BERLIN — A day after a bus plunged off a road on the Portuguese island of Madeira, killing 29 tourists, possibly all Germans, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said she was “saddened and distressed” by the accident, as her nation awaited word of the victims’ identities. The Portuguese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that all […]
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PARIS — The ashes have barely settled from the devastating fire that tore through the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, and even as France paid tribute on Thursday to the firefighters who saved the structure and its relics, there was a growing debate about how the Gothic landmark should be rebuilt. Workers are still focused largely […]
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SEOUL, South Korea — It read like typical North Korean propaganda: soldiers toiling on snowy hills near the border with China, racing to finish construction on a tourist resort and making great sacrifices for the glory of the state. But the report in March in a North Korean state newspaper also revealed the economic dysfunction […]
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US Attorney General William Barr speaks Thursday about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report as US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein listens. Win McNamee / Getty Images Before the world gets to read the Mueller report, the Justice Department offered a foreword: The Trump campaign didn’t work with Russia to hack […]
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The Ford Escape first arrived on the scene in 2000, and at the time, the compact SUV segment consisted of just five other vehicles. How times have changed, though, because the all-new 2020 Ford Escape is wading into a segment that now has almost 30 vehicles vying for whatever white space can be found. It’s […]
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Former FBI director Robert Mueller delivered his report on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to US Attorney General William Barr on March 22. Getty Images/Tasos Katopodis The full redacted version of the Mueller report is officially available for the public to read. You can access the PDF online at the Department of […]
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Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election goes live Thursday. Tim Sloan / Getty Images The results of the special counsel investigation, otherwise known as the Mueller report, will be released to the public Thursday sometime after 8:00 a.m. PT. Barnes & Noble plans to distribute free copies of the redacted report […]
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Apple’s TrueDepth camera array. Josh Miller/CNET New rumors are sketching in the detail of our expectations for the next iPhone’s camera technology. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a good track record with these types of predictions, has released a new report suggesting that all three 2019 iPhones will have a 12-megapixel front-facing camera. Information […]
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Uber’s Campus Safety Initiative reminds users to check their driver’s ID and car license plate against info in the app’s ride information. Uber Uber has launched an initiative to increase customer safety on college campuses in the wake of the murder last month of a student waiting for a ride. The ride-hailing service said Thursday […]
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The Mueller report will reportedly be delivered to the Hill via compact disc. Tetra Images/Getty After two years of waiting to see the Mueller report — the culmination of an investigation looking into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election — the 400-page report will be delivered to Congress via compact disc, CBS News reported Thursday. […]
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