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Iran and U.S. Navy SEALs Are Ready to Battle in the Persian Gulf
This happened once before.
Hong Kong diners offered protest-inspired ‘eyeball’ mocktails and ‘tear gas’ eggs
Pro-democracy protests that have roiled Hong Kong for more than three months are providing culinary inspiration for a restaurant that offers a themed menu...
5 Reasons Why the Saudi Oil Attacks Won’t Lead to War with Iran
Miscalculation is unlikely when open conflict would come with high costs for both countries, costs that neither their leaders nor their publics are willing...
I’ve worked for General Motors for 25 years. I’m on strike because we’re done...
In 25 years with GM, I've worked in six plants in three states, disrupted my family and seen wages, benefits frozen. Auto workers have...
Israel’s election highlights secular-religious divide
Yamit Dulberg considers herself a traditional Israeli woman with right-wing views who would usually vote for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party. "Something...
Why do e-cigarette makers suddenly want to be regulated?
Vaping manufacturers have recently begun supporting ‘Tobacco 21’ legislation but are they pushing lax regulation now to head off harsher regulation later?The push on...
As a foreign reporter visiting the US I was stunned by Trump’s press conference
Despite being subjected to a daily diet of Trump headlines, I was unprepared for the president’s alarming incoherenceNot normal: Donald Trump addresses the press...
Taiwan says China lures Kiribati with airplanes after losing another ally
China offered airplanes and ferries to lure the Pacific island nation of Kiribati into switching diplomatic relations, Taiwan said on Friday, as the self-ruled...
US military to present several options to Trump on Iran
The Pentagon will present a broad range of military options to President Donald Trump on Friday as he considers how to respond to what...
Stop the police, Philippine minister says, as bounty-seekers track felons
The Philippine justice minister on Friday urged police to abort a manhunt of dozens of potentially dangerous convicts freed in error, fearing possible violence...
