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Kim Kardashian is nothing if not determined. Six months after the birth of her son, Saint West, the E! reality star was asked to pose nude for GQ's 10th annual "Love, Sex &...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Authorities said Thursday Bosnia’s population shrank by nearly a quarter over the past 25 years, a period marked by the devastating 1992-95 war that took 100,000 lives and turned almost half of the population into refugees either within the country or abroad. The results of the 2013 census were published a day

The winner of the contest will be able to work with the Chechen leader

The Japanese economy, already teetering, is now being pummeled by a stronger yen, says Barry D. Wood.

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LOS ANGELES, June 30 (UPI) -- Iggy Azalea revealed she broke up with Nick Young after their home security footage showed him bringing other women into their home.

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TOKYO, June 30 (UPI) -- Facebook introduced new features aimed to help prevent suicide in Japan, where it is a leading cause of death.

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At some point their a military careers, all servicemembers have said: “I can’t believe we’re paying for this.”

From 1975 to 1984, a division of government contractor Litton Industries and two of its executives were accused of defrauding the government of $15 million through grossly inflated prices in its contracts. A 1986 book titled “The Pentagon Catalog” documented some of the Pentagon’s worst buys and the contractor who charged the government for them.

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WAVERLY, Iowa — A bur oak tree in Waverly estimated to be about 217 years old will soon be taken down. The tree is on the bank of the Cedar River outside the city’s Civic Center, and has about two to three years of life left, The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (http://bit.ly/29cax91 ) reports. Iowa Department

Plumbing boss found himself accused of falsifying documents after making accusations about union intimidation.

They're calling it the 'Boris bounce'.

Comments by Germany's finance minister implied that Portugal is getting another bailout, but when asked for the comments, a ministry spokesman sent a cleaned-up quotation.

Yesterday, Neil deGrasse Tyson shared the following tweet:

Earth needs a virtual country: #Rationalia, with a one-line Constitution: All policy shall be based on the weight of evidence

This tweet raises many questions, such as, WTF? However, I want to focus on one area of policy that Tyson surely has in mind, namely climate change.

I think we can all agree that the weight of evidence shows that climate change is real, underway, and dangerous. Читать дальше...

The number of women enrolling in engineering school has increased steadily over the past four decades but the number of women working as engineers hasn’t kept pace.

The diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Tripoli are attempting to promptly clarify the circumstances of the detention of an oil tanker with Russian crew members on board by the Libyan Navy, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson: 'Unfolding situation' at Andrews Air Force Base.

The Obama administration quietly granted hundreds of offshore fracking permits in the Gulf of Mexico, allowing dangerous fracking chemicals to pollute the Gulf. Documents have revealed that from 2010 to October 2014, the Obama administration approved more than 1,500 permit applications for offshore drilling plans that included fracking at hundreds of wells across the Gulf of Mexico, according to Truthout. The habitat of loggerhead turtles was also included. RT reports: The administration allowed... Читать дальше...

A century after the Battle of the Somme, see some of the key landmarks, battlefields and memorials from the air.

This is in addition to the ISSF World Cup series scheduled to be held in the capital in February.

Business Insider recently taught us why flights today take longer to complete than they did 40 or 50 years ago. For example, in 1973 a flight from New York to Houston took about two hours and 37 minutes — today, you'll spend over an hour more than that on the same journey.

U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain via Wikipedia

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — Joint Base Andrews tweets that the base is on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter. The tweet sent Thursday morning instructs all personnel at the base in Washington's Maryland suburbs to shelter in place and says more information will be released as it comes. A second tweet from the base says the incident is ongoing at the Malcolm Grow Medical Facility and first responders are on the scene. It instructs everyone to continue to shelter in place, a precaution... Читать дальше...