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Germany fears xenophobia is taking root in its former communist east, where Islamophobic movement PEGIDA was born and where two recent incidents involving anti-migrant mobs shocked the country.
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The rival campaigns for Britain to leave the European Union or stay part of the 28-member bloc are taking shape ahead of the June 23 referendum.
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Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Monday they had asked a Stockholm court to lift a pan-European warrant for his arrest over a 2010 rape allegation.
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Efforts intensified for a partial truce in Syria as fighting raged near Aleppo on Monday and after the country suffered its bloodiest jihadist attack in nearly five years of war.
Virgin Galactic the world’s first commercial spaceline, part owned by the Virgin Group and Aabar Investments PJS, unveiled its recently completed SpaceShipTwo, Feb.19.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx is set to begin its journey to the asteroid Bennu in September 2016, on the first U.S. mission to collect an asteroid sample. The agency is inviting the public to take part in the mission by sending their artwork along on the trip.
The Atlantic puffin, a colorful seabird and member of the Auk family, is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean. But for years, scientists have tried to figure out where these "clowns of the sea" go in the winter.
A new Rutgers study shows how the brains of female animals are altered by sexual aggression and violence and suggests more studies are needed to determine if human brains go through similar changes.
Life for the Dallas Cowboys without star quarterback Tony Romo is bleak as the team has struggled to win football games without their veteran leader, leading many to believe owner Jerry Jones will look to add a solid backup this off season.
If you blinked, you missed it. NASCAR officials needed to review the video before declaring a winner in the 58th Daytona 500 on Sunday. Once they did, there was less than six inches and 10 one-hundredths of a second separating the noses of two cars.
At least four title fights are set to be staged in three different locations in the US and UK on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 with two fights being sanctioned by WBA, one by WBC and one each by WBO and IBF.
Manny Pacquiao's long-time promoter Bob Arum claims his fighter's popularity has gone up following his controversial statement about same sex marriage which has become the No.1 trending topic on the Internet as well as in print and broadcast media.
Playwright and actor Drew Henriksen sat down and chatted with Digital Journal about his new film project "Power of Prayer."
A comic book featuring the first appearances of the wall-crawling Spider-Man, his Aunt May and Uncle Ben sells for $634,000 at an auction.
‘The Witch’ is a skilfully creepy thriller that chronicles a family’s destruction triggered by supernatural interference or simple paranoia.
'X Company' keeps humming along with a prison break, a flipped German POW, and the introduction of a gun-toting nun in "Last Man, Last Round."
UK’s proactive government has been pushing for an impossible-to-fake personal identification system to help deter financial fraud and terrorist funding schemes. HSBC’s UK headquarters thinks it has found the solution in biometric banking.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has predicted a lower growth rate in Canada. From a 2 percent growth rate predicted earlier, the OECD now predicts a rate of only 1.4 percent.
The Canadian aircraft manufacturing company Bombardier Incorporated announced Wednesday that it will cut back its workforce by 7,000 employees over a two-year period.
LinkedIn is at the heart of a fundamental shift, one which is little-known outside of recruitment circles but which is already changing the way top talent acquisition executives find and pursue promising personnel.
Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, its next generation flagship smartphones for 2016. The phones feature improved cameras, increased performance, water resistance and expandable storage.
HP has announced the Elite x3, a Windows 10 Mobile flagship smartphone capable of transforming into a PC with Continuum. The device is the most powerful Windows phone ever and will target business customers.
LG has officially unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone, the G5. The handset marks a radical departure from its predecessor, introducing a new design featuring modular components that can be replaced to add additional functionality.
The Tronsmart Titan is an attractive and powerful USB charger. As most new devices can charge over USB instead of via mains outlets, the Titan provides several Quick Charge ports to simultaneously charge a fleet of phones and tablets.
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Colombia has now registered more than 37,000 cases of people infected with Zika, including more than 6,300 pregnant women, the country's National Institute of Health reported Saturday.
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A woman with a confirmed case of the Zika virus in the southern state of Chiapas gave birth to a "clinically healthy" baby boy, Mexico's health ministry said.The woman, from the town of Pijijiapan, delivered the six pound (2.
A study, published in the journal Ophthalmology, predicts 5 billion will be short-sighted by 2050. Of these, 1 billion people face a risk of blindness.
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff led two dozen ministers on a campaign Friday to form what one official called an "army" of children against the Zika-carrying mosquito.
Will the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States ever see the light of day?
Today's meeting, February 21, of the internationally-recognized House of Representatives(HoR) has been postponed until tomorrow.
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Austria's decision to only accept 80 asylum seekers a day while letting thousands of others transit through sends "the wrong signal" and is "unacceptable", German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Sunday.
Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff, General Jonathan Vance claims that Canada will end up playing a role in Libya where many western nations are worried about the increasing strength of the Islamic State.
