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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]
2014Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.[â ]
The Rojava Conflict, also known as the Rojava Revolution, is a political upheaval and military conflict taking place in northern Syria, known among Kurds as Western Kurdistan or Rojava.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston funneled $1.8 million from outside donors to help turn around some of the Massachusettsâ most depressed midsize cities.
Some farmers are raising their pigs more humanely in wide open spaces, instead of tight quarters, and selling them to restaurants and grocers increasingly interested in how animals are treated.
The leaders of some of the largest and most transformative companies are demonstrating, with their absence, the difficulty of convening a global conversation with all the main stakeholders, writes Andrew Ross Sorkin.
François Hollande once vowed to be on his most exemplary behavior as president of France. But an affair has exposed a more politically calculating side and threatens to undercut his economic agenda.
When the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos meet in the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium, the high-decibel help of their hometown crowds will be missing.
Abortion is becoming an unexpectedly animating issue in the 2014 midterm races, with Republicans using it to stoke enthusiasm among core supporters and Democrats looking to rally female voters.
Florida is under a court order to begin serving kosher food to eligible inmates, alarming officials who report a surge in prisoners, many of them gentiles, interested in going kosher.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomoâs offer of $1.5 billion to expand prekindergarten is likely to be seen as an attempt to outmaneuver Mayor Bill de Blasio, who said on Tuesday he would still seek to tax the rich to pay for the program.
A storied New York restaurant makes a move on Los Angeles.
Mohamed El-Erian is unexpectedly resigning from the giant asset manager Pimco, dashing expectations that he would take over management of the firm.
The Oxford English Dictionary, now under the leadership of Michael Proffitt, is looking to serve traditionalists and the users to come.
âBroad City,â starting Wednesday on Comedy Central, skewers the millennial generation as hapless, with no ambition, talent or self-respect. But these slackers happen to be women.