Iran Tries to Unify Currency to Halt Rial’s Record Slump Iran will try to unify its currency starting Tuesday and control sales of the dollar in a bid to stem a record decline in the rial’s value on the unregulated market. The government will sell the U.S. dollar at a […]
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Mom says exhibitionist Kat West wasn’t murdered but fell to her death, citing drunken antics The mother of the small-town Alabama woman who lived a double life as an exhibitionist said she believes her daughter’s death was a result of her alcoholism. Kathleen Dawn “Kat” West, 42, was found dead […]
Woman ’embalmed alive’ after hospital workers give her formaldehyde instead of saline A Russian woman reportedly died after a routine procedure when hospital workers mistakenly injected her with a drug used to preserve dead bodies. Ekaterina Fedyaeva, 28, underwent surgery last month at a hospital in Ulyanovsk, in western Russia, […]
Gen17 findings: Committed to Israel, unbowed by anti-Semitism THE Gen17 survey is impressive both because of the number of respondents – the highest of any study of any Jewish community ever carried out anywhere in the world – and because of its methodological rigour. Given the range of issues covered […]
China’s Vast Intercontinental Building Plan Is Gaining Momentum China’s massive build program to recreate trade routes stretching from Asia to Africa and Europe is gaining momentum. Since President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt and Road project was announced about five years ago, it gave impetus to billions of dollars of Chinese […]
The Latest: UN seeks way to address chemical arms in Syria The latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 3:05 a.m. The U.N. Security Council president says experts are working on a resolution on the continuing use of chemical weapons in Syria. Peruvian Ambassador Gustavo Mesa-Cuadra told reporters late […]
Russian woman embalmed alive in deadly hospital mistake A Russian woman was embalmed alive when doctors unwittingly put her on a formaldehyde-based drip instead of a saline during a surgery, according to a report Sunday. Ekaterina Fedyaeva, 27, died from the gruesome medical blunder in which her veins were pumped […]
Police arrest 6 accused of planning stabbing rampage during Berlin Half Marathon German authorities had been watching the suspected terrorists for weeks. Tipped off by a foreign intelligence agency, they believed at least one of them had a link to Anis Amri, a Tunisian who barreled a truck through a […]
Canada town’s arena focus of mourning after crash kills 15 The people of this small town grieved at their hockey arena Sunday, laying flowers and jerseys in a makeshift memorial at the entrance and later gathering inside to mourn the deaths of 15 people when a semi-trailer slammed into the […]
Hungary votes to keep prime minister and right wing in power Viktor Orban, Hungary’s staunchly anti-migrant prime minister, was reelected Sunday after his right-wing Fidesz party was projected to win a supermajority of seats in parliament. The resounding victory will probably permit Orban’s government to continue with democratic backsliding. Orban’s […]
