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Oklahoma gets hit by floods after torrential rains

(Reuters) -- High water levels caused damage near Lake Texoma in Bryan County, Oklahoma on Wednesday (May 27). Water rose…

Crews work to clean California beach fouled by oil pipeline spill

MAY 21 (Reuters) -- Cleanup crews fanned out on Wednesday (May 20) across an oil-fouled California beach to scoop up…

Obama gets his own account on Twitter, a million immediately follows

AFTER six years in office, US President Barack Obama sent his first ever tweet from his very own account on Twitter on…

Kerry tells China to reduce tension in disputed South China Sea

MAY 16 (Reuters) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged China to take action to reduce tension in…

Nine archaeological sites in Mexico registered under UNESCO ‘protection’

MAY 6 (Reuters) -- Nine of Mexico's most emblematic archaeological sites have been registered for "special protection" by the United…

Italy says 10 migrants die, 4,800 rescued in ongoing mission

MAY 5 (Reuters) -- A French ship, docked in the Calabrian port of Crotone on Sunday (May 3) bringing over…

FBI investigating possible Islamic State terrorism plot in U.S. – CNN

THE U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a possible Islamic State-inspired terrorism plot in the United States, CNN reported…

“Water cop” patrols Los Angeles in hopes of curbing water waste amid drought

THE record-breaking California drought has snapped communities into taking action to conserve water, and Los Angeles is leading the pack…

Former Blackwater guards sentenced to prison in 2007 Baghdad killings

A FEDERAL judge sentenced four former Blackwater security guards to lengthy prison terms on Monday (April 13) in the 2007…

Washington moves on cyber attackers

America is going after cyber attackers based outside the country. President Barack Obama called a growing epidemic of online attacks…

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