7 times the Onion was lost in translation

On Sunday, Jack Warner, now a member of Parliament in Trinidad, released a video statement in a bid to defend himself from bombshell allegations of corruption during his time as a vice president of FIFA. In his video, Warner asked how he could be “responsible for any perceived culture of FIFA" and how Sepp Blatter, the president […]









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Feeling adventurous with your money? North Korea wants your investment.

TOKYO – When it comes to untapped markets, there are very few places left in the world that haven’t yet been touched by global capitalism. Newly-opened Myanmar is getting a KFC, and it's probably just a matter of time until you can order a skinny caramel frappuccino at Havana airport. But for Indiana Jones investors […]









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Why Germany now requires people to be trained before using some elevators

On most autobahns, Germans are not held back by speed limits — but as of Monday, when it comes to the use of some elevators, they face heavy restrictions. Germans now need to complete special training before being able to enter the old-fashioned elevators called paternosters. Those elevators are unusual — they do not have doors and […]









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Video: A French woman held hostage in Yemen pleads for help

In a video that appeared online Monday, a French woman being held hostage in Yemen pleaded for help to facilitate her release. "Please bring me to France, fast, because I'm really, really tired," Isabelle Prime says in the short message addressed to French President Francois Hollande and Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. "I tried to kill […]









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Why this Hollywood actor dropped everything to fight the Islamic State in Syria

Michael Enright was sick and tired of the Islamic State's horrors. So the 51-year-old British-born actor packed what little belongings he culd take with him and made his way to Syria. He wrote his family and friends to tell them that he might never see them again. "I didn't come here to run, I came here to […]









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