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More than 120 Republicans tell RNC to cut off funds to Donald Trump
A letter that urges the Republican National Committee to cut off funds to Donald Trump has collected more than 120 signatures from current and former elected officials, according to the… Read more

The graveyard of luxury homes: Mesmerizing photos show hundreds of abandoned villas in £1.5billion ghost city that will never be finished because the Chinese developer ran out of cash
These mesmerising photographs capture one of China’s largest ‘ghost cities’ where hundreds of villas have been left abandoned. The properties, which would have become luxurious homes in the city of… Read more

Trump proposes ideological test for Muslim immigrants and visitors to the U.S. [VIDEO]
Immigrants to be quizzed on whether they believe in gay rights, gender equality and religious freedom under Trump’s new anti-ISIS plan Donald Trump proposed on Monday a new ideological test… Read more

What Simone Manuel’s win means to a black girl whose swimming lessons were cut short
I let out a small gasp when I saw Simone Manuel surge the last 20 meters of the women’s 100-meter freestyle. Though she wasn’t the favorite, I had been rooting… Read more

Maryland gives immigrants more time before canceling commercial driver’s licenses
The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration has extended the deadline for more than 260 commercial driver’s license holders — most of them immigrants — to prove U.S. citizenship or permanent residency… Read more

Somali-American Ilhan Omar former Refugee in Kenya Wins Democratic Nomination for Minnesota State Legislature
Ilhan Omar makes history with victory over long-serving Rep. Phyllis Kahn Ilhan Omar spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp as a young girl, fleeing with her family from… Read more

Racial bias found in ‘every stage’ of Baltimore policing
The Baltimore Police Department has been under the spotlight since the death of Freddie Gray, an unarmed black man who died in April 2015 from spinal injuries while in police… Read more

Trump hints at assassination of Hillary Clinton by gun rights supporters [VIDEO]
The campaign says he was referencing gun-rights voter mobilization, but the remark was widely interpreted as a joke about using guns against his Democratic rival. Donald Trump on Tuesday said… Read more

Rio Olympics: Home team in crisis- What’s gone wrong with Brazilian football?
Late Sunday at an art-deco restaurant in Copacabana, three recent Harvard Business School graduates from Brazil chatted casually as they kept tabs on the soccer match on display behind the… Read more

New Mexico mother and son face jail time for incestuous relationship [VIDEO]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘We ended up kissing and kissing led to other things’: Mother, 36, and son, 19, who fell in love when they met last year after she gave him up… Read more

Marriage of 6-year-old girl in exchange for goat shocks Afghans [VIDEO]
A video of a crying 6-year-old Afghan girl is being widely shared on social media in Afghanistan. Her name is Gharibgol, and she was sold into marriage to Seyed Abdolkarim,… Read more

Dubai: Emirates plane catches fire; hundreds escape, 1 firefighter killed
Dubai plane crash: Emirates expects network-wide delay after flight EK521 bursts into flames on crash-landing An Emirates passenger plane burst into flames as it crash landed at Dubai airport on… Read more

Nicaraguan President Names His Wife as His Running Mate
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega picked his wife on Tuesday to run as his vice presidential candidate ahead of November elections, in a vote in which the leftist politician and his… Read more

African refugee, 18, arrested in Texas ‘for trafficking 15-year-old girls and prostituting them
Edema Missiadan charged with one count of sex trafficking of children. Accused of prostituting 15-year-old girls through website Backpage.com.Missiadan told a federal judge he was US citizen, but FBI says… Read more

[VIDEO] Hillary Clinton’s complete Democratic National Convention speech : ‘I accept your nomination’
Thank you! Thank you for that amazing welcome. And Chelsea, thank you. I’m so proud to be your mother and so proud of the woman you’ve become. Thanks for bringing Marc… Read more