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Buddhist monks who live in Brooklyn’s hipster-filled Greenpoint neighborhood have been known to make their own Bitcoins. Likewise, a 23-year-old high school dropout is living in a tiny room in his family’s Queens home…
Here’s another piece of good news to be excited about: for the first time ever, the employees at a single Starbucks store in upstate New York have voted for union representation. In October, 1199SEIU’s…
The rise in deaths in the first week of October is caused by just a few weeks of sunlight There has been a new low in the number of deaths from solar heat in…
Working in a male-dominated workplace may feel like a recipe for disaster: difficulties in diffusing conflict and maintaining good personal relationships, and additional risks of illness and disability. You may also find yourself lacking…
Stephen McLean For centuries, humankind has realised that one species is better than another when it comes to what we can do to help our environment. But now things are changing. The writing is…
While many British people are currently enjoying the warm weather and a break from their daily routine, Barbados will welcome people from across the world starting Friday to observe the peak tourist season. No,…
The United Arab Emirates on Sunday marked its national holiday with a change in government policy. The move came after an American pastor was charged with espionage in a U.S. court and charged with…
(Fox News) — The United Nations’ World Food Program suspended food distributions in two towns in Ethiopia after a violent protest, a spokesman said Sunday. The aid agency was suspending food distribution in Lalibela…
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China is now included in a list of “very high” risk areas for the devastating flu bug called pandemic flu, with the government monitoring for new cases. China’s cabinet, the State Council, reported that…