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Extradition proceedings against an Australian headmistress accused of sexually abusing students at an ultra-Orthodox girls’ school were halted on Sunday, after a judge ruled her unfit to stand trial. According to Haaretz: The move has imposed a significant delay on an already-prolonged effort to extradite Malka Leifer, a former headmistress at Adass Israel School, who faces 74 counts of indecent assault and rape in Australia, brought against her by three former students of the school, located in... Читать дальше...

Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Security, Americas

Economic power can help secure America's interests.

In my last article, I noted that the tendency to define U.S. power as the ability to deploy military force was running up against clear limits, because “without the ability to instantaneously transport equipment and personnel from one area to another, the United States must either massively increase its defense and security expenditures to increase its presence in all theaters, trust... Читать дальше...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan protesters clashed Wednesday with police who fired tear gas on marchers demanding that election officials start counting signatures for a vote to recall President Nicolas Maduro.

When the Colts were looking for quarterback help after Andrew Luck lacerated his kidney last season, they reached out to Jason Campbell about joining the team. Campbell turned down the overture from offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski, who coached Campbell in Cleveland, because he was “just kind of chilling right now.” The time for chilling has…

This is why U.S. supply data from Energy Information Administration and American Petroleum Institute don’t always match up.

But a lot of people noticed and wondered why the insult wasn’t broadcast.

Alex Butler
LOS ANGELES, May 11 (UPI) -- He might have cracked the Sunday roster at the end of last season, but Nick Toon won't be flashing his skills for the Rams in Los Angeles.

The Georgian Army has begun the two-week “Noble Partner” military exercises together with American and British forces. The drills will include more than a thousand soldiers from three countries.

Mitt Romney said the presumptive GOP nominee's refusal to release his tax returns should make him ineligible for the White House.

Marjorie Romeyn-Sanabria

Politics, Americas

Pass the Kleenex.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is sad.

Well, maybe he’s shocked. His most recent piece in The Atlantic states repeatedly how shocked he is that his book Between The World and Me received prestigious accolades, that white people read it, and that his life is forever changed. He seemed less shocked about the handsome royalties that came with the book’s sales, though, because he recently purchased a brownstone in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens... Читать дальше...

The City of Aiken could raise the franchise fee on people's SCE&G bill to raise more than a million dollars a year for the Whiskey Road traffic problem.

CHICAGO - Injuries gave Brett Wallace the chance to play every day. His performance is likely to keep him in the lineup even after the injured players return.

PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh man who said he was adjusting a gun he kept in his underwear when it fired and killed one of his friends has been sentenced to jail.

French comedian Laurent Lafitte took Woody Allen to task on Wednesday with a joke regarding sexual assault allegations against him. 

Hyperloop One sent a metal sled shooting across a patch of Las Vegas desert at 116 miles per hour.

The stock market’s new Real Estate sector could bring more investors to REITs, writes John Coumarianos.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II were both caught on camera this week making unguarded and unflattering comments about other nations.

COLORADO SPRINGS — A man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic is mentally incompetent to continue with his criminal case, a judge ruled Wednesday. Martinez ordered the competency exam in December after Dear announced that he wanted to fire his public defenders and represent himself. Dear said the conspiracy began when he telephoned a radio program after the deadly 1993 standoff in Waco, Texas, and referred to the agency as the “Federal Bureau of Incineration.”... Читать дальше...

The interest rates on federal student loans are expected to fall to their lowest level in years.

The Sadr City bomb struck a crowded outdoor market, and officials said the death toll could rise further. The bombings also come at a time of political deadlock that has paralyzed the work of the Iraqi government and parliament, adding to the country’s complex set of military, security, humanitarian, economic and human rights challenges. Ambulances rushed to the scene as dozens of residents walked through twisted and mangled wreckage of cars and other debris that littered the pavement, trying to help the victims. Читать дальше...