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Consumer Spending Ends Sluggish U.S. Quarter on Better Note
Bloomberg Consumer spending climbed in March, capping a lackluster first-quarter performance that was enough to keep the U.S. economy from shrinking. Purchases rose 0.4 percent, the biggest increase since November, after a 0.2 percent February gain that was ... US Consumer Spending Cautiously IncreasesWall Street Journal US consumer spending posts strongest gain in 4 months, while incomes flatFox News US consumer spending up 0.4 percent in MarchLynchburg News and Advance all 49 news articles » |
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Dollar Strengthens on Robust US Jobless Claims Report
Wall Street Journal The dollar pared losses against the euro and strengthened against the yen Thursday after a robust jobless claims report indicated U.S. employment gains are holding despite recent downbeat economic data. The number of U.S. applicants for first-time ... Applications for US Unemployment Aid Plunge to 15-Year LowABC News Jobless claims improve to 15-year lowMSNBC US jobless claims at lowest level since 2000STLtoday.com all 26 news articles » |
Iranian officials pointed to a ruling against the Danish shipping giant over 10 containers that were sent to the United Arab Emirates in 2005.
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The Clinton Blind Spot
TIME “You're singing my song!” Hillary Clinton told students and educators at Kirkwood Community College in Monticello, Iowa, near the end of her first official event of the 2016 presidential campaign. High school students had been talking about how they were ... and more » |
Forensic experts have completed their search for the remains of the 298 people who died on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine more than nine months after the plane was downed.
Coverup claims over revelation that Germany spied on EU partners for US by Ian Traynor in Brussels
Embarrassment for Berlin after reports about inquiry into NSA surveillance say German spies monitored French president’s office and EU institutions
Germany has been spying and eavesdropping on its closest partners in the EU and passing the information to the US for more than a decade, a parliamentary inquiry in Berlin has found, triggering allegations of lying and coverups reaching to the very top of Angela Merkel’s administration.
There was outrage in Germany two years ago over the revelations by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden of US and British surveillance activities in Europe. The fresh disclosures are embarrassing for Berlin, which stands accused of hypocrisy in its protests about the US spying on its allies.
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Survey: Islam Will Become World's Largest Religion in 2070
Voice of America At a youthful 1,400 years, Islam is the youngest of the world's major religions — and it's on track to be the largest sometime this century. That's the prediction from demographers at the Pew Research Center who say high fertility rates among Muslim ... and more » |
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Report Claims American Psychological Association Secretly Supported Torture ...
TIME The American Psychological Association secretly worked with the George W. Bush administration to justify a post-9/11 torture policy, says a new report released Thursday. The report, written by six health professionals and human rights activists, analyzed over ... Morning Break: APA Backed Torture, Nepal's Hospitals OverwhelmedMedPage Today Emails Reveal Close Relationship Between Psychology Group and CIAThe Intercept - First Look Media New report: American Psychological Association bolstered Bush-era tortureThe Colorado Independent Newsmax -New York Times all 6 news articles » |
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Cover-up claims over revelation that Germany spied on EU partners for US
The Guardian Germany has been spying and eavesdropping on its closest partners in the EU and passing the information to the US for more than a decade, a parliamentary inquiry in Berlin has found, triggering allegations of lying and cover-ups reaching to the very top of ... Germany spy scandal turns tables on Merkel governmentBBC News EU leader laughs off German-US spy allegations against EUSTLtoday.com all 137 news articles » |
Scotland’s Nationalist Surge by Mackenzie Yang
Scots have had an unexpected response to their own decision in September to vote, by a margin of 10%, to keep Scotland in the U.K.: they have flocked to the Scottish National Party, which spearheaded and lost the pro-independence campaign.
According to polls, the SNP, which currently holds six out of Scotland’s 59 seats in the British House of Commons, could win more than 40 in the U.K. general elections, which will take place on May 7. …
VOA Q&A: Ben Carson Discusses Race Relations in Baltimoreby webdesk@voanews.com (David Byrd)
Ben Carson, who reports say has intentions to announce a run for President, is a neurosurgeon and long-time Baltimore resident. He is the former chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital Children’s Center, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an author, a speaker and a columnist. He was interviewed by VOA’s David Byrd. BYRD: As a long-time resident of Baltimore, when you heard of Freddy Gray’s death, what was your first response? What did you think? CARSON:...
