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Iran Deal's Sanction Plan Could Affect Oil Prices
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- Iran Deal's Sanction Plan Could Affect Oil Prices
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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The deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran is June 30, and if an agreement is reached, that would mean, eventually, an end to certain sanctions against Iran. Iranians were pretty excited about that after the framework deal was agreed on.
That's because the sanctions have crippled Iran's oil-driven economy. Oil exports are believed to make up about 80 percent of Iran's total exports, and those exports have been cut almost in half since 2011. And Iran is believed to have the world's fourth-largest reserves. (Video via Press TV)
So the prospect of sanctions being a thing of the past, and a sudden outpouring of Iranian oil, has led some to predict it would push global oil prices lower.
"Iran could add something like another 800,000 barrels a day to the market within, let's say, six to nine months, and it could release also oil from storage within a period of one to three months after sanctions ease," energy strategist Robin Mills told...
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- UN Says The World Needs To Do More To Fight Against AIDS
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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We’re winning the fight against AIDS... But not fast enough. (Video via UNAIDS)
A commission made up of experts from the United Nations and The Lancet medical journal released a new report Thursday detailing how far the world has come in fighting AIDS. (Video via UNAIDS)
It’s somewhat sobering. According to the report, the world isn’t doing enough to combat the AIDS epidemic — at least not quickly enough. (Video via UNAIDS)
Essentially, the report says the world has the next five years to step up its fight against AIDS. If it does, the epidemic could be gone by 2030. If it doesn’t, then the progress made up until now will revert.
The human and financial consequences of that happening, says the executive director of UNAIDS, will be catastrophic. (Video via UNAIDS)
The United Nations has issued this warning before. Another report released last year bore the same message — ramp up the fight agai...
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- Pope Francis Says Divorce Is Sometimes 'Morally Necessary'
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Recently, Pope Francis took another public step toward loosening Catholic doctrine, calling divorce occasionally "inevitable."
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Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-pope-francis-annulments-20140921-story.html
The Wall Street Journal http://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-church-must-find-ways-of-welcoming-divorced-catholics-gays-1417978277
New York Post http://nypost.com/2015/06/25/pope-francis-divorce-can-be-morally-necessary/
National Catholic Register https://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/vatican-sets-stage-for-tradition-and-controversy-at-october-synod/
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- Pakistani Heat Wave Leaves Nearly 800 Dead
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Pakistan is going through an extreme heat wave that has resulted in the deaths of nearly 800 people in its southern Sindh province.
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Transcript:
Pakistan is suffering from a deadly heat wave that's already killed hundreds of people.
Dawn, a Pakistan-based news organization, reports there have been nearly 800 deaths in the nation’s southern province of Sindh. (Video via Dawn)
Power outages and water shortages have only exacerbated the situation as temperatures soared to around 113 Fahrenheit over the weekend. Since then, the temperatures have stayed above 100 degrees. (Video via ARY News)
Add in the fact that this is the fasting month of Ramadan and you have dangerous conditions for those not able to get access to water or cooler conditions.
“A little while ago I was about to collapse. It’s so hot I can ...
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- Will France React To US Spy Claims Like Germany Reacted?
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Leaked documents allegedly show the U.S. tapped French leaders' phones. Similar leaks in 2013 lead to a rough patch between the U.S. and Germany.
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Tuesday morning, WikiLeaks published NSA documents containing “top secret” proof that French presidents’ phones were tapped and their conversations were catalogued by the U.S.
In response, current French President François Hollande called a meeting with his country’s defense council, meaning the U.S. and France could be headed for a rough patch.
This feels familiar. In late 2013, similar documents were leaked saying German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone, and the phones of other German leaders, had been tapped by the U.S. (Video via BBC)
A phone call from President Obama insisting the U.S. had not tapped the leader’s phone didn’t stop Merkel from la...
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- South Korean Comfort Women Threaten To Sue Japan
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- A dozen comfort women from South Korea say they will bring Japan to court if the nation doesn't offer an apology over its wartime past by July 1.
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South Korea’s “comfort women” are threatening to sue Japan.
A dozen South Korean so-called “comfort women” are planning to sue Japan if the nation doesn’t issue an apology by the end of June. (Video via KBS)
According to Yonhap, a South Korean government news service, the suit would seek $2 million for each woman as reparation for what they say are wartime atrocities committed by Japan during World War II. (Video via Yonhap News TV)
The women, however, say it’s not about the money. Their attorney told Yonhap the point is to get Japan to make a sincere apology. (Video via YTN)
It is widely believed an estimated 200,000 women and girls...
