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Justice Roberts Blocks Rand Paul from Naming Whistleblower During Impeachment Trial
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts signaled to Republican senators Wednesday that he will not say the name of the alleged Ukraine whistleblower during...
Putin Frees Israeli Backpacker, Helping Embattled Netanyahu
(Bloomberg) -- President Vladimir Putin’s pardon of an Israeli woman imprisoned in Russia on drug-smuggling charges gave a much-needed electoral gift to visiting Israeli...
Get us out of here, plead foreign students at China virus epicenter
Foreign students stuck in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavurus outbreak, are launching social media campaigns, making phone calls and...
Mayor banned from Trump rally after asking campaign to cover costs of event: Report
President Trump’s “Keep America Great” rally on Tuesday for his 2020 reelection bid welcomed thousands of people to a seaside town in New Jersey...
Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma, China’s richest man, pledged $14.5 million to fight the coronavirus
The money will be donated through Ma's charitable foundation, which will use it to help medical research efforts and disease prevention.
Bitcoin could more than double again in 2020 after 30% surge, says Tom Lee
Bitcoin surging 30% to top its 200-day moving average could signal another strong year to come for bitcoin, says Fundstrat's Tom Lee.
Indonesia offers reward for plucking tyre off giant croc’s neck
Indonesian authorities are offering a reward to anyone who can rescue a saltwater crocodile with a motorbike tyre stuck around its neck -- and...
The Wuhan coronavirus has officially spread to every region in China
Health officials have confirmed a case of the coronavirus in the frontier region of Tibet — the last of China's 34 regions to see...
North Korea says it has intensified efforts to block virus
North Korea is intensifying efforts to prevent the spread of a new virus from China into the isolated country by blocking tourists, reducing flights...
2,000 years of Earth’s climate in one simple chart
What were global temperatures the year Jesus was born, and how do they compare with the modern world? There's now a chart for that.