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US to deploy over 5,200 troops to Mexico border   A caravan of mostly Hondurans, estimated to number between 3,500 and 7,000, who left their country in mid-October are now in southern Mexico. Central American migrants walk...

US chefs put northern snakehead on the menu Authorities say the best way to control the invasive species of fish, is to eat them. The northern snakehead, or Channa argus, has joined a tankful of invasive...

Italy's populist coalition government poses new threat to eurozone Ben Chu Economics Editor   After a week of intense wrangling, the leaders of the Five Star Movement and the Lega Nord agree a common programme. Two Italian, populist, eurosceptic parties...

Hackers rack up £12,000 phone bill and providers passed it on to me Anna Tims Pennine and Focus Group blame each other after hundreds of premium rate overseas calls were billed to my company. I run a...

Boy unearths treasure of the Danish king Bluetooth in Germany   Discovery by a 13-year-old and an amateur archaeologist leads to hoard linked to king who brought Christianity to Denmar. Part of the hoard linked to Bluetooth,...

A Tax on Robots? Yanis Varoufakis Twitter: @yanisvaroufakis ATHENS – Ken makes a decent living operating a large harvester on behalf of farmer Luke. Ken’s salary generates income tax and social security payments that help finance government...

Can we ever find Jesus’s DNA? I met the scientists who are trying to find out   It was the first stop on an extraordinary journey. On a bright but bitterly cold January afternoon earlier this...

Bitcoin Is The New Flight Capital   Clem Chambers , Contributor Bitcoin has replaced gold as a safe haven Most people love gold. It is simply an emotional commodity where there is a...

Bomb at market in Thailand's south kills three, wounds 22   A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand's southern Yala province on Monday, killing three people and wounding 22, a spokesman for the Internal...

North Korean art market under scrutiny amid international tensions   International experts are looking at North Korea's art galleries as possible source of regime funding, and examining restricting access to buyers abroad. In recent years as countries...

Whipped Roasted Butternut Squash with Fennel and Apples   Another yummy recipe from my amazing friend Julia. Ingredients: -1 butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 1 ½ inch chunks -2 fennel bulbs, cored and sliced into 1/2 inch...

"Me Too" stories of sexual assault flood social media   Harvey Weinstein scandal results in women all across the globe speaking out against sexual abuse. Thousands of women around the world who have been sexually harassed or...

Colombian peace deal critic to face fiery leftist in presidential runoff   Conservative Ivan Duque, who wants to overhaul a peace deal with Colombia’s Marxist rebels, won Sunday’s first-round presidential election, setting up a runoff next...

Vladimir Putin watches display of Russian firepower near EU border Shaun Walker   Russian president observes as Zapad military exercise moves into counterattack stage. A large-scale Russian military exercise that has spooked western countries has entered its final...

White House shoots down Rodman playing a role in North Korea summit By Jordyn Phelps   https://youtu.be/UEH2kGzFBk0 Though a source familiar tells ABC News that former NBA star Dennis Rodman plans to be in Singapore during President Donald...

Robots will not lead to fewer jobs – but the hollowing out of the middle class Larry Elliott   Weak wage growth could already be a sign automation creating economy in which small number of very...

Ecuador has cut off Julian Assange's internet connection in its London embassy over a tweet Rob Price Julian Assange. The Ecuadorian government has cut off Julian Assange's internet connection in its embassy in London. The WikiLeaks...

Greek workers strike against bailout reforms   More than 10,000 striking workers, youths and pensioners marched to parliament around noon to protest against a new wave of austerity measures due to begin after the current international...

New US Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in Brussels to meet NATO allies   Former CIA director Mike Pompeo was confirmed as Rex Tillerson's replacement as US Secretary of State just hours before arriving in Brussels...

Princess Margaret preferred a vase – but here's how to choose the right glass for any beverage Tony Naylor   The Queen’s sister was so miffed at the tiny glasses on Concorde that she used a vase...

Crime rate sours in Venezuela   Rising crime rate is one of the many challenges being faced by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who won his second six-year term in office in a disputed election on Sunday. Venezuelan...

DNA confirms amazing Australian isle insect not extinct after all  Will Dunham   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When black rats invaded Lord Howe Island after the 1918 wreck of the steamship Makambo, they wiped out numerous native species...

Why You Should Do HIPAA Compliance Training Every Year by Dale Harris   More than 10.5 million data records get lost or stolen every single day. Many of the breaches are accidental and the result of an oversight or lack...

7 charged in Greece with belonging to violent neo-Nazi group   ATHENS, Greece A Greek prosecutor has charged seven men with alleged membership in a violent neo-Nazi group linked to a series of arson attacks on...