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- Israel-Palestine Report Aims To Fix What It Didn't In 2002
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- A new U.N. report suggests Israel and Palestine committed war crimes in last summer's conflict. It also mirrors a report published 14 years ago.
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Israel and Palestine have been accusing each other of war crimes for almost 70 years — or, if you take a wider scope, several thousand years.
That makes Monday's report from the U.N. less than shocking. The organization accused both combatants of human rights violations in last summer's fighting, some of which could amount to war crimes. (Video via United Nations)
The report uses some strong language, but that doesn't mean it wields much power over how the two sides operate. The U.N. wrote a similarly condemning report almost 15 years ago for virtually the same thing — endangering civilian lives.
That document, released in August of 2002, was followed by a few ...
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- Germany's Arrest Of Reporter Shows Complex Egypt-West Ties
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Germany's arrest of Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour showcases how Egypt's internal policies could be bleeding over to the international stage.
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Egypt has it out for Al Jazeera. (Video via Egyptian Radio and Television Union)
The country's totalitarian government has in the past struck out at the international network — funded by Egypt's rivals in the government of Qatar — by ordering its offices closed, confiscating its equipment and arresting its journalists. (Video via SBS)
That's why, when an Al Jazeera journalist was arrested on Egyptian orders Saturday, the surprising thing was who carried them out.
German authorities reportedly detained Ahmed Mansour, who has dual British and Egyptian citizenship, at Berlin's Tegel airport Saturday. The BBC reports an Egyptian court sentenced him in absen...
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- On World Refugee Day, A Bleak Outlook Amid Calls For Help
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- At a time when the number of people displaced by war and persecution worldwide is at an all-time high, the U.N. is calling out developed countries.
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The U.N. says developed countries need to do more for refugees. (Video via United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
Saturday marks World Refugee Day at a time when the issue is more dire and seemingly further from sustainable solutions than ever before. The United Nations recently released figures on the record number of people displaced by war and persecution worldwide.
At the end of 2014, there were 59.5 million refugees, internally displaced persons and asylum seekers worldwide — an increase of 16 percent in just one year. Half of the world's refugees come from three countries — Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia. More than half of the world's refugees are children.
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- The State Of Terrorism During 2014
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- 2:34
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The U.S. released its annual terrorism report for 2014 and things are not looking good. In all, terrorist attacks and the fatalities from them are up.
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The U.S. Department of State has released it’s annual terrorism report — 2014 was not a good year.
“Today the State Department is issuing the Country Reports on Terrorism 2014, which fulfills an important congressional mandate and provides us also with an opportunity to review the state of terrorism worldwide and to find the nature and the scope of the terrorist threat,” said Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tina Kaidanow during a press conference.
Terrorist attacks are up 39 percent compared to 2013 and both deaths and the number of wounded are up. (Video via Al Jazeera)
Most of the attacks took place in five countries — Iraq, Paki...
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- WikiLeaks Marks Assange's Third Year In Limbo With Data Dump
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent three years in the Ecuadorean embassy, and WikiLeaks marked the occasion with two major data dumps.
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It's officially been three years since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took refuge from Swedish authorities inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London. And WikiLeaks commemorated the anniversary the only way they know how — a massive document dump. (Video via Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry)
The site published two collections of leaked documents within a 24-hour period. First, WikiLeaks released over 276,000 new documents from November's major Sony Pictures data breach Thursday morning, and highlighted a group of documents suggesting Sony was investigated for bribery.
Then on Friday morning, the site claimed to have over 500,000 cables from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign affairs, w...
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- ECB's Lifeline To Greece Is Still Just A Stopgap
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- To stave off a potential bank run, the European Central Bank coughed up more emergency funds to Greek lenders. It's unclear how long they'll last.
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As Greece continues to walk a fishing-line tightrope across the Grand Canyon of Bankruptcy, the European Central Bank approved more emergency funds to the country's lenders.
Withdrawals on Greek bank accounts have accelerated as the country has failed to successfully negotiate a bailout deal, prompting fears of a bank run that would further devastate the country's financial system. (Video via The Guardian)
The ECB's emergency liquidity is meant to keep the country above water while a bailout deal is negotiated, but it's still unclear exactly how much the ECB pumped into the system. More than 3 billion euros have been withdrawn since Monday.
Some media outlets are repo...
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- Should Europe Worry About Cozy Greece-Russia Relations?
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- A closer relationship between Greece and Russia could spell trouble for the interests of European countries.
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As Greece and Russia cozy up, should the rest of Europe be wary?
Russia and Greece's announcement that they had signed an agreement for a natural gas pipeline Friday is the latest sign the two countries are cozying up to each other, which could spell trouble for the rest of Europe.
