitzy halftime show has its own starry history...Read More
Venezuela opposition 'has met military', says Juan Guaidó
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó says his team has held talks with the army about regime change. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SeYuxi...Read More
Polar vortex brings deadly cold snap to US states
At least eight people have died in the deep freeze, which has paralysed transport services. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2FYNLkW Read More
'American Dying' cooled Earth's climate
European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RsVJ75 ...Read More
Facebook users continue to grow despite privacy scandals
The number of people who logged into the site at least once a month rose 9% last year. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Uu7wUu Read More
Tom Brady 'cheater' slur costs TV producer his job
The New England Patriots quarterback was labelled a "known cheater" during a Pittsburgh broadcast. from BBC News - World https:/...Read More
Sarah Sanders says 'God wanted Trump to be president'
In an interview, the White House press secretary says Donald Trump had divine support. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Bm9a3B Read More
Saudi Arabia ends major anti-corruption campaign
Hundreds of princes and billionaires were held and more than $100bn recouped by the state since 2017. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...Read More
Bastia attack: Gunman found dead in police raid
France's interior minister says "the fanatic committed suicide" after killing one and injuring five. from BBC News - World h...Read More
Senator Rand Paul wins damages after neighbour attack
Senator Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 (£441,000) in damages after his neighbour attacked. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/...Read More
Mystery illness sees Canada halve its Cuba embassy staff
A 14th employee at Canada's embassy in Havana falls ill, and the country cuts staff there by half. from BBC News - World https://bbc.i...Read More
China's factory activity shrinks as slowdown worries rise
The data comes as several global firms warn China's slowing economy will hit their bottom line. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2...Read More
Emiliano Sala: Missing Cardiff striker's former club Nantes pay tribute
Nantes pay tribute to missing former striker Emiliano Sala during their 1-1 draw with Saint Etienne. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/...Read More
The story of a US raid on al-Qaeda in Yemen
The BBC has gained rare access to Athlan village, the site of a major US attack on al-Qaeda in Yemen. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...Read More
Polar vortex: What is it and how does it happen?
The deep freeze gripping much of the US has been blamed on a polar vortex. Here's what that means. from BBC News - World https://bbc.i...Read More
Actor 'tasted brutality of hatred'
Stars support Empire actor Jussie Smollet, the victim of a suspected hate crime in Chicago. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CRvIJi Read More
The Afghan Invictus athletes claiming asylum in Australia
The fears of six athletes who claimed asylum in Australia after the 2018 Invictus Games. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2S8Sgz1 Read More
Zimbabwe women raped as government crackdown continues
Six women tell the BBC they were raped by security forces as part of a government crackdown. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CRqD3G ...Read More
MP defends unmasking shot reporter
Kennedy Agyapong tells the BBC he regrets journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale’s death, but has a clear conscious. from BBC News - World https:/...Read More
'Why I fled Saudi Arabia and sought asylum in the UK'
Two Saudis who sought asylum in the UK explain why they risked everything. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SdhEnb Read More
Richard E Grant in tears over Barbra Streisand's reply to 1970s fan letter
The actor and superfan was "overcome with emotion" when Streisand replied to his childhood letter. from BBC News - World https:/...Read More
The Lord of the Ringos? Peter Jackson to direct a Beatles film
The Lord of the Rings director will use unseen footage of the tense sessions for their final album. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2...Read More
Bulgarians decry ‘eco vandalism’ on coast
Social media outcry puts controversial construction on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast under scrutiny. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...Read More
Tehran bans dog walking in public spaces
The Iranian capital has banned walking pet dogs over public safety concerns. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2WsCP3R Read More
Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail
Japan is in the grip of an elderly crime wave. Poverty and loneliness are two of the possible causes. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...Read More
How do you compost a human body - and why would you?
A US state could become one of the first places in the world to allow corpses to become fertile soil. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...Read More
The Indians sharing their villages with crocodiles
In most places, a crocodile would send people scurrying in fear. But not in this part of India. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Sbqv...Read More
Maduro and Guaidó: Who is supporting whom in Venezuela?
