Dictator’s tax on unemployed ‘parasites’ sparks rare protests on streets of Belarus
In Belarus, run by ‘Europe's last dictator’ Alexander Lukashenko, those who speak out can be beaten, jailed or even killed. So it was shocking when the protesters won
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Last year, positive unemployment news was a ‘hoax’; this year it’s ‘very real’: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump is embracing government numbers he once maligned as ‘phoney’ as he tries to take credit for the latest U.S. jobs report -
Ex-CIA director Hayden says millennials leak secrets because they are ‘culturally’ different
We may be running into this different cultural approach that we saw with Chelsea Manning, with Edward Snowden, and now, perhaps, with a third actor
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‘A new era is born’ – Brazen killing of rhinoceros in Paris puts zoo security ...
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Pan, moon of Saturn, looks like a cosmic ravioli (or maybe a walnut)
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‘Come Fly With Me’: High winds in Ohio cause 4-year-old to take flight while opening ...
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Ex-police officer who shot man who threw popcorn at him in movie theatre can’t use ...
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Ethics chief concerned by Trump’s refusal to discipline Kellyanne Conway over promoting Ivanka’s clothing line
Walter Shaub said Conway, who was Trump's 2016 campaign manager, violated federal rules that bar White House employees from using their official positions to endorse specific products -
1925-2017: Mother Divine was Vancouver-born widow of eccentric preacher who claimed to be God
Mother Divine, was a tall, blonde 21-year-old Canadian when she married Father Divine, the founder of a religious movement called the International Peace Mission -
An airline passenger made a scene over a $12 blanket – and the pilot diverted ...
The 'unruly' passenger threatened to 'take somebody behind the woodshed' over the cost of an in-flight blanket, officials say -
Egyptian archeologists discover massive statue in Cairo slum, believed to be of pharaoh Ramses II
The colossus, whose head was pulled from mud and groundwater by a bulldozer, is around eight metres high -
‘Where’s Linwood?’ Iditarod dog team reaches checkpoint without their master
Race veteran Linwood Fiedler says he fell asleep and toppled off his sled while his dogs carried on, forcing him to walk alone in the middle of the night -
A desert in the Southwestern U.S. is experiencing the most prolific wildflower ‘superbloom’ in 20 ...
Seven inches of winter rain is to thank for what is shaping up to be one of the best wildflower season in years, park rangers say -
Russian revolution's lessons for today
One hundred years ago this week, a protest about food shortages in the Russian capital, Petrograd, turned into the violent revolution that overthrew Czar Nicholas II and brought the Romanov dynasty ... -
Donald Trump was unaware of Michael Flynn’s foreign agent work: White House
Flynn filed paperwork Tuesday disclosing that his lobbying may have benefited Turkey's authoritarian government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Close to 600 police respond but migrant attempting ‘suicide by cop’ taken alive after wielding ...
Nine people in a train were injured, but one passenger was able to shove the man out of the car and the driver shut the doors, preventing more bloodshed -
Reza Aslan, host of CNN’s ‘Believer,’ under fire for eating human brain with cannibals in ...
At one point, the interview soured and one cannibal threatened Aslan: 'I will cut off your head if you keep talking so much' -
Thrill-killer, 19, whose darknet post about murdering child stunned police, arrested as second body discovered
A large-scale manhunt, with police using helicopters and sniffer dogs, led to the arrest of Marcel Hesse, a martial arts expert considered armed and dangerous -
‘You’re on mate’: Elon Musk bets he can fix Aussie power troubles in 100 days ...
Musk says Tesla will deploy its Powerwall and Powerpack products to supply up to 100 megawatt hours of power at a total cost of US$25 million -
Unpaid interns offer to settle lawsuit against Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for US$530 each
The 185 members of the class-action lawsuit say they did the work of employees without payment -
Historic court ruling ousts South Korean president from power amid corruption scandal
It was a stunning fall for Park Geun-hye, the country’s first female leader and the daughter of a dictator who rode a conservative nostalgia for her father to victory in ... -
Matthew Fisher: Canada’s forces deployed in Latvia to include ‘cyber warriors’ to counter Russians
As well as defending against Russian attempts to hack into military computer networks, troops have to be ready to defend against blatant disinformation -
How Casey Anthony lives now: working in Florida, taking photos and occasionally hitting the bar
The 'most hated mom in America' speaks to the media for the first time since her trial for her role in her daughter Caylee's death. -
Trump travel ban may derail U.S. World Cup and Summer Olympic bids, FIFA president says
Trump’s updated policy is incompatible with regulations for tournament hosts, according to Gianni Infantino, president of soccer’s governing body FIFA -
‘Very high risk of exposure’: Man survives in snow cave for two days after falling ...
After his fall, injured, frostbitten and buried in snow, Montoya used his equipment to melt his surroundings into drinking water and stay insulated for two days
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