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In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[â ]
2016Bobby Vee, American pop singer (born 1943)[â ]
Robert Thomas Velline, known professionally as Bobby Vee, was an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s and also appeared in films. According to Billboard magazine, he had thirty-eight Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. He had six gold singles in his career.
2016Jorge Batlle Ibåñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (born 1927)[â ]
Jorge Luis Batlle Ibåñez was a Uruguayan politician and lawyer, who served as the 38th president of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005. A member of the Colorado Party, he previously served as National Representative from 1959 to 1967, and as Senator of the Republic from 1985 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1999.
2016A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.[â ]
On 24 October 2016, a twin turboprop Fairchild SA227-AT Merlin IVC operated by CAE Aviation crashed near Kirkop, Malta, shortly after take-off from Malta International Airport. The aircraft was to operate in the vicinity of Misrata in Libya on a surveillance mission by the French Ministry of Defence. All five people on board the aircraft died in the crash, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Malta since 1975.
2016Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State â Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.[â ]
The Islamic State â Khorasan Province is a regional branch of the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS) active in Central and South Asia, primarily Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. ISISâK seeks to destabilize and replace current governments within the historic Khorasan region with the goal of establishing a caliphate, governed under a strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law, which they plan to expand beyond the region.
Revelations about Donald Trump and the Clinton campaign have pulled back the curtain on the political-celebrity mythmaking the media too often abets.
Jeffrey L. Bewkes, the telecom giantâs chief executive, stuck to his guns over the years, confident that his company would get the deal it deserved.
Larry Doby and Satchel Paige were the first black players to be part of a major league championship.
The proposed $85 billion merger faces tough regulatory scrutiny, but the potential to challenge cable companies may make a compelling case.
Much of the concern about AT&Tâs $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner is rooted in how consumers have fared since Comcast bought NBCUniversal.
Opinion polls point to the possibility that voters in California and four other states will legalize marijuana in what some call a vast experiment in public health.
A new audio guide shifts the focus from works of art to the dust that coats them.
Mr. Conover, the star of truTVâs âAdam Ruins Everything,â recently taped an election special. He just hoped events wouldnât overtake it.
Every year in the U.S., 20,000 to 40,000 infants are born with cytomegalovirus. Yet most doctors donât talk with pregnant women about how to prevent it.
With polls showing that Hillary Clinton is likely to prevail in the election, liberal Democrats are beginning to exert pressure over her potential appointments.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionâs rules allow employers to offer up to 30 percent off health insurance coverage for participants.
Dr. Hamilton, who was killed in Antarctica over the weekend, studied glaciers with our future in mind, and with a smile.