Neither Greece nor Russia are on particularly good terms with the European Union, right now.
Greece is in the middle of a debt crisis that, in a worst-case-scenario, could mean an exit from the eurozone. On Thursday, yet another round of talks ended with no agreement from Greece to pay its debt.
And Russia has been hit hard by western-imposed economic sanctions because of its role in Eastern Ukraine.
So, ...
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- Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement Faces Challenges After Win
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement vetoed China-backed electoral reform plans, but the next steps for democracy in Hong Kong aren't clear yet.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement is celebrating after the region's parliament voted down an electoral reform proposal supported by mainland China.
"It is a loud and clear signal to not only the SAR government but the central government that Hong Kong people object to this proposal," Labour Party lawmaker Fernando Cheung Chi-hung told the South China Morning Post.
Thanks to a botched walk-out attempt by Beijing supporters, the electoral measure only garnered eight votes in its favor; 28 of the chamber's 70 lawmakers voted against the proposal, denying the bill the two-thirds majority it needed to pass.
The legislators who voted against the bill argued the reforms were...
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- Thousands Face Possible Deportation From Dominican Republic
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The push to register or deport Haitian immigrants has been criticized by human rights groups who fear the move is motivated by racism.
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Hundreds of thousands of immigrants face possible deportation from the Dominican Republic Thursday after a deadline to register for legal status passed. The majority of those immigrants are from Haiti.
Local outlets report when the deadline passed, thousands of people were still waiting in line to register. A Dominican official said 275,000 people had registered, but that is little more than half of the estimated number of foreign-born migrant workers living in the country. (Video via CDN)
The move stems from a 2013 Constitutional Court ruling which said children of immigrants would no longer be considered Dominican citizens unless they had at least one Dominican parent, even if they were born i...
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- Pope Steers Church Focus To Climate Change With Encyclical
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Pope Francis released his first encyclical Thursday and in it the pontiff focuses on climate change and global inequality.
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Pope Francis’ first encyclical is out — so what does it say? (Video via Vatican Television Center)
Pope Francis has released his first encyclical, as was expected, the pontiff is taking a hard stance on fighting climate change.
The 184-page letter, released Thursday, seals the Pope’s position on a number of issues. In it, he calls for solutions to such problems as fresh drinking water shortages, deforestation, pollution, climate change and global inequality.
In one section, he writes “Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution for goods. It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanit...
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- What Happens When Political Leaders Disagree With The Pope?
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- What happens when Catholics disagree with the pope, as is happening now ahead of his statement on climate change?
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On Tuesday, Jeb Bush joined the list of conservatives speaking out against Pope Francis and his stance on climate change.
Answering an audience member's question about the pope in New Hampshire, Bush said he didn't get economic policy from his pope, and religion shouldn't mix with politics. (Video via CBS)
Climate change is at the center of a divide between a vocal group of conservatives and the pope, whose upcoming encyclical will likely urge to cut emissions. (Video via Vatican)
And being at odds with the pope is kind of an awkward position for a political leader, especially a Catholic presidential candidate. (Video via C-SPAN)
So what happens when leaders disagree with the...
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- What Are The Most Expensive Cities For Expats?
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Mercer has released its annual survey of the most expensive cities for expats to live in. European and Asian cities crowded the list's top 10.
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What are the most expensive cities to live in as an expat? (Video via City of Zurich)
On Wednesday, consulting firm Mercer released its annual “Cost of Living” survey — a list of which cities are most expensive to live in for ex-patriots, or people who live in a different country than where they were born.
Topping out the list was a familiar skyline — Luanda, the capital of Angola. The city has topped the list for the past three years. (Video via YouTube / Luis Fernandes)
Using New York City and the U.S. dollar as a base city, Mercer says even while Luanda is a relatively cheap city, the cost of imported goods and safe living conditions are both very expensive ...
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- What The Fall Of Tal Abyad Means For ISIS And The Kurds
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Tal Abyad has been captured by a Kurdish-FSA coalition, and ISIS has been driven out. So what does it mean for the players involved?
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ISIS has lost Tal Abyad, Syria. Now what? (Video via People's Protection Units)
A joint force — of both Kurdish People's Protection Units and Arabic Free Syrian Army fighters — called Euphrates Volcano has successfully driven ISIS militants out of a key Syrian-Turkish border town.
YPG's media account declared the Tal Abyad liberated within 24 hours after the siege began. Footage of FSA and Kurdish battalions celebrating at Turkey's border and erecting the FSA flag was posted online not long after.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deaths of 40 ISIS militants and said the rest fled into southern and western villages. The YPG is now attempting to clear the a...
