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Legal marijuana sales forecast to hit $23B in 4 years
DENVER — Marijuana is rapidly becoming a big, semi-legal business across the country, with $5.7 billion in sales last year and tens of thousands of people working and paying taxes as they cultivate, package and sell cannabis. Colorado, Alaska, Oregon, Washington state and Washington, D.C. have all legalized adult...
Passenger of Boeing posted her last photo before the crash in Rostov
A FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 plane coming from Dubai crashed at about 03:50 Moscow time (00:50 GMT) on Saturday while attempting to land amid poor weather conditions at the Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV). Daria Koposova was only 20 years old. Her last few posts on Instagram showed her vacationing in Dubai just a few days ago. Her...
Horror moment gunman in ‘Muslim robes’ opens fire on group in shock London attack
THIS is the shocking moment a man dressed in 'Muslim robes' open fire on a group of young men in north London. The video, filmed from a balcony overlooking the terrifying scene in Edmonton, shows the man chase after and shoot at a group of men on March 17. The footage opens with a scene of confusion, with young men...
Turkey blames Islamic State for Istanbul bombing
The suicide bomber who killed four people in Istanbul's main shopping street belonged to so-called Islamic State (IS), the interior minister says. Efken Ala named the man as Mehmet Ozturk. He told reporters that five people had been questioned so far. Mr Ala announced a review of security measures in seven Turkish provinces...
Barack Obama to meet Raul Castro on historic visit
President Barack Obama will make history on Sunday when he flies to Cuba to visit the island and hold talks with its communist leader. The two-day visit will be the first by a sitting US president since Calvin Coolidge went 88 years ago. Mr Obama will meet President Raul Castro — but not retired revolutionary leader Fidel...
The building that went for a walk
An historic structure in China is being moved 90m to allow development. Kelly Grovier asks whether we can ever truly preserve the past. Can you ever really box up the past and take it with you? Sure, you can pack into a suitcase your childhood teddy bear or the photos of you and your friends on your 16th birthday. But what...
Spain Erasmus student bus crash ‘kills 13’
At least 13 people have been killed after a bus carrying foreign students crashed on a Spanish motorway between the cities of Barcelona and Valencia. Most of the 57 people on board the bus were students on the Erasmus programme who were returning to Barcelona after a trip to a fireworks festival. Footage from the scene shows a...
Earth Hour 2016: Lights go out worldwide in demonstration against increasing climate change
Hundreds of landmarks in a record 178 countries went dark On the evening of 19 March the lights went out not just all over Europe, but throughout the world. But far from being a harbinger of doom – as in Sir Edward Grey’s celebrated observation on the eve of the First World War – it was a sign that one of the...
Hundreds of sex offenders are on the run in the UK
HUNDREDS of sex offenders who are meant to be tracked by the authorities are going missing. Almost four registered sex offenders disappear every week, it can be revealed after a successful legal fight to force the Home Office to release the information. It had refused to say how many people on the Sex Offenders register...
TERROR WARNING: British ISIS jihadis ‘recruiting’ suicide bombers for London attacks
THE Islamic State (ISIS) ‘Secret Service’ handpicked the Paris attackers and they have now set their sights on Britain. The tight-knit unit, who mask their identity from even fellow militants, includes senior British ISIS fighters who are keen to bring the war to Europe. Claude Moniquet, chief executive of the...
Serega showed his children and mulatto wife (PHOTO)
Former judge of the show "X Factor", the rapper Serega does not hide his family now. The musician has shared photos of his wife and grown sons. His wife is Pauline — she is the most mysterious beloved of rapper, about which media wrote more than once. She has a gorgeous figure and she is a dancer. The couple has...
Five killed in another suicide bombing in Istanbul
A SUICIDE attack on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street has killed five people, including two dual nationality Israeli-Americans and one Iranian citizen. Several dozen others were wounded in the attack which is the sixth suicide bombing in Turkey in the past year. The bombing hit part of Istiklal Street, a long...