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Europe’s Crisis of Conscience by Mackenzie Yang
Abu Mohammed was in the living room of the apartment he had rented for himself and his family in the Egyptian city of Agami on April 19 when news broke on the television of a tragedy on the Mediterranean. A boat carrying about 800 migrants from Libya to Europe had sunk. …
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VIDEO: Jon Stewart Eviscerates Judith Miller's Iraq Reporting on The Daily Show
Taunton Daily Gazette Jon Stewart is not going quietly as he prepares to leave The Daily Show. On Wednesday's show, Stewart's guest was former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, whose erroneous reporting that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction helped ... and more » |
It’s taken a while, but now Labour, the Lib Dems and the Tories are socking it to each other. Voters can no longer say they’re all the same
With a week to go in the longest election campaign for decades, the gloves are coming off. A campaign of extreme tonal caution was in danger of conveying an entirely false message: that there is not much to choose between the parties. While the relatively cautious Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, leaks Tory plans to slash welfare, Ed Miliband pays a risky late night visit to Russell Brand and David Cameron looks as if he is pumped up as well as declaring himself to be so, a campaign marked by fearful defensiveness becomes a more marked fight for power and survival.
Good. Those voters who wrongly assume “they’re all the same”, or who are instinctively indifferent, need to get a sense of a battle where the stakes are high. Partly as a result of the previous nervy caution of the bigger parties, the media focus of the campaign had been largely on process rather than the marked ideological divide. Was Cameron showing enough passion? Did he want to win? Which poll is right and which is wrong? Are all the polls right because they are within the margin of error, in which case the margin must be extremely generous?
Alexander’s decision to leak details of Conservative welfare plans is the most vivid example of a new fighting spirit
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Hungry, homeless young boys in the Central African Republic were forced by French soldiers to perform sex acts on them in return for food or money, the director of an advocacy group said Thursday, citing a confidential United Nations report on alleged abuses.
House committee approves defense bill by By DEB RIECHMANN
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Armed Services Committee passed a nearly $612 billion defense policy bill early Thursday that seeks to change military retirement benefits, challenges President Barack Obama's effort to shutter Guantanamo Bay and would keep the A-10 flying even though the Pentagon wants to retire the attack jet....
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is set to go to Ukraine on May 12 to review Kiev's progress with conditions of its $17.5 billion bailout program, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday.
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40 years since Saigon's fall, napalm attack haunts woman in iconic image by Soo Youn in Ho Chi Minh City
Nick Ut’s image of a screaming girl fleeing naked is credited with turning public opinion against the Vietnam war, but for one person in the picture, the nightmares go on
On 8 June 1972, Ho Thi Hien was at her cousin Kim Phuc’s house in the village of Trang Bang in South Vietnam. The adults were out when the children heard the plane overhead and fled, trying to outrun their terror. A South Vietnamese Skyraider had just dropped a napalm bomb, propelling civilians down Vietnam’s Highway 1.
One of them was nine-year-old Phuc who, in a moment captured by photographer Nick Ut, was shown screaming as she ran naked down the road, having stripped off her clothes to rid herself of the poison on her skin. From that moment on she was known as the “napalm girl”. Ho, then 10 years old, ran alongside her cousin. Clothed but barefoot, she was captured on the right-hand side of Ut’s photograph.
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More than three tonnes of substance found on MV Hamal in North Sea after joint operation by National Crime Agency, Border Force and Royal Navy
Cocaine that could be worth more than £500m has been recovered from a ship intercepted at sea in what is believed to be the UK’s biggest class A drug seizure.
More than three tonnes of the drug were recovered from the MV Hamal in the North Sea in a joint operation involving the National Crime Agency (NCA), Border Force and Royal Navy.
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The Prince of Wales has proved he is definitely fit enough to become a grandfather for the second time, by taking part in a spinning class. Report by Claire Lomas.
The Prince of Wales has proved he is definitely fit enough to become a grandfather for the second time, by taking part in a spinning class. Report by Claire Lomas.
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Microsoft Edge - formerly known as ‘Project Spartan’ - will be the default browser for Windows 10 and promises to be faster and leaner than the hated IE
It’s official, Microsoft has killed off Internet Explorer, its new browser will be Microsoft Edge … although you’ll be forgiven for thinking nothing has changed if you’re looking at the logo.
