A general view shows the scene after a suicide car bomb explosion at the gate of Naso Hablod Two Hotel in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 28, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar October 28, 2017 MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Two car bombs killed at least seven people in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on […]
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Should I Close Unused Credit Cards?
You’re flipping through your wallet when you come across a credit card you’ve had forever, but also haven’t used in ages. Rather than allow that card to occupy valuable real estate in your not-so-large wallet, you rush to cancel it. After all, what’s the point of keeping an old credit […]
13 dead, more than 16 wounded in Mogadishu hotel blast
A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 16, while gunfire could be heard inside, police said. A second blast was heard in the area minutes later. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the gunfire was heard […]
AP ANALYSIS: Catalonia endgame keeps Spain on tenterhooks
LISBON, Portugal – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s conservative government is aiming to crush Catalonia’s secessionist aspirations by firing the wealthy region’s government, dissolving its parliament and calling early elections there. Continue Reading Below It may have opened a Pandora’s box, however, and the plan could easily blow up in […]
How Apple Inc. can justify a $1,200 iPhone X in 2018
Next year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to launch three new flagship iPhones. The lowest end of the bunch is expected to be a version with a six-inch liquid crystal display (LCD), while the mid-range one should be a direct successor to this year’s iPhone X, with a 5.85-inch organic light-emitting […]
Nearly Half of All Americans Worry About This If Marijuana Is Legalized
The marijuana industry is growing like wildfire, at least according to data from cannabis research firm ArcView. Sales of legal weed in the North American market grew by 34% to $6.9 billion last year, and they’re slated to grow by 26% annually through 2021. By that time we could be […]
Olympics: e-sports could be sports activity, says IOC
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach casts a shadow during a news conference after an Executive Board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse October 28, 2017 BERLIN (Reuters) – Competitive e-sports could be part of the Olympic experience as long as it adhered to Olympic values, […]
Big role for U.S. at climate talks despite withdrawal from Paris deal
FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE, one of Europe’s biggest electricity and gas companies in Niederaussem, north-west of Cologne, Germany March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo October 28, 2017 By Alister Doyle and Nina Chestney OSLO/LONDON (Reuters) – The United States […]
Former Acting US Attorney General Dana Boente resigns
Dana Boente, the U.S. attorney for Eastern Virginia who briefly took over as acting U.S. attorney general, has stepped down. Earlier this year, Boente briefly replaced Sally Yates as acting attorney general after President Donald Trump fired Yates for refusing to defend his first executive order restricting entry into the […]
China’s Baidu teams up with Shouqi on driverless cars: Xinhua
FILE PHOTO – Baidu’s company logo is seen at its headquarters in Beijing December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo October 28, 2017 BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese search engine giant Baidu and Shouqi Limousine & Chauffeur, a car-hailing operator, are joining up to develop driverless vehicles, the official Xinhua media service […]