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Singapore business exec to travel to North Korea
A Singaporean business executive says he hopes to "spread goodwill, love and hope" to North Korea after receiving an invitation from Pyongyang to visit and explore investment opportunities. Michael Heng, a former professor at Singapore's [...]
Thousands flee homes in Philippines as troops fight militants
More than 11,000 people in the Philippines were forced from their homes because of fighting between the military and terror-groups linked to Islamic State, authorities said Wednesday. The fighting began after military airstrikes over the [...]
Seattle bans plastic straws, eating utensils
A Seattle law banning plastic straws and eating utensils is set to take effect on July 1. The law is designed to reduce the amount of plastic waste that has been contaminating and polluting the [...]
Sharp increase of sexual assault incidents on airplanes, FBI says
Reports of sexual assaults aboard airplanes has nearly doubled since 2014, according to FBI statistics released this week. The FBI said 63 sexual assault cases aboard airplanes were reported during fiscal year 2017. That's up [...]
TSA to expand security for powder canisters in carry-on bags
- The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will soon expand a policy that gives extra screening to canisters containing powders to foreign airports that send flights to the United States. The security agency began having its [...]
General Electric booted from Dow after 110 years
- For the first time in more than a century, General Electric was dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and will be replaced by Walgreens Boots Alliance. GE was an original member of the [...]