The browser, formally known as Project Spartan after the protagonist of Microsoft’s Halo game series, is completely new according to the company. It announced the new name as part of its Windows 10 presentation at its Build developers conference in San Francisco.
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BERLIN (AP) -- German security officials say they have foiled what they believe was an imminent Boston Marathon-style attack after raiding the home of a suspected Islamic extremist....
STOCKTON-ON-TEES, ENGLAND — Even before the election campaign began, the verdict was in on Ed Miliband: He was too weak and too weird to be Britain’s prime minister.His approval ratings flirted with the lowest ever recorded for a major party leader. Among his Labor supporters, there were whispers of a coup. And with Britain’s economy recovering from the depths of recession, Conservative Party leader David Cameron seemed to have reelection locked up.Read full article >>
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More Than 90 Writers Join Protest Of Free Speech Award For 'Charlie Hebdo'
NPR (blog) The protest over a free speech award to Charlie Hebdo continues to grow. Related NPR Stories. Stephane "Charb" Charbonnier, the late editor of Charlie Hebdo, is seen in · The Two-Way · 6 Novelists Withdraw From Event Honoring 'Charlie Hebdo' For Free ... and more » |
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and U.S. Senator Tom Cotton have had a forthright exchange of views on Twitter in a new war of words between the two men over nuclear negotiations and a potential nuclear deal.
Ten people have been sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the 2012 attack on Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Malala Yousafzai, a judge announced Thursday.
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Meet Marilyn Mosby, the Woman Overseeing the Freddie Gray Investigation
NBCNews.com Baltimore's state's attorney probably did not expect to be thrust into the national spotlight during her fourth month on the job. And yet Marilyn Mosby — the youngest top prosecutor of any major city in America — now finds herself playing a key role in a local ... Loretta Lynch calls violent Baltimore protests 'counterproductive'CNN Loretta Lynch stance on policing undefined, law enforcement hopes she ...Washington Times all 890 news articles » |
US Jobless Claims at 15-year Lowby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
U.S. jobless claims fell to a 15-year low last week, as the number of Americans signing up for unemployment aid fell 34,000 to a nationwide total of 262,000. Thursday's report from the Labor Department shows that's the lowest level of job layoffs since the year 2000. Economists say weekly claims below 300,000 are evidence of an improving job market. Last month's unemployment rate was 5.5. percent, and a report from Credit Suisse says the jobless rate will probably fall...
A Pakistani court sentenced 10 men to life in prison for their involvement in a 2012 assassination attempt on teenage education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, lawyers and government officials said.
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Witnesses: French soldiers raped African children in camp
Washington Post BANGUI, Central African Republic — Witnesses in a refugee camp in Central African Republic's capital say French soldiers who were supposed to protect civilians sexually assaulted young children. People living inside the camp near the airport spoke out ... and more » |
German Anti-Terror Police Seize Explosives
Sky News Officers arrest a couple and find an automatic assault weapon and bomb-making chemicals in their home near Frankfurt. 17:05, UK, Thursday 30 April 2015. Police stand in front of a home in the courtyard of a building where suspected Salafist. Police outside ... and more » |
VIENNA (Reuters) - Billionaire Ukrainian industrialist Dmytro Firtash declared he was innocent of bribery and money-laundering as an Austrian court began deliberating on Thursday whether to extradite him to the United States to face corruption charges.
While female politicians feature more heavily than ever before, the air war between the main parties shows this election battle is run by men, for men
This is a curious election campaign for a woman. On the one hand, there are more female political leaders playing a more prominent role than ever before. Nicola Sturgeon and the Greens’ Natalie Bennett, Leanne Wood for Plaid Cymru, and the Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson – that is a lot of women getting an unusual amount of airtime to talk about politics.
But women in politics is not the same as a campaign around women’s issues. And of what might be called a women’s campaign, there is almost no sign at all. As the Fawcett Society reports, women are all but invisible.
