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TheRepublic.com 

Police: Driver aiding wife with ‘Pokemon Go’ hits patrol car

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Police say a driver who crashed his vehicle into a police patrol car in the Delaware resort of Rehoboth Beach was trying to help his wife as she played the popular “Pokemon Go” game. Rehoboth Beach police say in a Facebook post that 28-year-old Mark A. Oldenburg of Dover was cited

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Jesse Tyler Ferguson reveals what took him to Cuba

Karen Butler
NEW YORK, July 21 (UPI) -- Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson says a purpose -- not just the quest for a new vacation spot -- recently took him to Cuba.

Zee News (zeenews.india.com) 

Derecognise AAP in wake of its activist's suicide: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday demanded the Election Commission's intervention to derecognise the Aam Aadmi Party after the suicide by an AAP woman worker who had claimed sexual harassment by a party colleague.

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Trump hedges on NATO protection against Russian aggression

Republican nominee Donald Trump hinted the U.S. may revisit NATO's longstanding policy of defending its allies against possible Russian aggression if he becomes president, saying that some ...

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

Is Gareth Bale going bald? (photos)

Wales and Real Madrid star Gareth Bale might be going bald as new pictures emerge that the former Tottenham Hotspur winger’s hair appears to be thinning. For many fashion-conscious footballers, appearance is everything, and a fresh haircut or new style is just as important to them as the boots on their feet or the shirt […]

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NBCSports.com 

Harrison Barnes on Warriors landing Kevin Durant: ‘I guess I died’

The Warriors have been anointed so resolutely, it’s almost easy to forget there was a time before Kevin Durant played for Golden State. Remember that guy Harrison Barnes, who started at small forward for a championship and 73-win season?   Marcus Thompson II of The Mercury News: It took coach Steve Kerr to go off script […]

The National Interest 

Beheadings and Accountability in Syria

Ibrahim Al Assil

Security, Syria

Human-rights violations by the armed opposition can be reduced.

On July 18, a teenage boy was brutally beheaded in Aleppo, in plain sight, by Nour al-Din Zenki, an armed opposition group that formerly received military support from the United States. A few hours after this horrific incident, the group released a statement condemning the beheading and absolving itself of any responsibility for the actions committed by the Zenki fighters.... Читать дальше...

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

Gov't to draw up 3D map for drones

SEJONG, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The government said Thursday that it will draw up a 3D map to provide safe roads for drones, in line with the effort to boost the fledgling industry. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said it selected a

TheRepublic.com 

Image of Asia: Dancing in the mud at farm festival in India

In this photo by Anupam Nath, Pnar or Jaintia tribesmen dance in muddy waters during Behdienkhlam festival celebrations in Tuber village in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya. The traditional Pnar festival is celebrated after farm fields are sown to seek a good harvest and to drive away plague and diseases. Young men symbolically drive away

Sputnik International 

Turkish Military are Going to 'Witness a Free Fall of Their Respectability'

In his analysis of the after-coup developments in Turkey, a Turkish-American political analyst suggests that President Erdogan now “has a carte blanche to go as far as he wants" while the country’s military, which used to be “the most respected and trusted public institution of the country,” is going to “witness a free fall of its respectability.”

Zee News (zeenews.india.com) 

Kudankulam unit 2 physical start-up process begun: Sources

The physical start-up of the second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu that went critical last week has been conducted successfully, a source at the plant said on Thursday.

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

(3rd LD) Baseball pitcher indicted in match-fixing scandal

(ATTN: ADDS comments, photo) CHANGWON, South Korea, July 21 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean baseball pitcher has been indicted on charges of engaging in match-fixing schemes. Prosecutors in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, some 400 kilometers south