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LODZ, Poland (Reuters) – The European Union has given Poland more than 100 million euros ($125 million) to build at least three “ghost” airports in places where there are not enough passengers to keep them in business. The result is

This article originally appeared in The Economist: When America dropped its two atom bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man, over Japan in August 1945, it launched the world into a devastating new era of warfare. Nearly 70 years later, humanity

According to a number of news reports, Sony Pictures Chair Amy Pascal’s job is on the line after a criminal hack and subsequent leaks to the media revealed an exchange of racist emails between herself and mega-producer Scott Rudin. Her

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton will meet next week with Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal and decide whether her emails about President Barack Obama’s race warrant calling for her resignation.

On Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) communications director Adam Jentleson tweeted that Reid filed cloture on the nomination of Obama’s gun control-supporting Surgeon General nominee Vivek Murthy. Jentleson indicated a “confirmation vote will be early next week.”  Last week, Breitbart

LONDON (Reuters) – The opposition Labour party has elected former cabinet minister Jim Murphy as its new leader in Scotland, five months before a national election in which the party faces a tough battle to retain its Scottish seats to

The U.S. military no longer has custody of any detainees in Afghanistan and has shut down operations at the Bagram prison, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed.  Earlier this week, U.S. officials quietly transferred the custody of the last three prisoners to

The ferocious rainstorm that drenched much of California this week and the smaller storm that hit last week have finally begun moving the needle in the right direction for the drought-ravaged state. While no one storm could end the state’s

On December 11, French forces in northern Mali killed Ahmed al Tilemsi, a jihadi wanted by the US. Tilemsi helped found the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA). According to Reuters, French colonel Gilles Jarron said French

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISISL) has released a new video showcasing a children’s training camp around Damascus, Syria, in which children are seen practicing combat on each other and being beaten. The training in this video was more brutal than previous

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn into office on Friday, cementing his status as the leading candidate to succeed his 90-year-old boss Robert Mugabe, the country’s sole ruler since independence from Britain in 1980. Mnangagwa, nicknamed

(Reuters) – Afghanistan does not have enough money to pay salaries this month and has asked aid donors for a bailout before the end of the year, the treasury chief told Reuters on Thursday. “Salaries are our priority,” Alhaj Mohammad Aqa said,

(Reuters) – As the dust settles on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy ‘Occupy’ protests, China is likely to embark on a sweeping but covert campaign across the territory’s judiciary, media and universities to ensure there is no recurrence, activists and politicians say. The surprisingly

(Reuters) – One of the two psychologists who devised the CIA’s harsh Bush-era interrogation methods said on Wednesday that a scathing U.S. Senate report on the torture of foreign terrorism suspects “took things out of context” and made false accusations.

Lawmakers vow they won’t shut down the government. But many federal employees might be pleased if they did. Only about half of federal employees are happy with their jobs and would recommend their agencies as places to work, a recent

Community events are springing up all across the nation aimed at helping illegals learn the moves they will have to make to take advantage of Obama’s announced amnesty. The events also hope to help illegals to avoid being taken advantage

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Palestinians threaten to halt security coordination with Israel Palestinian Authority decides on actions following death of Ziad Abu Ain Palestinians threaten to halt security coordination with Israel Funeral for Ziad Abu Ain in Ramallah

Immigrants have been travelling hundreds of miles to take their ‘Life in the UK’ citizenship test – a requirement for gaining British citizenship – at a centre that was fixing the results, guaranteeing all applicants passes. The revelation comes a

LONDON (Reuters) – Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Thursday he would support an inquiry into whether British spies were complicit in CIA torture of terrorism suspects, if other investigations failed to uncover the truth. Clegg said that while

An undercover police officer who embedded himself with protesters marching in Oakland Wednesday night reportedly drew his gun on some demonstrators after he and his partner were attacked. Wednesday marked the fifth straight night that demonstrators took to the streets

(Reuters) – The capital of China’s far western Xinjiang has banned the wearing of Islamic veils in public, the regional government said on Thursday, in a move experts worry could spark more unrest in the troubled region. The restriction comes

Greenpeace activists are facing legal retribution from the government of Peru for trespassing on ancient Inca land and potentially damaging an aerial hummingbird monument believed to be between 1,500-2,000 years old. The activists placed a sign reading “Time for Change!

A new Pew Research Center poll shows that there is more now more support for gun rights than gun control. Support for gun rights has jumped seven points since the aftermath of Sandy Hook Elementary two years ago, from 45

On The Tonight Show Monday, host Jimmy Fallon congratulated country superstar Carrie Underwood on her “little baby on its way.” Underwood said that she sings for her baby and does her best to always sing well, because “he’s listening.” Watch:

Geneva, December 10 (QNA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced Tuesday that it would reinstate food assistance to Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries thanks to a massive expression of support from the public, the private sector and

(Reuters) – China has told its banks to lend more in the final months of 2014 and relaxed enforcement of loan-to-deposit ratios to expand credit, sources told Reuters, as Beijing prepares to release data that could confirm the relentless slowing

The most senior judge in the EU has told Commission President Jean Claude Juncker that his job is to “defeat Euroscepticism”. Vassilios Skouris, the President of the Court of Justice, made his comments at an event which was supposed to

Aviation titan Boeing Co. will lay off 561 employees across its Southern California operation centers by February of next year. According to the Los Angeles Times, 253 people at Boeing’s Long Beach facilities will lose their jobs, while an additional

LONDON (Reuters) – A group of senior British lawmakers said on Wednesday that China’s refusal to allow them to visit Hong Kong was an insult and called on the government to formally summon China’s ambassador over the issue. Last month,

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron wants a deal to end political deadlock in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government over budget cuts this week, he said on Thursday. Britain called all-party talks nine weeks ago aimed at breaking the

MOSCOW (AP) — The ruble has fallen to a new all-time low, tracking the dive in the price of oil and reflecting the overall weakness of the Russian economy. Russia’s currency traded at 55.02 rubles to the dollar in early

Muslim parents have reacted angrily in a French town after the mayor announced it was ‘pork or nothing’ for school lunches, under the principles of the secular republic which dictates that religion should have no place in state institutions –

Pope Francis spoke Wednesday about the recent Vatican Synod on marriage and the family, in an effort to correct the false impression that some may have had of what was really going on and to calm fears that things were

The Coca-Cola Company in Liberia, through its Africa Foundation, has pledged to donate $200,000 worth of medical supplies to Liberia’s Ministry of Health in an effort to help thwart the deadly spread of the Ebola virus. The donations are being made in

If at first you don’t succeed, pretend you never tried. It’s the loser’s lament that the UN is singing right now at the COP 20 climate conference in Lima, Peru. Before the two-week gathering of Gaia worshippers opened, the UN