AP, Washington The American combat role in Iraq appeared to expand on Thursday as U.S. Marines operating from a small outpost provided targeting assistance and artillery fire to support Iraqi troops inching forward to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants. A senior U.S. official said the Marines fired illumination rounds to help the Iraqi forces…
AP, Callaway Authorities have evacuated a town in northwestern Minnesota after a freight train collided with a propane truck that caught fire. State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow says it happened around 12:25 p.m. Thursday in Callaway. The town of about 230 was evacuated as a precaution. The evacuation was to remain in effect until at…
AP, Geneva As Syrian peace talks were adjourned in Geneva after 10 days, the U.N. mediator said he was encouraged that there was “no drama, no walkouts” — but, while a shaky truce has continued to hold across the war-torn country, there was also no visible sign of progress on a lasting settlement. The ultimate…
Sheersho Zaman March 18 was like any other day, except, it wasn’t. Hundreds of thousands of people eagerly sat in front of their browsers for the release of the much anticipated second season of Marvel Entertainment’s “Daredevil.” With the first season of the show, sensational Netflix cemented their status as a frontrunner network. Seldom has…
Samiul Bashar Samin Coffee. The treat that helps the world run at the speed of light. But you know how there was this one dude who always kept on ordering black coffee and you never understood how he could drink something so vile? Well, research now indicates that people who prefer black coffee are more…
Eshan Maitra A team of great minds in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA has put up a brilliant projects to simulate the Universe. It is kind of like a virtual google map with the 3D street view feature with resolution of 12 billion pixels, that observes the whole the universe rather than just earth. This…
Marilyn Thipthorpe More or less, everyone at some point in their life tries a sip from the darker side. By that I mean a sip of alcohol. Weather you stick to it, take it to another level or just plain avoid it-there are a few rumors out there that need to be sorted out. The…
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Nusrat Jahan The activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP, which owns approximately 0.75 percent of Yahoo, is looking forward to nominate nine directors to Yahoo’s management board on Thursday morning. They plan to remove the entire board of the Internet corporation that is struggling to avoid losses, reported The Wall Street Journal. The board and…