As NATO protested a Russian warplane’s incursion into Turkey, Russia signaled deepening military involvement in the Syria war that could include ground forces.
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Obama to Meet Families of Oregon Shooting Victims
‘Godzilla El Nino’ expected to bring more droughts, bushfires
With Australia in the grip of an extreme El Nino weather event, more heatwaves and a heightened bushfire risk are expected this summer.
Gunman in Oregon college massacre committed suicide
Four-Legged Roommates Help With the Stresses of Campus Life
The Best Kind of Roommate
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter ditches S.F. expansion plan as growth lags
Twitter Inc. abandoned plans at the 11th hour for a big expansion into Uber and Square’s 1455 Market St. headquarters, potentially due to a hiring slowdown, according to three people with knowledge of the company’s plans.
Before putting U.S. expansion plans on hold, the microblog social networking company had nearly finalized a deal with 1455 Market landlord Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) last week to add about 100,000 square feet of former Bank of America office space a block away from…
Goya in hell: the bloodbath that explains his most harrowing work
His horrifyingly bleak Black Paintings are said to be a result of Goya going deaf. But is there another reason? As the National Gallery show opens, Jonathan Jones finds the shocking answer in the artist’s hometown of Zaragoza
A dog is drowning in quicksand. Its grey head pokes defiantly out of the brown sludge, even as a dead yellow sky above insists there is no hope. No saviour. In the next painting, supernatural shapers of the world reveal themselves, but they are grinning hags floating eerily above a lifeless landscape in the dead of night – the Fates, arbitrary and uncaring. Over on the other side of the gallery is a paternal god, of sorts, but it is the ancient deity Saturn and he is eating one of his own children, as if chomping on churros at a Spanish bar, with blood instead of chocolate sauce.
Nineteen EU countries seek GMO opt-out
Nineteen EU member states have requested to opt-out of producing genetically modified crops, effectively banning their cultivation. Germany requested a partial opt-out that would allow research into the biotechnology.
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