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A miniature deer species the size of a cat and feared to have been hunted to extinction in the 1990s has been rediscovered in Vietnam.  The silver-backed chevrotain, a deer-like species also known as the Vietnamese “mouse-deer”, has a silver sheen, and is small enough to be held in one hand. The very rare species,…

Key Question: Can Europe Even Afford It?  Ever since the guns fell silent in 1945, Europe has always been in third place in the global arms race. Nations such as Britain, France and Sweden could devise weapons of clever and innovative design. But when it came to weapons technology, the innovation came from the United…

(Bloomberg) — Ethiopian authorities will charge dozens of people over the coordinated killings of state officials in June that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed labeled a coup attempt. The planned prosecutions mark the conclusion of a four-month investigation into the most serious attack on Ethiopia’s leadership since military rule ended in 1987. Many of those who…

Pete Buttigieg is on the move in the Democratic primary. On Monday, a Quinnipiac poll showed the South Bend, Ind., mayor in contention in New Hampshire, where Biden leads at 20 percent, just a few points ahead of Warren (16 percent), Buttigieg (15 percent), and Sanders (14 percent). On Tuesday, a Monmouth survey showed Buttigieg…

Washington (AFP) – Pete Buttigieg vaulted into the lead in the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nominations race in early-voting Iowa, according to a poll Tuesday, as billionaire and fellow moderate Michael Bloomberg stepped closer to a White House run. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Both moves come at the expense of former vice president Joe…

By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg has pulled to the top of the pack of Democratic presidential candidates in Iowa for the first time after drawing increased support from nearly every demographic group, according to a Monmouth University poll released on Tuesday. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, leapfrogged past former Vice…

A  group of Stanford University students claimed that having conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on campus to give a speech would put people “at risk.” The group — which calls itself the Coalition of Concerned Students — made the claim on a flyer advertising a “silent rally” to protest Shapiro’s Stanford College Republicans–sponsored speech, which took place…

Personal attacks motivated by bias or prejudice reached a 16-year high in 2018, the FBI said Tuesday, with a significant upswing in violence against Latinos outpacing a drop in assaults targeting Muslims and Arab Americans. Overall, the number of hate crimes of all kinds reported in the United States remained fairly flat last year after…

Violent hate crimes have climbed to a 16-year year high in the US, with a surge in attacks on Hispanics, according to FBI data. Reports of hate crimes dipped slightly in 2018 from an alarming increase the previous year, but violence rose as attacks increasingly targeting people instead of property. In its review of statistics…

The Supreme Court has refused to protect a major US firearms manufacturer from potential liability in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, paving a path forward for grieving parents to try and hold the company accountable for its alleged part in the massacre that left 26 students and educators dead. The decision by…