Former FBI agent Charles McGonigal has been arrested for allegedly helping Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska evade US sanctions
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Governor declares emergency in Sudan province after 4 killed
Armed men opened fire on a bus station in southern Sudan, killing at least four people and prompting provincial authorities to declare a monthlong state of emergency
Watch: Heavy snowfall in the Afghan capital, Kabul
There has been heavy snowfall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and elsewhere in the country, with many provinces experiencing exceptionally cold weather over the past two weeks.
South Dakota tribe: Storm deaths ‘could have been prevented’
A Native American tribe in South Dakota says several of its members died when December storms buried their reservation in snow and left them stranded
Estonia seeks to impose a contiguous zone regime in the Baltic Sea to potentially close Gulf of Finland for Russia’s navigation
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Netflix is well-positioned due to a low debt load, its investments, and first-mover advantage; long-term success will require making compelling content at scale (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
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Netflix is well-positioned due to a low debt load, its investments, and first-mover advantage; long-term success will require making compelling content at scale — Netflix’s moment of greatest peril is, in…
Ukraine war, Taiwan tensions spur overseas interest at Las Vegas’s SHOT Show
The war in Ukraine and China’s growing threats to invade Taiwan have set the stage for militaries in both regions on a shopping spree in an unlikely locale: the annual international arm exposition staged in the nation’s No. 1 gambling destination.
5 rules for an aging world
Various forces, the COVID-19 crisis especially, have pushed birthrates lower faster, bringing the old-age era forward rapidly.