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- Will Egypt Follow Through With Morsi's Death Sentence?
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- An Egyptian court has upheld the death sentences of former President Mohammed Morsi and several other figures in the Muslim Brotherhood.
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If Egypt kills Mohamed Morsi, he'd become the world’s first former president executed since Saddam Hussein. But that's a big if. (Video via C-SPAN)
Despite putting hundreds on death row for alleged political violence in the past year, Egypt has carried out just a few executions.
Egypt's highest religious authority, the Grand Mufti, gets the final word on all these rulings. On Tuesday, he upheld Morsi's death sentence and that of five other leading Muslim Brotherhood members. (Video via CCTV)
But that decision isn’t binding. Morsi and the other defendants can still appeal. Whether they'd get a fair trial is another story.
Morsi, his supporters and hum...
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- Germany Sees First MERS-Related Death In 2 Years
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Germany has documented its first MERS-related death after a 65-year-old man succumbed to a lung disease. He'd contracted the virus in the UAE.
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Germany has had its second ever documented death linked to the MERS virus, and the first in two years.
A 65-year-old man died Tuesday in Lower Saxony from what German media is reporting were complications stemming from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS.
According to the Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality, the man had actually overcome the MERS virus after contracting it in the United Arab Emirates.
But a lung disease thought to have been caused by the original MERS infection eventually killed the man on June 6. His name has not been released.
There’s currently an ongoing MERS outbreak in South Korea, which has infecte...
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- North Korean Soldier Crosses DMZ, Defects To South Korea
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- A North Korean soldier crossed directly into South Korea Monday morning for the first time since 2012.
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An unnamed North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea according to local reports.
The teenage soldier crossed from North to South Korea in the demilitarized zone near Hwacheon, Gangwon Province on Monday. A South Korean Ministry of Defense official confirmed the news to state run news agency Yonhap, saying the soldier crossed on foot and "expressed his will to defect."
Al Jazeera reports while there's more than 1,000 defectors from North Korea every year, most go through China and then into South Korea. A soldier defection at the DMZ hasn't happened since 2012.
The demilitarized zone between the two sides is already heavily guarded. While Monday's rare crossing raised already heightened tensions b...
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- Fate Of Targeted Algerian Terrorist In Libya Unknown
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Airstrikes in Libya have targeted a prominent terror leader there, but it's unclear if he's been killed.
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A U.S. airstrike in Libya has targeted one of North Africa's leading terror figures.
The manned Sunday strike's target was Algerian terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a known leader of Al Qaeda's North African Affiliate.
Belmokhtar is best known for a 2013 attack on a gas plant in Algeria which claimed the lives of 39 foreign workers, including three Americans. Belmokhtar claimed responsibility for that attack. (Video via ONTV)
But one crucial piece of the story on Sunday's strike is missing.
"What we're hearing from the Libyan government is they're saying Belmokhtar was killed in this Airstrike, the U.S. has not yet confirmed this," CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reported.
As is of...
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- The Magna Carta's Influence, 800 Years Later
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- This Monday marks the 800th anniversary of the creation of the Magna Carta, a foundational document in western civilization.
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This is the Magna Carta, one of the most influential documents in western civilization and often cited as the foundation for our understanding of civil liberties. And June 15, this document turns 800 years old.
"What started out as a document of specific complaints from a group of barons has turned into an international symbol of liberty, without which we might not have the rights we value so much today," said Monty Python's Terry Jones for The British Library.
The name Magna Carta means Great Charter in Latin. At first, that was just a reference to its length, but over the past eight centuries, it has also come to stand for the significance of the document.
There are only four copies o...
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- Brace For The Vatican's Entry Into The Climate Change Debate
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Pope Francis' first encyclical, or teaching letter, is expected to focus on climate change and humanity's moral obligation to protect the environment
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Transcript:
Pope Francis' first encyclical — a letter to the world's Catholics — is due Thursday.
A big focus is expected on man's influence on climate, the interplay between it and the world's poor, and humanity's moral obligation to protect the environment. (Video via the Vatican Television Center)
The New York Times writes, "By wading into the environment debate, Francis is seeking to redefine a secular topic, one usually framed by scientific data, using theology and faith."
The Vatican insists the encyclical is a theological message, rather than a political one.
Still, it comes as highly anticipated climate talks are set to start later this year in Par...
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- The Top Secret Meeting World Leaders Attend This Weekend
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- This weekend wraps up the 2015 Bilderberg Group, a secretive annual conference attended by American and European leaders in politics and business.
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Transcript:
If your friends are former Prime Ministers, bankers, or captains of industry, good luck getting in touch with them this weekend — they're all hanging out together, without you, at an Austrian mountain resort.