The international community is split over who it recognises as the country's current president. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2...Read More
Nastya Rybka: Model who got caught up in the Trump-Russia row
The story of Nastya Rybka, who was questioned in a Thai jail by the FBI about the Trump-Russia inquiry. from BBC News - World https://bbc....Read More
Why Dutch fear Brexit no deal will leave onions to rot
Imagine onions - tonnes of them, rotting in a customs queue. It's a Dutch farmer's Brexit nightmare. from BBC News - World https:/...Read More
A Closer Look at the Polar Vortex’s Dangerously Cold Winds
By YULIYA PARSHINA-KOTTAS, KARTHIK PATANJALI, JEREMY WHITE, BENJAMIN WILHELM and EVAN GROTHJAN from NYT Science https://nyti.ms/2B9tBka Read More
Trump Calls Intelligence Officials ‘Naive’ After They Contradict Him
By EILEEN SULLIVAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GdqeM3 Read More
Chris Christie Says Jared Kushner’s Father Committed a ‘Loathsome’ Crime
By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2DJlZ9I Read More
‘I’m Going to Die Here,’ She Told the Guards. They Didn’t Listen.
By SARAH MASLIN NIR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2RWiAg9 Read More
A Merciless Cold Lingers in the Midwest
By JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2DHJFuP Read More
Cold Weather Tips From Chicagoans Who Really Know What They’re Talking About
By JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2RX77gG Read More
You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It.
By AMY CHOZICK from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2BcEzFw Read More
Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy?
By Unknown Author from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2B78gYo Read More
On North Korea and Iran, Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump
By DAVID E. SANGER and JULIAN E. BARNES from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2MEe54e Read More
The Polar Vortex: Hard Facts About Cold Weather
By KATE TAYLOR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2TkGezR Read More
‘I’m Cold and I’m Afraid’: Across Midwest, Homeless Await Deep Freeze
By JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2G9rwrw Read More
Apple Was Slow to Act on FaceTime Bug That Allows Spying on iPhones
By NICOLE PERLROTH from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2FY6oVP Read More
A Mother’s Fatal Fall on Subway Stairs Rouses New Yorkers to Demand Accessibility
By MICHAEL GOLD and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2sUkkry Read More
U.S. Midwest Freezes, Australia Burns: This Is the Age of Weather Extremes
By SOMINI SENGUPTA from NYT Climate https://nyti.ms/2DGTPfb Read More
Jussie Smollett, Star of ‘Empire,’ Attacked in What Police Call a Possible Hate Crime
By SOPAN DEB from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2MCyPcq Read More
If the Earth Is Warming, Why Is It So Cold Outside?
By KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS from NYT Climate https://nyti.ms/2DFmxx6 Read More
A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’
By JACK NICAS from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2Risd3D Read More
Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.
By CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2UpJcTU Read More
Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work?
By ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2RNGKcI Read More
Gracie Gold’s Battle for Olympic Glory Ended in a Fight to Save Herself
By KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2CUPpjB Read More
New top story on Hacker News: Gödel's Theorem
Gödel's Theorem 72 by bookofjoe | 45 comments on Hacker News. Read More
New top story on Hacker News: Coloured Petri Nets: Modelling and Validation of Concurrent Systems (2009) [pdf]
Coloured Petri Nets: Modelling and Validation of Concurrent Systems (2009) [pdf] 20 by boshomi | 1 comments on Hacker News. Read More
New top story on Hacker News: No Great Technological Stagnation (2016)
No Great Technological Stagnation (2016) 28 by Hooke | 0 comments on Hacker News. Read More
Eerie DRONE VIDEO shows 580+ abandoned Disney-like castles sprawled in Turkish mountains
Hundreds of chateaux, seemingly plucked out of a Disney fairy tale, can be seen in aerial footage shot by the Ruptly video agency. Intended...Read More
Airbus employee details hacked in unprecedented data breach
European airplane maker Airbus has admitted that IDs and contacts of its employees were compromised in a massive hack. The company is rushi...Read More
Crickets strike again? Canada to halve diplomatic staff at Cuba embassy over 'mysterious illness'
Ottawa is considering slashing its embassy staff in Havana by half after a new case of a diplomat suffering from a mysterious ailment causi...Read More
Maduro to Americans: You are bigger than Trump, don’t let him start ‘Vietnam’ war against Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the people in the US to deter the Trump administration from putting boots on the ground in Ve...Read More
Israeli expulsion of observers from Hebron a ‘wicked’ decision – former UN rapporteur
A former UN envoy on Palestinian affairs has condemned a decision by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to expel international observers from th...Read More
International court judge resigns, citing ‘shocking’ interference from ‘above the law’ US
A senior judge has resigned from the UN International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, after the United States threatened judges investig...Read More
Trump backs big ‘protests against ex-dictator Maduro’ as he talks with Venezuela opposition’s Guaido
Venezuela’s opposition leader and self-declared ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido chatted by phone with US President Donald Trump, with Trump...Read More
Macron declared war on French people, but we won’t retreat – wounded Yellow Vest activist to RT
The French government won’t stop the Yellow Vests by force, but only by doing what the people demand, according to prominent protester Jero...Read More
Twitter shows no mercy as Germany mixes up Irish & Ivorian flags in Brexit tweet
Côte d’Ivoire has unexpectedly found itself in the heat of the Brexit row when the German Foreign Office mixed up its flag with that of Ire...Read More
German president stranded in Ethiopia as plane breaks down… again
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has had his stay in Ethiopia extended after defects were found on his government plane. It’s the s...Read More
‘Putin’s interpreter is there at any time’: Kremlin debunks FT report on Trump-Putin chat at G20
The Kremlin is only responsible for providing linguistic support for the Russian president, and not for other world leaders, Moscow said af...Read More
UFO ‘trash bag’ orbiting Earth triggers asteroid defense telescope (VIDEO)
Keen-eyed astronomers based in Hawaii have spotted what can only be described as a “trash bag” UFO orbiting the Earth in a rather unusual f...Read More
Moderate rebels? Defecting Venezuelan soldiers beg Trump for weapons on CNN
Two Venezuelan soldiers loyal to self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó have pleaded with the Trump administration for arms, in a bi...Read More
'Reputational assault': Mystery Wikipedia editor Philip Cross targets journalist Rania Khalek
Notorious Wikipedia editor Philip Cross, known for his campaign against anti-war and left-leaning journalists on the platform, appears to b...Read More
Facebook blocks transparency tools as one third of world gets ready to vote
In a worrying development, Facebook is actively altering its code to prevent advertising transparency tools and plugins from functioning. T...Read More
Nonstop-sex on Ibiza nudist beach ruins pristine sand dunes, scientists warn
Scientists including biologists and geologists have launched a campaign urging couples not to romp on Ibiza’s nudist beach, because sex is ...Read More
‘Direct nexus between US sanctions & death’ – UN rapporteur slams ‘economic war’ on Venezuela
The US is waging “economic war” against Venezuela and engaging in a coordinated effort to “demonize” President Nicolas Maduro, believes UN ...Read More
Less fallout, more danger: US ‘low-yield’ warhead pushes Doomsday Clock closer to midnight
A new “low-yield” US warhead is less powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima but more capable of igniting a nuclear conflict than bigge...Read More
US production of new nuke warhead increases risk of nuclear war – Russian FM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the US of bringing a nuclear conflict closer after the Trump administration ordered the ...Read More
‘F***ing migration agency’: Callers to Swedish govt service baffled by ‘rude‘ greeting
The Swedish Migration Agency seemingly fell victim to hacking on Monday morning with those ringing the authority’s switchboard hearing a th...Read More
‘You should have died in Auschwitz’: Horrific anti-Semitic road rage incident shared in online VIDEO
A Melbourne rabbi was viciously verbally abused while driving to his local synagogue during a shocking road rage incident in which the atta...Read More
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