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Former FBI Agent Bob Fitzpatrick Arrested for Perjury
Boston.com Retired FBI supervisor Robert Fitzpatrick is due to be arraigned Thursday at John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse Thursday for lying under oath during the 2013 Whitey Bulger trial, according to the Associated Press. Fitzpatrick, 75, is charged with six ... Former FBI Special Agent Bob Fitzpatrick Accused Of Lying In Whitey Bulger CaseCBS Local Ex-FBI agent indicted for Bulger trial testimonyBoston Globe (subscription) Ex-FBI agent charged with lying during 'Whitey' Bulger trialKATV The Sun Chronicle all 22 news articles » |
US commander: Russia seems set for new offensive in Ukraineby By BRADLEY KLAPPER and KEN DILANIAN
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top U.S. commander for NATO said Thursday that America needs better intelligence on the ground in Ukraine, but that it appears Russian forces have used a recent lull in fighting to reposition for another offensive....
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Memories of the last US Marines out before Saigon fell
Washington Post HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Snapshots of the Vietnam War, from three U.S. Marines who were among the last to leave Saigon as it fell on April 30, 1975: ___. NAME: DON NICHOLAS, 62. HOMETOWN: Green, Ohio. EXPERIENCE WHEN SAIGON FELL: ... From the Fall of Saigon to Fighting the Islamic State, People Find the Bright Side ...VICE News Vietnam War 40 years on: The last US serviceman to leave tells his storyThe Independent Vietnam lesson endures, 40 years laterLos Angeles Times Huffington Post -KING5.com -Chron.com all 1 news articles » |
UN accused of 'reckless disregard' for allegations of peacekeeper child abuseby Sandra Laville in London and Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
US diplomat James Wasserstrom says case of Anders Kompass, who exposed allegations of sex abuse by French forces, shows UN turns on whistleblowers
The United Nations is guilty of “reckless disregard for serious allegations of wrongdoing” in its treatment of a whistleblower who disclosed details of alleged child abuse by French peacekeepers in Africa, according to a former staff member.
James Wasserstrom, a veteran US diplomat who was sacked and arrested by UN police when he exposed suspicions of corruption by senior officials in Kosovo, said the case of Anders Kompass revealed how the organisation turned on the whistleblower rather than dealing with the wrongdoinghe had revealed.
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BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities temporarily refused a private pilot's medical certificate in 2010 for Andreas Lubitz, the pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings plane last month, according to documents released by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Russian Media Play Up WWII Victory, Lash Out at 'V-Day Snubs'by webdesk@voanews.com (Daniel Schearf)
Russian state media are ramping up nationalism ahead of the 70th anniversary of “Victory Day” on May 9, preparing to air films and TV programs dedicated to the glory of Soviet heroes who fought and sacrificed for the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II. Bulletin boards with patriotic slogans and announcements of the anniversary have appeared throughout Moscow. The Soviet Union suffered its highest casualties during the “The Great Patriotic War,” as it is officially known in...
The announcement of joint military exercises was a further sign of deepening ties between China and Russia, and of the Chinese Navy’s increasing ambitions.
Police Foil 'Cycling Race' Terror Attack
Sky News Officers arrest a man who bought bomb-making chemicals and was spotted studying the route of Frankfurt's May Day cycling race. 18:10, UK, Thursday 30 April 2015. Police stand in front of a home in the courtyard of a building where suspected Salafist. and more » |
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Ms. Smith, who is well-known in Washington development circles, would lead the government’s response to humanitarian disasters and manage the agency’s $20 billion budget.
Baltimore police commissioner Anthony Batts said on Thursday, 30 April, the results of the investigation into the death of Freddie Gray following his arrest by police have been turned over to a Maryland state prosecutor. Batts told reporters that 30 detectives were assigned to the case, and added that the investigation is not over Continue reading...
Should Googling in exams be allowed?by Lola Okolosie and Chris McGovern
A vital skill or further dumbing down? Lola Okolosie and Chris McGovern debate whether Google searches should be permitted during GCSE and A-level exams
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Police reveal their investigation has uncovered a previously unknown stop by the wagon which took Freddie Gray into custody.
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande held a telephone conversation with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on Thursday to discuss the fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, Merkel's spokesman said.
Teenager found not guilty of raping his mother after she said it was just a dream by Helen Pidd and Mary Clarke
Mum retracted her rape allegation and blamed episode on her mental health issues and the stress of caring for her ‘difficult’ son
A teenager has been found not guilty of raping his mother as she slept after she told a jury she had dreamed the attack.
The boy, who cannot be named, was 14 when his mother woke up and accused him of trying to rape her.
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