They're at the Bilderberg Group— a conference that, since 1954, has invited about 130 American and European leaders of finance, business and politics to meet annually and discuss — well, no one really knows.
In the past, the Conference has been attended by politicians, including Bill Clinton, Rick Perry, and John Kerry; bankers like Ben Bernanke, Lloyd Blankfein, and Tim Geithner; and 4 of the last 5 British Prime Ministers.
But the Group is intensively secre...
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- Can Putin Escape More European Sanctions?
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The European Union will discuss the renewal of sanctions on Russia in the coming weeks, but is the vote in danger with Putin wooing EU members?
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European sanctions on Russia are set to expire.
What happens next? (Video via The Kremlin)
European sanctions against Russia over its role in the ongoing Ukrainian conflict will expire on July 31 pending a decision by the European Union.
That decision will come later in June during an EU meeting. And while European nations were relatively united in their stance against Russian aggression early on, cracks are appearing in their sanctions strategy. (Video via European Council)
Take the cash-strapped Greece, for example. In April, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Moscow.
Whil...
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- Can Spain's Royal Family Rebound From Scandal?
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- A series of scandals have damaged the image of Spain's royal family. Can the well-liked King Felipe VI restore the monarchy's reputation?
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Transcript:
For all the attention the British royal family gets, there’s another overseas monarchy out there that’s every bit as fun to watch.
Meet Spain’s royals.
We’ll start first with Princess Cristina. She and her husband are accused of embezzling millions in public money through his non-profit.
She was already under pressure to give up her rights to the throne as she awaits trial, and now her brother King Felipe VI has stripped her of her duchess title. (Video via Spanish Royal Family)
But even before Cristina’s legal woes, the royal household was dogged by scandal.
Most involved Juan Carlos — Cristina and Felipe’s father. Once one o...
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- Burundi Doesn't Have Enough Money To Make Money
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Burundi hardly has any money or infrastructure. Their best hope may be foreign investment in nickel mining, but political crises hamper any help.
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In Burundi, the world's second-poorest country based on per capita GDP, the economy was beyond bleak even before all this. (Video via Voice of America)
The country's latest round of violence, brought on by protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza's re-election bid, spell more trouble for Burundi's shaky economy. (Video via U.S. State Department)
Cyclical poverty has haunted the country since the eruption of a 12-year civil war in 1993, which left Burundi with hardly any money and little infrastructure. Burundi's best hope for the future lies in two places: across the sea and under the ground.
Burundi houses about six percent of the world's nickel reserves w...
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- Malaysia Airlines Flight Dumps Fuel, Makes Emergency Landing
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- A Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur was forced to land after cockpit warnings indicated an engine was on fire.
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Transcript:
Malaysia Airlines flight 148 made an emergency landing in Melbourne, Australia Friday after an apparent engine fire.
The flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur diverted minutes after takeoff when the pilot noticed a light on his console indicating the engine was on fire. (Video via 9News)
The plane circled several times in order to dump fuel, which is standard procedure for an emergency landing.
The Guardian quotes a local air safety official, who said “Something occurred when the engine went full-throttle, and as is standard in such situations the pilot has taken the plane out over the bay to dump fuel.”
The fuel was dumped to shed weight in order to make ...
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- Prosecutors Give More Clues To Cause Of Germanwings Crash
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Prosecutors in the case of the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 said on Thursday they plan to open a criminal inquiry.
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Prosecutors have revealed more information about the pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, giving some more insight into what may have led to the tragedy that resulted in the deaths of all 150 on board the flight.
Brice Robin, the French prosecutor for the case, told reporters on Thursday that doctors considered Andreas Lubitz unfit to fly but did not tell his employer because of Germany's strict medical laws.
In the years leading up to the crash, Lubitz had consulted doctors and medical specialists 41 times, according to Robin. Seven of those visits had come just within a month of the incident.
Prosecutors say Lubitz feared going blind and suffered from severe depression. It ha...
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- Dominique Strauss-Kahn Acquitted Of 'Aggravated Pimping'
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- 1:31
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- 11 years ago
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- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, was acquitted of "aggravated pimping" Friday.
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DSK is back in the news, and with him, a whole lot of headlines about “aggravated pimping.”
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief and one time French presidential frontrunner, was acquitted of the pimping charge Friday, bringing an end to four years of legal drama. (Video via France 24)
Strauss-Kahn first made headlines in 2011 when he resigned from his IMF job amid accusations he’d raped a New York City hotel maid.
“What happens in a room is a private thing unless the prosecutors find something to tell you that you are going to be charged with something,” Strauss-Kahn told CNN.
