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Turkish President's Comments On Mosque Shootings Prompt Outrage From Australia, New Zealand

5:21pm March 20, 2019

by Peter Kenyon

New Zealand and Australia are condemning comments made by Turkey's president comparing the Christchurch mosque shootings and battles between ANZAC forces and Ottoman Turks during World War I.

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How A Small Indiana Company Fought Back Against Chinese Counterfeiters

4:24pm March 20, 2019

by Ailsa Chang

When an Indiana company learned their goods were being counterfeited in China, they did everything they could to make it stop. But pursuing an intellectual property claim in China takes a lot of work.

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European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager says Google broke the law for roughly 10 years by restricting how business partners deal with rivals in search advertising.

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EU Fines Google $1.7 Billion Over 'Abusive' Online Ad Strategies

3:57pm March 20, 2019

by Bill Chappell

For years, AdSense contracts gave Google a wide range of control, including how its rivals' search ads would appear — and their size, color and font, the EU says.

Afghan couples in Kabul out for a stroll on Valentine's Day this year.

Advice On How To Be Happy From The 3rd Least Happy Country In The World

3:31pm March 20, 2019

Afghanistan ranks extremely low on the World Happiness Report, released for World Happiness Day on March 20. But that doesn't mean it is a place devoid of happiness.

At the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Friday, Nayab Khan, 22, cries at a vigil to mourn for the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks in New Zealand.

Coping With The Persistent Trauma Of Anti-Muslim Rhetoric And Violence

3:25pm March 20, 2019

by Leila Fadel

After the New Zealand terrorist attacks, mental health professionals are asking: What does persistent trauma do to a generation of young Muslims growing up in the midst of it all?

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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday.

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Radovan Karadzic Gets Life As Hague Court Upholds Genocide Conviction

2:22pm March 20, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

Judges in The Hague upheld the Bosnian Serb leader's conviction in connection with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that claimed the lives of 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

"We fully respect and support the Sackler family's decision," says a spokesperson for the National Portrait Gallery in central London, after a gift was withdrawn. Members of the Sackler family are accused of pursuing profits on OxyContin amid an opioid cr

Sackler Family's Donation To British Museum Is Quashed Over Opioid Fallout

1:44pm March 20, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The U.K.'s National Portrait Gallery and the Sackler family — owners of the company that makes OxyContin — say they're concerned that allegations of profiteering could overshadow the gift.

A Somali soldier stands near a destroyed building in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 1 after police blamed a nearly day-long siege of the Somali capital on al-Shabab extremists.

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U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia May Amount To War Crimes, Says Rights Group

12:56pm March 20, 2019

by Eyder Peralta

A new report by Amnesty International alleges that the U.S. killed at least 14 people in five different airstrikes in Somalia. The U.S. says it has never killed or injured a civilian.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Cashmere High School in Christchurch, which lost two current students to the shootings at two mosques last Friday that killed 50 people.

In Wake Of Mass Shooting, New Zealand's Ardern Calls For Global Fight Against Racism

12:48pm March 20, 2019

by Dalia Mortada

The prime minister visited a school that lost two current students and one former student in the Christchurch mosque shootings last week.

An illustration depicting Johannes Gutenberg taking the first proof off his printing press.

'The Lost Gutenberg' Traces One Bible's 500-Year Journey

12:01pm March 20, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

The depth of Margaret Leslie Davis' research on the tome's history cannot be understated — her writing is straightforward and, at times, heartbreaking, but outstanding reporting lies at the core.