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Opinion: North Korea Is About To Test A Missile That Can Reach Trump Tower
Donald Trump famously boasted that "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters." I wonder if that offer is good for a North Korean long-range missile hitting the same spot?
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Opinion: The 'Mother of All Bombs' Isn't That Big. Why Did It Unsettle Us So Much?
On Thursday, the United States dropped a bomb in Afghanistan, near a place called Achin. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast blew up a cave complex used by Islamic State fighters - and, shortly thereafter, the media. The coverage of the MOAB was an incredible mix of hysteria and hardware pornography. "Fox & Friends" even soundtracked the gun-ca...
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North Korea Will Pursue 'Defensive' Nuclear Programme: Envoy
North Korea will pursue its "defensive" nuclear programme as long as it feels threatened by the United States, its U.N. disarmament envoy in Geneva told Reuters on Thursday.
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Satellite Images Suggest North Korea Expanding Uranium Capacity: Report
North Korea appears to be expanding its capacity to produce uranium, which could be used to increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons, a U.S. nuclear expert said on Wednesday.
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North Korea tells world 'wait and see' on new nuclear test
North Korea said on Friday that the world would have to "wait and see" when asked for details of "a new form" of nuclear test it threatened to carry out after the United Nations Security Council condemned Pyongyang's recent ballistic missile launch.
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Russia warns of 'catastrophe' if North Korea restarts reactor
Russia today warned of a potential "man-made catastrophe" if North Korea restarts an ageing plutonium reactor to boost its stockpile of nuclear weapons, after US experts spotted steam rising from the Yongbyon facility.
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Geithner may have alerted BofA, other banks on rate cut: US Fed official
In the summer of 2007, as storm clouds gathered over the world's financial system, then-New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner allegedly informed the Bank of America and other banks about the possibility the US central bank would lower one of its critical interest rates, according to a senior Fed official.
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Opinion: North Korea Is About To Test A Missile That Can Reach Trump Tower
Donald Trump famously boasted that "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters." I wonder if that offer is good for a North Korean long-range missile hitting the same spot?
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Opinion: The 'Mother of All Bombs' Isn't That Big. Why Did It Unsettle Us So Much?
On Thursday, the United States dropped a bomb in Afghanistan, near a place called Achin. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast blew up a cave complex used by Islamic State fighters - and, shortly thereafter, the media. The coverage of the MOAB was an incredible mix of hysteria and hardware pornography. "Fox & Friends" even soundtracked the gun-ca...
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North Korea Will Pursue 'Defensive' Nuclear Programme: Envoy
North Korea will pursue its "defensive" nuclear programme as long as it feels threatened by the United States, its U.N. disarmament envoy in Geneva told Reuters on Thursday.
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Satellite Images Suggest North Korea Expanding Uranium Capacity: Report
North Korea appears to be expanding its capacity to produce uranium, which could be used to increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons, a U.S. nuclear expert said on Wednesday.
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North Korea tells world 'wait and see' on new nuclear test
North Korea said on Friday that the world would have to "wait and see" when asked for details of "a new form" of nuclear test it threatened to carry out after the United Nations Security Council condemned Pyongyang's recent ballistic missile launch.
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Russia warns of 'catastrophe' if North Korea restarts reactor
Russia today warned of a potential "man-made catastrophe" if North Korea restarts an ageing plutonium reactor to boost its stockpile of nuclear weapons, after US experts spotted steam rising from the Yongbyon facility.
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Geithner may have alerted BofA, other banks on rate cut: US Fed official
In the summer of 2007, as storm clouds gathered over the world's financial system, then-New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner allegedly informed the Bank of America and other banks about the possibility the US central bank would lower one of its critical interest rates, according to a senior Fed official.