The charges were later dropped, although he ended up p...
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- Landslide Hits Six Villages, Kills At Least 40 In Nepal
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Officials believe heavy rains from monsoon season triggered a landslide in Nepal's Taplejung district.
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At least 40 are feared dead after a landslide hit six villages in Nepal Wednesday night.
Nepalese police posted pictures and information to their Facebook page, but due to the remoteness of the six villages affected by the slide, details are scarce.
The landslide occurred in the mountainous and remote Taplejung district where officials believe recent heavy rainfall is to blame.
Much of Nepal is dealing with monsoon season, which generally starts in mid-June. (Video via YouTube / Wandering Eric)
The season brings heavy, continuous rainfall and can be the most dangerous time for landslides. (Video via Raj TV)
The country's been especially hit hard with natural disasters this year...
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- How The Plan To 'Destroy' ISIS Is Progressing A Year Later
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Since ISIS invaded Mosul a year ago, it's made major gains elsewhere in Iraq and Syria. How has the Obama administration's policy changed since then?
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"The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is if a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesn't make them Kobe Bryant," President Obama told The New Yorker. (Video via YouTube / انصار الخلافة)
"The gunmen are believed to be members of an Al-Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS," a CNN reporter said.
"The insurgents seized police stations, banks and government buildings," a CBS reporter said.
"We have an interest in making sure that a group like ISIL, which is a vicious organization and has been able to take advantage of the chaos in Syria, that they don't get a broader foothold," Pres...
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- Expected US Troop Boost In Iraq Won't Satisfy Critics
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The White House is looking to increase the U.S.'s troop deployment in Iraq to revamp Iraqi military training efforts.
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While reports on the number have varied between 400 and 500, the consensus is The White House is looking to increase its troop deployment to Iraq. (Video via U.S. Department of Defense)
But it's not the coup some lawmakers were looking for — the additional troops will be used to further boost training of the Iraqi military.
"We need more troops on the ground, we need forward air controllers, we're just referring to airstrikes: did you know that 75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon?" Senator John McCain told CBS's "Face the Nation."
For its part, the Pentagon says that's a normal ratio, and officials have played down the need for tro...
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- Suicide Bombers Target Ancient Egyptian Temple
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- A suicide attack targeted the ancient Temple of Karnak in the Egyptian city of Luxor on Wednesday, threatening Egypt's vital tourism industry.
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The ancient Temple of Karnak in the Egyptian city of Luxor was the target of multiple suicide bombers on Wednesday.
According to Egypt's Interior Ministry, three terrorists attempted the attack. Two were killed by police before entering the temple complex while the third was able to detonate his device.
Immediate reports on casualties didn't indicate any tourists were killed and Sky News reported four Egyptians were wounded. Another Egypt-based news source reported five total injuries.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far, though a terrorist group affiliated with ISIS and based out of Egypt's Sinai peninsula has claimed responsibility for...
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- Culture And Animal Rights Clash Over Yulin Dog Meat Festival
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- 2:36
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- 11 years ago
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- Each year, the southern Chinese city of Yulin cooks and eats about 10,000 dogs during the summer solstice.
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The decades-old tradition of eating dog and cat meat during the summer solstice seems normal for residents in the southern Chinese city of Yulin.
Each year, some 10,000 dogs are cooked and consumed in the name of health and tradition.
Legend suggests eating dog meat can dispel evil ghosts, cure disease and even boost men's sexual performance, according to the South China Morning Post.
But animal rights groups angered by the tradition have tried to grab the attention of media outlets thousands of miles from the festival, and it looks like it's working.
Hashtag Stop Yulin 2015 is gaining power, and this year, activists in the western half of the world are joining the fight.
Cit...
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- Criminalized Abortion: Ireland's Conservative Side
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- After Ireland legalized same-sex marriage in May, a new Amnesty International report said the country treats women seeking abortions like "criminals."
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When Ireland legalized same-sex marriage through a national referendum last month, many greeted it as a progressive victory. (Video via YouTube / Cian Mac Mahon)
"Ireland has just taken bounds and leaps forwards to ensuring that everyone is equal in this country," one man told Channel 4.
But an Amnesty International report released Tuesday says when it comes to abortion, Ireland is actually less progressive than almost everyone else in Europe. (Video via Vice)
The report, entitled "She Is Not a Criminal," argues Ireland's criminalization of abortion violates human rights and "only Andorra, Malta and San Marino have more restrictive laws, prohibiting a...
