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Twitter CEO gives up US Dollars 200 million in stock for company employees
The gesture comes a week after Dorsey laid off 8% of Twitter's workforce in an effort to make the company profitable for the first time in its nine-year history.
US rules out any India-type civil nuclear deal with Pakistan
"Let me just assure you categorically that the press allegations of a 123 agreement with Pakistan are completely false," the official said.
US Vice President Joe Biden will not run for President in 2016
Biden, who had been pondering a run since August, appeared in the White House Rose Garden with his wife Jill and President Barack Obama to say the window for mounting a successful campaign had closed.
More girls dying before age 5 than boys in India: UN report
"The World's Women 2015" report launched said men outnumber women in eastern Asia, southern Asia, Oceania, and western Asia.
Justin Trudeau becomes Canada's new Prime Minister, topples Stephen Harper in elections
Criticized for being more style than substance, Trudeau has used attacks on his good looks and privileged upbringing to win over voters, who recalled his father's rock-star presence and an era when Canada had some sizzle on the world stage.
RAW weaved plan to assassinate Nawaz Sharif, says media report
Sharif's special assistant Musadik Malik told Geo News, "We know how to protect our prime minister."
Islamic State pays recruiters $10,000 per person: UN
With Sharia4Belgium now broken up and many of its members jailed, recruiting has changed.
Air Force One, Buddy Guy, biggest perks of being US President: Barack Obama
"It is our artists who hold up a mirror to our society, reminding us of our common purpose and our collective obligations," Obama said.
Chaudhry Ahmed Mukthar's revelations on the timing of Osama-Pakistan ties raises eyebrows
Why is Chaudhary Mukthar revealing this information now. That's a question being asked to us since CNN-IBN aired this global exclusive on Wednesday night.
Jamaican author Marlon James wins Man Booker Prize 2015
"This is so surreal. I feel like I may wake up tomorrow and find all this was a dream," said the 44-year-old, now based in Minneapolis.
Scottish economist Angus Deaton wins Nobel economics prize
In 2014, French economist Jean Tirole won the 8 million Swedish kronor (about $975,000) award for his research on market power and regulation.
UK cops found taking selfies at air crash site forced to quit
The force said both constables exercised their right to tender resignations under regulation 13, a provision specific to probationary officers.
Russian air force hits '10 Islamic State targets' in Syria
Russian fighter jets launched their bombing campaign in Syria on Wednesday in support of the war-torn country's President Bashar al-Assad.
Japan's Takaaki Kajita and Canada's Arthur B McDonald win Nobel Physics Prize 2015
The award is being given for their key contributions to the experiments which demonstrated that neutrinos change identities.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn re-elected in Parliament
Hailemariam is chairperson of the country's ruling party the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) that won the majority vote of the elections in May 2015.
Barack Obama plans to leave 5,000 troops in Afghanistan: Report
Such a move "would end" Obama's plans to bring US troops home before he leaves office on January 20, 2017, The Washington Post reported on Monday.