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This Indian startup doesn’t want you to buy furniture ever again
With just one suitcase and a duffel bag, 29-year-old Mahi Malhotra (name changed on request) boarded the flight from New Delhi to Bengaluru to start a new phase in her life. She had landed herself a coveted job at one of India's leading IT companies, which meant uprooting herself from the city she had called home all her...
Facebook will host exclusive content of 2016 Olympics Games, but it won’t live-stream competitions
The torch is coming to Facebook. NBC, the broadcast rights holder of the Olympics, will publish highlights and recap videos of the 2016 events in Rio to Facebook and Instagram, the companies announced Thursday. Some of these highlights will be exclusive to the two social networks such as a daily slow-motion video...
‘The Simpsons’ takes a hard stance against Donald Trump
The Simpsons are going after Donald Trump. No stranger to political satire, the FOX show has taken stances on issues including gay marriage, immigration and gun control, among many others, in the past. Now, The Simpsons is taking a bold stance against GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. In a new clip posted by...
VP Joe Biden Doesn’t Close the Door on Running for Office Again
Upon the inauguration of the next administration on Jan. 20, Vice President Joe Biden will, for the first time in 46 years, not serve in a public office. But don’t expect him to disappear from public view. “I don’t plan on saying goodbye,” Biden said in an interview with ABC News’ George...
Spain Rescues 44 Migrants Trying to Cross Med in 2 Boats
Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued 44 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea crammed into two small boats. The rescue service says it collected 25 migrants before dawn Sunday from one boat and 19 others hours later from a second craft. No casualties were reported. It says captains of passing...
Somalia: At Least 9 Killed in Attack on Security Facility
A police official says an attack on a security facility in the Somali capital has left at least nine people dead, including four attackers. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said suspected militants from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab carried out the attack Sunday on the Central Investigations Department in Mogadishu. He said the...
Winning Ticket for $487 Million Powerball Jackpot Sold in New Hampshire
The winning ticket for Saturday's $487 million Powerball jackpot was sold in New Hampshire, lottery officials confirmed to ABC early Sunday morning. The identity of the ticket holder has not yet been revealed. The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were 11, 17, 21, 23, and 32. The Powerball was 5. Saturday's jackpot...
Teens playing Pokemon Go robbed at GUNPOINT by gang who lured them to London park
A VICIOUS gang used Pokemon Go to lure victims to a north London park and robbed them at gunpoint. Three teenagers were left shocked after three men armed with a gun took their possessions in Whittington Park in Islington. The teens, between the ages of 15 and 18, were playing the augmented reality game on Tuesday night when...
Ex-Guatemala football chief Jimenez pleads guilty to bribes
Brayan Jimenez, a former head of Guatemala's football federation, has pleaded guilty in a US court to racketeering and wire fraud. The 62-year-old now faces up to 20 years in prison for each count. Prosecutors say he received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to award lucrative marketing rights to his country's...
Paris bombings suspects extradited to France from Austria
Two alleged members of the Islamic State cell that carried out attacks on Paris in November have been extradited to France and reportedly charged with terrorism. The men were arrested in December in Austria. Algerian Adel Haddadi, 29 and Pakistani, Mohamad Usman Gani, 35 were arrested at a migrant centre. Investigators...
Syria conflict: Deadly strike on Save the Children maternity hospital
An air strike has hit a maternity hospital supported by Save the Children in north-western Syria, killing two people and wounding others. The charity said several babies were hurt when incubators crashed to the floor, a pregnant woman lost a leg and two others suffered shrapnel wounds. Images show part of the building in Kafer...
Clinton campaign ‘hacked’ along with other Democratic groups
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been hacked as part of a larger cyber attack against Democratic Party institutions, US media report. The latest hack follows two data breaches involving the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. US officials widely believe that the...