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Tourists began fleeing cyclone-ravaged Fiji Monday and aid efforts intensified as the death toll climbed to 20, with officials warning it could rise further as reports trickle in from devastated remote communities.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced on Wednesday that in a survey of 75 small streams in five Southeastern states, microcystin toxins were found in 39 percent of the waters tested.
Plans are in the works for Massachusetts to establish a protected enclave for timber rattlesnakes on an island in the middle of the state's largest body of water, not to protect people from the venomous reptiles, but to protect the snakes from people.
Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany, has banned single-use coffee pods in state-run buildings as part of a initiative to reduce waste. Recent studies show that pods sold in an year would circle the globe almost 11 times if placed end-to-end.
London Underground has a rich history, with the tube network dating back to the Victorian era. Over the years some stations have closed and been sealed up. One forgotten station was recently opened up to tour and Digital Journal was there.
In a bid to boost its tourism sector, South Africa is looking to ease visa norms, which were tightened 18 months ago in 2014.
Edmonton's Hawrelak Park transformed into a winter wonderland this past weekend, with the Ice Castles and Silver Skate Festival.
On Feb. 28, psychic and medium Janet Russell will be hosting a "Spiritual Day" at Giovanna's Pizza in Medford on Long island.
After Paul Aker's interview on his arrest for outstanding student loan debt went viral, the issue of governments taking excessive action on student debt repayments has become a broader issue. Britain is joining the U.S. on taking extreme measures.
In the aftermath of the horrific Paris attacks, The European Union is poised to roll out legislation that would make virtual currency platforms perform tighter due diligence during exchanges while concurrently enforcing EU’s anti-money laundering laws.
Alyanna Lapuz, 21 from Winnipeg on January 7th this year received a letter from the Canadian Revenue Agency(CRA) addressed to the "Estate of the Late Alyanna Lapuz".
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) might be affecting you more than you know. While the Affordable Care Act is designed to decrease health insurance expenses, it could also affect life insurance as well as casualty-property insurance rates.
The types of food eaten each week by a typical British family have changed during the past 40 years, according to recently released government statistics.
GreeKrave is the finest restaurant in Deer Park on Long Island, where it truly adheres to its motto, "Eat Greek, Live Long."
Freshpoint Vancouver Ltd. is recalling Del Monte and Sysco Imperial Fresh brand cantaloupes because of possible Salmonella contamination, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Earlier this month, Alberta Health Services issued a public warning on Hungarian Farmer’s Sausage from Paolini’s that had been linked to two of 14 confirmed cases of E. coli infections in the province. That warning has been upgraded to a recall.
London Underground has a rich history, with the tube network dating back to the Victorian era. Over the years some stations have closed and been sealed up. One forgotten station was recently opened up to tour and Digital Journal was there.
In a bid to boost its tourism sector, South Africa is looking to ease visa norms, which were tightened 18 months ago in 2014.
Edmonton's Hawrelak Park transformed into a winter wonderland this past weekend, with the Ice Castles and Silver Skate Festival.
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Fiji was struck by its most powerful ever cyclone on Saturday, according to reports, as the island nation battened down the hatches with a curfew and evacuations.
Ford announced on Thursday at the Chicago Auto Show that it will launch four new sport-utility vehicles over the next four years, recognizing their popularity among millennials and baby boomers.
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) is making extensive use of social media to find people who have made fraudulent insurance claims
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expanding its investigation into some Fiat Chrysler gear shifters after reports linked them to a number of crashes.
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A legendary 1950s Ferrari has fetched a world record 32 million euros ($35 million) at auction, going under the hammer in Paris.
A massive sculpture outside Salisbury Cathedral outside of London had to be moved because careless people texting while strolling on the grounds kept whacking their heads on it.
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The Berlin film festival wraps up Sunday after "Fire at Sea", a harrowing documentary about Europe's refugee crisis, clinched its Golden Bear top prize from a jury led by Meryl Streep.
Harper Lee, author of the literary classic 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and its "sequel" released last year, 'Go Set a Watchman,' has died at the age of 89.
Nelson Mandela's sketches of his prison cell and the village where he was born will go on display in London, and will be eventually sold.
Sarah Parcek, an archaeologist who uses satellite imagery to track archaeological looting, wants everyone to get involved in archaeological protection through a worldwide campaign.
Trying to get out of paying a traffic ticket is a headache. Using a lawyer can end up costing more than the ticket itself. The cost of using a lawyer to fight a ticket can be from $400 to $900 depending on the case,.
Ad blocking is being portrayed as the worst threat to advertising in history, or a way of saving phone users and others a lot of costly bandwidth. Major European carrier Three has raised the stakes severely with new ad blocking tech.
Twitter has patched a "password recovery bug" on its main website that may have revealed the account details of almost 10,000 users. The security issue let outsiders see email addresses and phone numbers associated with the affected accounts.
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