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A fierce sell-off gripped world markets Thursday after a warning by US Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen over the global economy, while oil fell close to 13-year lows.

MENOMINEE, Mich. (AP) — Faculty and student researchers from Michigan Technological University believe they have figured out how a 369-food long crack opened in the ground in October 2010 near…

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Seventeen months after the disappearance of 43 Mexican students triggered a wave of protests that severely damaged President Enrique Peña Nieto's international image, the case continues to generate deep discomfort for the government.

On Tuesday, a group of international forensic experts rejected the government investigation's conclusion that the students were killed and incinerated in a garbage dump hours after they were attacked in the southern city of Iguala by municipal police... Читать дальше...

Pocket, a widely used read-it-later app, is adding support for assistive technology in an effort to court new users for whom reading itself can be a struggle. Last year, the company rolled out a text-to-speech function, so articles could be listened to rather than read. Now, it's rolled out support for Dyslexie, a font designed to make reading easier for those with dyslexia.

As soon as Valliappan spotted the group of welldressed men, he dropped the spade and began to tremble.“Please rescue us," beseeched the 21-year-old after the men identified themselves as government officials.

Kanye West inspired Martin Shkreli to "succeed at a young age." Now Shkreli is offering $10 million to be the sole owner of West's newest album.

Your daily roundup of news from The Wall Street Journal related to Japan: The yen rose sharply on Thursday, as investors poured into the safe-haven Japanese currency, a sign that market forces are overwhelming central bank efforts to weaken their currencies.

DORASAN, South Korea - A South Korean businessman speaks to reporters at the Inter-Korean Transit Office in Dorasan, South ...

Around this time last year, Jonah Bolden was rumbling across the desert in a pickup truck, headed to Tucson, Ariz.

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Leaked documents purport to show that the Islamic State (ISIS) is cutting the salaries of its foreign fighters as low oil prices and continued air strikes on terrorist-controlled oil targets hit back with a monetary jihad.

The documents—which are said to have been leaked by the ISIS ‘treasury department’, or the Bayt Mal al-Muslimeen—state that foreign-fighter salaries in Syria have been reduced 50 percent due to “exceptional circumstances,” including continued air strikes... Читать дальше...

As Bernie Sanders rails against Wall Street, what's Hillary Clinton's counter-message? New York Mayor Bill De Blasio, a top Clinton supporter, discusses with Chris Matthews.

Not your average ramen anymore.

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• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/3 cup parmesan cheese
• Some ground pepper
• 2 strips of bacon, sliced in
• 1 packet instant ramen
• 1-2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

In a small bowl, add one whole egg, one egg yolk, 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, and pepper to taste. Whisk with fork until well combined. Читать дальше...

PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Sonja Thompson lives so close to the edge of an 80-foot bluff above the Pacific Ocean that when paragliders fly by "you can almost high-five them."

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MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Officials meeting in Germany to work on a ceasefire in Syria have reached an agreement, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.

Tax mirrors what supporters of legalizing recreational pot have proposed in ballot initiative

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest developments on the war in Syria, the refugee crisis and security talks in Munich, Germany. (all times local):

Cooling down of the Chinese economy is the main reason behind the growing number of Chinese outbound mergers-and-acquisitions deals, experts told Sputnik on Thursday.

Publicly traded finance companies are coming under scrutiny for how they value obscure assets tied to business loans, at a time when market turbulence is motivating some firms to mark down securities faster than others.

Results are worse than the Street was expecting

Jurors have convicted NYPD Officer Peter Liang of manslaughter and official misconduct in the trial of the rookie cop who fatally shot an unarmed man in a public housing stairwell last year.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two anti-fur activists charged with waging a cross-country vandalism campaign have pleaded guilty to federal charges in San Diego.

One of the largest collections of pianos in Scotland is going under the hammer in Edinburgh after a piano supplier decided to retire.

It’s called a gyrfalcon, which is honest to goodness a real thing.

A "gyrfalcon" sounds like a made-up magical creature from the Harry Potter universe. But in addition to being real, one has been amusing fans of a webcam set up to capture the northern lights in Churchill, Manitoba.

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Gyrfalcon is the largest falcon species, though seeing one with all-white plumage like this one is rather rare. Читать дальше...

Pro-tip: You’ll probably die and/or suffer in all of them.

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My grandparents had the kind of love you see on the big screen. Well, more accurately, a Muppets movie on the big screen. It was at times chaotic, always triumphant, and with plenty of strings attached. It's no wonder they were such big fans of those Jim Henson puppets.