The 25 Best Hotels In Europe
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Jobless claims in the US slide to a 14-year low – Christian Science Monitor
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AbbVie board backs away from Shire deal over new tax rules
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Steve Ballmer’s New Life With the Clippers
The ex-Microsoft CEO starts anew as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, the NBA's most expensive team
One in every five U.S. cars recalled this year
There have been 52 million car and truck recalls in the United States so far this year.
George Will: Tackled by the Language Police
So let's hope the Federal Communications Commission embraces the formal petition inciting it to deny licenses to broadcasters who use…
Oscar Pistorius’s Sentencing Hearing Shifts Focus to South Africa’s Prisons
On the fourth day of televised proceedings, the defense questioned the ability of the country’s prison system to accommodate disabled…
Hong Kong Leader Open to Talks With Protesters
But Hong Kong’s chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, said he was in no position to offer concessions to the protesters’ demands…
General Escalates Libya Attack
The general, Khalifa Hifter, has led a six-month campaign to rid the violence-torn country of Islamists.
Sinosphere Blog: Trying to Walk Their iPhones, Artists Run Into Trouble in Beijing
The artists Han Bing and Hui Li planned to satirize consumers’ hunger for the newest iPhones in a performance artwork,…
Mount Sinabung erupts
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung has erupted sporadically since 2010 after being dormant for 400 years. This latest series of eruptions began…
ISIS fight: Send more weapons to Kobani, Kurdish official urges
A Syrian Kurdish official calls on the international community to allow weapons into the border town of Kobani, saying the…
How the law follows the wealth gap in modern-day America: Neil Macdonald
Americans are taught that everyone is equal before the law. But that is increasingly not the case in a country…
Texas nurse cleared to fly before Ebola diagnosis
The U.S. government is ramping up its response to the Ebola crisis after a second Dallas nurse became ill and…
Imperial War Museum backs down over Australia ‘mere colonials’ row
Imperial War Museum backs down and agrees to recognise the achievements of the greatest heroes from Australia and Canada in…
Oscar Pistorius sentencing live
Former Paralympian in court for the fourth day of mitigation in sentencing for the manslaughter of Reeva Stenkamp as self-confessed…
EU digital chief boasts he ‘goes online every day’ and can use an iPhone
The European Union's new digital commissioner has told how he is the perfect man for the job - because he…
Amazon deforestation seen from the air: in pictures
Greenpeace activists went undercover in the lawless state of Pará in Brazil to track down illegal loggers. Secretly placed GPS…