* Catalonians have voted for independence. Spain will have to decide whether to let them have it. * By 2055, Asian-Americans are predicted to be the largest source of the 18% of Americans who are foreign-born. * Since you seem to like the internet, you should know Jeb Bush is the
* Major climate diplomacy: China to launch the world’s largest carbon market through a cap-and-trade system. * Egyptian president pardons journalists imprisoned for years—without evidence—as Muslim Brotherhood members. * Tragedy strikes Mecca: More than 700 dead in nightmare stampede at precarious pilgrimage site. * "Boehner is trying to
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* "VW has become a bigger downside risk for the German economy than the Greek debt crisis." * The VW scandal is ill-timed for Germany, which is chastening others over debt and refugees—and touting its low carbon footprint. * Related: "Schadenfreude does not square with America’s national
* Hillary Clinton says she's against Keystone XL, days after a college student interrupted her, demanding its rejection. * China's president pledges to help the US fight cybercrime, says it's a victim, not a perpetrator. * A US-China "cyber arms agreement" is a good
* The Burkina Faso presidential guard attempted a coup—the rest of the army wasn't as enthusiastic. * Shkreli's pharma profiteering is hardly unique, but it sheds light on an odious—and dangerous—practice. * Scientists think they've isolated dengue's virulence to a single protein—
* Tsiprias calls re-election a clear mandate; Greece's fifth election in six years had record low turnout. * US military directed its soldiers to ignore Afghan commanders' sexual abuse of boys. * "They were novices, with higher voices than mine, and they didn’t know where to find
A lifelong phobia is the result of a terrifying childhood incident. But the real culprit may be Arthur Conan Doyle.