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- China's On Track To Beat Emissions Goal — Because It Has To
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- 2:11
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- 12 years ago
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- China is on course to beat its goal of leveling off emissions by 2030, and it has good reason to be: It's poised to bear the brunt of climate change.
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One of the big topics for this week's G7 summit in Germany is climate change, but it's a country not on the G7 that could have the biggest impact on that issue: China. (Video via Italian Government)
China's the largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world and, as such, has commitments when it comes to cutting greenhouse gases — commitments it might be on course to meeting. (Video via Arirang)
That's according to research from the London School of Economics, which says the country is set to level off emissions by 2025, if not earlier — five years ahead of its current goal of 2030.
China committed to that goal in a joint deal with the U.S., w...
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- Erdogan Doesn't Have Votes To Rewrite Turkey's Constitution
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- This is the first time the A.K.P. has lost its majority in more than a decade.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party — or A.K.P. — has lost its majority in Parliament. (Video via Justice and Development Party)
That's a big deal because Erdogan was looking to rewrite the country's Constitution — a "new Turkey" in his words, with an executive presidency that would give his office more powers.
Now, the A.K.P. did still get more votes than any other party — about 41 percent. But it'll lose 69 of its 327 seats in Parliament.
Making way for Turkey's Kurdish minority, which passed a 10 percent vote threshold to get the Peoples' Democratic Party representation in Parliament. That party’s ideology is left-wing, secularist and pro-Kurdish. (Video via Peoples’ Democra...
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- Why Is Russia The Focus Of G7 Summit Sans Russia?
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- 1:15
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- 12 years ago
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- At a summit in Germany, the G7, formerly the G8, is focusing on its suspended member, Russia, and the country's alleged actions in Ukraine.
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World leaders are converging on Bavaria for the G8 — or rather G7 — summit.
It used to be the G8 until Russia and Vladimir Putin were suspended over the conflict in Ukraine. (Video via RT)
Still, despite missing the conference, Putin's widely expected to be one of its main focuses, as the remaining G7 try to figure out what to do about the crisis. (Video via BBC)
That's largely because President Obama is pushing the issue of "Russian aggression." (Video via Al Jazeera)
The timing of that might seem odd, given that, compared to the fighting that led up to this past winter's cease-fire, Ukraine's seen relative quiet in recent months. (Video via Cha...
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- Weakening Hurricane Blanca Nears Mexican Peninsula
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Hurricane Blanca is expected to weaken to a tropical depression by Monday, but Mexico's Baja Peninsula is still bracing for heavy wind and rain.
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Hurricane Blanca is bearing down on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, but the storm appears to be on the decline.
On Sunday, Blanca was sitting a little more than 200 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, where a hurricane watch is in effect. NOAA has also issued tropical storm warnings for areas farther up the coast.
"It's on a weakening trend, encountering cooler water and stronger winds aloft that are not favorable for its maintenance," said a Weather Channel correspondent. (Video via The Weather Channel)
The storm is still expected to pound the Baja California Peninsula with gusting winds up to 70 mph and heavy rains that could trigger flash flooding and mudslide...
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- Turkish Election Could Bring Elusive Kurd Representation
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- 2:28
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- 12 years ago
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- The Turkish election Sunday brings an opportunity for the country's Kurdish population to get its first significant representation in parliament.
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What does Turkey’s election mean for the Kurds? (Video via Peoples’ Democratic Party)
Turks head to the polls on Sunday, but unlike previous elections, this one has the potential to give Turkey’s Kurdish minority a bigger say in the country’s politics. (Video via Peoples’ Democratic Party)
That’s because of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, or HDP. (Video via YouTube / Işık organizasyon antep)
The party’s ideology is left-wing, secularist and pro-Kurdish. And it’s poised to grab the necessary 10 percent vote needed to enter parliament.
It’s a huge step for the Kurdish people, who by some estimates account for just under a fifth of Turkey...
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- South Korea Says Newest Missile Can Strike Any North Target
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- South Korea's Defense Ministry announced it successfully tested a ballistic missile with a range of 500 kilometers ... or nearly all of North Korea.
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South Korea flexed its military muscles Wednesday in a move with much further reach than any ground force could achieve.
The country's Defense Ministry announced this launch was a successful test of a ballistic missile capable of reaching 500 kilometers — or nearly every part of North Korea. South Korean President Park Geun-hye was on hand for the test. (Video via YTN)
Up until 2012, South Korea had only been allowed to develop ballistic missiles that could travel a max of 300 kilometers. That's when the U.S. agreed to let South Korea extend the range of its missiles as long as they couldn't threaten China or Japan. (Video via KBS)
Along with the new missile, Yonhap...
