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Vittorio Hernandez | Nov 04, 2014 02:07 AM EST
The website RT.com insisted the report linking the monument removal to Cook's sexuality is a PR hoax. It cited a letter from the press service of the St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics that the reason behind the move was to fix its sensor screen. Fontanka.ru, a local news site, said that the university received a letter - before the Apple CEO admitted he is gay - from ZEFS that it would remove the monument to have it fixed because the screen was malfunctioning. read more
Christl Leong | Nov 04, 2014 02:47 AM EST
Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga forces and moderate Syrian militia have joined the fight against an Islamic State advance in Kobani on Saturday, a move that could tip the scales in favor of Kurds in the struggle for control over the embattled border city. read more
Kat De Guzman | Nov 04, 2014 02:17 AM EST
Residents of eastern Ukraine, who are mostly pro-Russian separatists, have cast their votes as they chose their leaders on Sunday fueling their conflict with the Ukrainian government and pushing their plans of having an independent region. read more
Kat De Guzman | Nov 04, 2014 02:07 AM EST
A boat suspected of carrying migrants from Afghanistan and Syria sank on Monday at around five in the morning off the Istanbul coast in Turkey and has left around 24 people dead, dozens missing, and six rescued. read more
Bianca Ortega | Nov 03, 2014 11:27 PM EST
Violence erupted anew in Libya as the military tries to reclaim the city of Benghazi from Islamist militants. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Nov 03, 2014 09:53 PM EST
Workers at the Port of Genoa found on Monday a body believed to be that of Costa Concordia waiter Russel Rebello inside a cabin on Bridge 8 while they were dismantling the sunken vessel to be sold as scrap metal. read more
Andy Vitalicio | Nov 03, 2014 07:28 PM EST
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst from Iowa is taking offense at comments by outgoing Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) who spoke at a Democratic barbecue last week and asked Iowans not to vote for Ernst just because she's "really attractive" and "sounds nice." read more
Dan Weisman | Nov 03, 2014 05:05 PM EST
Voters in Oregon, Alaska and Washington D.C. go to the polls Tuesday to consider full legalization of marijuana while Florida voters consider legalizing marijuana for medical uses. Passage of the marijuana initiatives will continue momentum from recently legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington and medical marijuana now allowed in a dozen stat read more
Rubi Valdez | Nov 03, 2014 11:02 AM EST
President Barrack Obama fired up the crowd in his visit in Connecticut to campaign for Democrat candidate Governor Dannel Malloy Sunday, while independent challenger Joe Visconti dropped out of the race. read more
Rubi Valdez | Nov 03, 2014 07:00 AM EST
Hardly two days short of the U.S. 2014 midterms, Democratic and GOP candidates made their final closing arguments on Sunday, with early polls showing figures more favorable to Republican hopefuls. read more
Christl Leong | Nov 03, 2014 10:59 AM EST
A Republican-led Senate will likely have a better partnership with the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency than a Democratic-led one, which has currently been wrangling with the two agencies over data spying and compliance to congressional oversight. read more
Christl Leong | Nov 03, 2014 07:37 AM EST
Republicans have vowed to bring an end to the legislative impasse that has plagued Washington for years if they gain a Senate majority on the midterm elections. read more
Christl Leong | Nov 03, 2014 07:00 AM EST
The North Carolina U.S. Senate race between Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan and Republican Rep. Thom Tillis has been locked at a virtual dead heat. But door-to-door campaigning during the home stretch could determine the outcome of the race. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
