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What do you think? (From 2014)

Seventy-eight percent of terrorism-related deaths in 2014, the latest year for which such data is available, took place in just five countries: Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria.

“We may have gone toe-to-toe, from coast to coast, but we stood shoulder-to-shoulder for the ideals that we share."

Clinton undoubtedly hopes to put these scandals behind her with the Democratic National Convention less than a month away. Yet both investigations have yielded results that Donald Trump, and other opponents, can seize on to reinforce the perception of many voters that Clinton is a corrupt politician who can’t be trusted.

When the sun sets, communities come together for Iftar, the breaking of the fast. Now that the month has come to a close, Eid al-Fitr, or the festival of the breaking of the fast, begins.

Future generations of readers might look at letters with untrained eyes and find themselves unable to read the letters of Isamu Noguchi or John Singer Sargent. And yet, handwriting continues to prove its fluidity. The craft of handwriting has flourished online, especially on social media.

When we attempt to multitask, we don’t actually do more than one activity at once, but quickly switch between them. And this switching is exhausting. via Quartz

If journals, sketchbooks, letters, and scribbled-on napkins are venerated and kept for insights into great minds, there seems to be a case that tweets should be held onto, too.

The state had denied the group’s application, saying its“long-rooted history of civil disturbance would cause a significant public concern.”

No wonder so many people think America needs to be made Great Again—the media/government are screwing with the tradition of fireworks now!

Democrats have asked Ryan for votes on two bills: one for universal background checks on all commercial gun sales, and another for “no-fly, no-buy” legislation, which would prevent individuals on terrorist watch lists from purchasing guns. Instead, members will be voting on a package of Republican-designed bills “to counter radicalization in the United States.”

Many economists now believe that a default on the country’s debt—about $125 billion, $10 billion of which is due this year—or worse, an economic collapse, might be inevitable.

"There are ways to be a devoted wife and mother and a devoted CEO. In the church, we need to make space for women who feel called to both at the same time.”

How will Jaime react to Cersei's reign of terror? via Rolling Stone

It's as simple as saying: “I am excited.”

Though the Tesla vehicle isn’t technically a driverless car, Autopilot is arguably the most sophisticated partially-autonomous system on the roads. But the possibility of a technical failure isn’t all that’s at stake. Because even if the driver is deemed to be at fault, the man’s death highlights the extent to which Tesla’s approach to driverlessness differs from Google’s.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has announced an end to its decades-old extortion tax.

This week, the House is set to vote on an antiterrorism package put forward by Republicans. The proposal includes gun-control restrictions to bar people suspected of terrorist ties from purchasing firearms.

About 30 people with suspected ties to drug trafficking or robberies have been killed since Duterte took office June 30. He ran on a platform of cracking down on criminals, even telling the public to kill criminals themselves, and has taken a harsh line against corruption.

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