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- MERS Outbreak In South Korea Largest Outside Of Saudi Arabia
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- 1:54
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- 12 years ago
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- After more than 1,300 quarantines and 30 cases, a MERS outbreak in South Korea has become the largest ever to occur outside of Saudi Arabia.
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South Korea is in the middle of a MERS outbreak.
South Korea is in the midst of the largest outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV, to ever occur outside of Saudi Arabia. (Video via KBS)
According to the World Health Organization, there have been at least 30 confirmed cases of MERS in South Korea since it was first reported May 20. Two people have died so far, and more than 1,300 have been put under various levels of quarantine, according to multiple reports. (Video via Yonhap News TV)
South Koreans aren't taking any chances, either. As of Wednesday, more than 500 schools had canceled classes. (Video via KBS)
South Korean ...
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- How France Got Its Own Republican Party
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- As part of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's return to the political scene, he's rebranded his UMP party.
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Before Cam-Bam…
There was Sarkozy and Bush: the original transAtlantic bromance.
At a time when anti-U.S. sentiment in France ran deep, France had a president who vacationed in the land of Freedom Fries and wasn't at all shy about his love of American values. So much so, his critics started calling him “Sarko The American.” (Video via NBC)
As if he hadn't already earned the nickname, Sarkozy and his supporters have renamed their center-right Union For A Popular Movement party, the Republicans. (Video via Europe 1)
Now, supporters are quick to point out, the new name derives not so much from the Grand Old Party but from the old French Republic — you know, the one that...
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- Cruise Ship Sinks On Yangtze River With 458 On Board
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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Rescue efforts continue around a capsized cruise ship on China's Yangtze River. The death toll could make it the worst maritime disaster in recent memory. More than 400 passengers and crew are unaccounted for.
The ship, named the Eastern Star, sank Monday night during a thunderstorm. Rescuers confirmed 15 survivors so far, including the captain and chief engineer, who were detained for questioning.
The captain said that a cyclone quickly sank the ship. The Eastern Star was carrying more than 450 people, most of them elderly, some of whom were sleeping at the time. (Video via CCTV)
The ship was en route to the Three Gorges Dam, a popular tourist destination and the largest hydroelectric project in the world.
Cruise tourism on the Yangtze, the world's third-longest river, has ballooned in the past de...
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- Forget Werewolves; There's A Tyrannosaurus Rex In London
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- 1:44
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- 12 years ago
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- People were a bit surprised when they saw a life-like dinosaur being transported through London.
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Get ready to be transported back to the Cretaceous Period because a dinosaur was transported through the streets of London. (Video via Universal Pictures / "Jurassic World")
It didn't go quite like that because this dinosaur wasn't alive, but it did look like something from the set of an expensive dino movie.
Not surprisingly, it was a PR stunt, and a good one, too, because it definitely got people's attention.
"What would you do if you saw that?" ABC anchor Amy Robach asked.
"Run away," co-anchor George Stephanopoulos said.
Well, Amy, we'd probably pee our pants — if we're being honest.
National Geographic was behind the stunt, which was a promotion for the channel's ...
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- ISIS Is Advancing In Iraq, Syria; Is The World To Blame?
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The anti-ISIS coalition met Tuesday in Paris to discuss how to handle ISIS' recent gains in Iraq and Syria.
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Are ISIS advancements the "failure" of the world?
Anti-ISIS coalition members are meeting in Paris Tuesday to discuss the ongoing fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
The meeting comes only weeks after the sacking of Ramadi, the provincial capital of Iraq's western Anbar province where Iraqi forces were forced to flee after 16 months of fighting.
Also lost was the central Syrian city of Tadmur — or Palmyra — where ISIS not only controls one of Syria's most famous archaeological sites but also a strategic staging point for launching offensives.
The anti-ISIS coalition has performed more than 300 airstrikes since both cities were lost in May, the majority of them being in Iraq. (Vi...
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- Death Toll Rises To 2,300 From India's Heatwave
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- As of Tuesday, more than 2,300 people have reportedly died from the heatwave stretching across India.
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As of Tuesday, more than 2,300 people in India have died due to extreme heat.
The southern Indian state of Andra Pradesh has been the most effected, where CNN reports the death toll now totals more than 1,700; 42 of whom have died in just the past 24 hours. (Video via News7 Tamil)
And almost 600 have died in the neighboring state of Telangana.
Temperatures are reportedly reaching as high as 114 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts of the country, while much-needed rainfall has dropped the temperature in New Delhi down to 95.9 degrees Fahrenheit. (Video via Al Jazeera)
The Indian Express reported that after the government announced relatives of heatwave victims would receive 100,000 rupees, or just over $1,570, the number ...
