When is the longest lunar eclipse of the year?
Written by By Simeon Gholam, CNN With a duration of almost two hours and 43 minutes, the lunar eclipse this weekend will be the longest one in nearly 600 years. The total lunar eclipse…
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1 arrested, 7 in custody after metro-area shoplifting spree
According to The San Francisco Chronicle , shoplifting suspects tried to break into a Louis Vuitton store at Union Square around 11 p.m. Friday. Unable to break in, the suspects smashed window glass and…
Pig kidneys successfully transplanted into 30-year-old woman
Written by By By Helen Tsao, CNN Hong Kong, Hong Kong We’ve long believed that the human body is immortal. No matter how old or how decrepit they are, we’ve considered people of all…
For the new Seattle hockey team, having the Seahawks will be good for business
The NHL’s newest franchise dominated a 32-year-old club in its first meeting, a 7-0 victory over the Canucks on Friday night. Even before the NHL announced that Seattle would be taking over as the…
NASA announces Jessica Watkins as the first black woman in space
The US astronaut Jessica Watkins will be the first black woman to join an American-led International Space Station crew, NASA announced on Monday. The astronaut was chosen through the space agency’s next class of…
Watch: Modi announces farm reforms, meets resistance from radical leader
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced sweeping changes to agricultural reform on Tuesday, and, unsurprisingly, he did so by repealing old laws that many farmers and many rural communities have found hard to swallow….
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Trade, China and President Trump
On “The First 100 Days” of President Trump, Elisabeth Hasselbeck discussed progress and problems facing the president. She spoke with Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce, about the administration’s efforts to push for the passage…
Who will be the top officials in the USTR and USTR’s office?
Joshua Geltzer is set to become the Deputy U.S. Trade Representative. Geltzer was previously the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division, where he led a team that prosecuted the payments and internet…
Canadian taxpayers paid $129,810,000 in taxes on on-shore deals in the BVI, according to a New York Times investigation
Brendan MacDonald ran Abercrombie & Kent, a public accounting firm with offices in Montreal and Atlanta. He tried to capitalize on the wealth that was moving out of Canada. “I made attempts to do…
Venetian art show sparks controversy in China, prompting retaliatory block on its entry
A provocative new art exhibition in Florence, Italy, has inflamed outrage in China, where local authorities are blocking the show from entering their embassy. Titled “Welcome, Problem Child!” and organized by a young Chinese…