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Russia Claims Attack on Ukrainian Depot with US Weapons
The Russian army claims to have attacked a Ukrainian weapons depot in the Donbas region. There would be American grenades stored. The news has not yet been verified.
The shells in the affected weapons depot are said to be intended…
124 Deaths Linked to Philips Apnea Device
The US food and drug watchdog FDA reports that 124 deaths have been linked to complaints about sleep apnea devices from medical technology company Philips.
More than 21,000 reports about the devices were also received between April…
Spirit Airlines Rises on Red Wall Street After Takeover Bid
Spirit Airlines rose more than 7 percent in stock market value on the stock markets in New York on Monday. The price jump followed a hostile takeover bid from competitor JetBlue for the airline.
Spirit Airlines had rejected an…
Passenger Arrested After Taking a Walk on Wing While Plane is Taxiing
A passenger was arrested at Chicago airport on Thursday morning after he opened the emergency door of a taxiing plane and took a walk on the plane's wing. That reports CNN.
"A man was on a plane that had just landed from San Diego…
Investigation into Mysterious form of Hepatitis in Children in Europe and US
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate dozens of cases of childhood hepatitis in the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain.
In…
Edtech Start-Up GoStudent Moves to America
The originally Austrian 'unicorn' wants to provide 150,000 one-on-one online tutoring in the US by the end of this year.
GoStudent is a provider of online tutoring for children in primary and secondary education. The lessons are…
White House: US Not to Talk to Venezuela About Oil Imports
The United States is not in talks with Venezuela about importing crude oil from the South American country. That's what the White House said.
However, there is speculation that the US could start importing Venezuelan oil to counter…
Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes for Dubious Statements About the Holocaust
Actress Whoopi Goldberg has apologized extensively in American media for some questionable statements about the Holocaust.
Goldberg had said on an episode of her talk show "The View" that "The Holocaust was not about race, but…
Controversial CEO of Game Company Activision Receives 375 Million After Deal with Microsoft
The controversial CEO of Activision Blizzard will receive a huge sum of money if the sale of his company to Microsoft is completed. Bobby Kotick, who has led the game company for thirty years, would receive a gross payout of $375 million.…
US and Russia Send Undersecretaries to Security Talks
Deputy foreign ministers will lead security talks between the United States and Russia next month. It concerns the Russian Sergei Ryabkov and the American Wendy Sherman, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The already…