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America’s top foreign ally has demanded Donald Trump apologize for dismissing NATO’s role in Afghanistan, describing the U.S.

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Larry Fink, president and CEO of investment firm BlackRock, interviewed Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX at the World ...

From nuclear tests to chemical plant disasters, the world has seen explosions that shook entire cities. This video brings together the biggest, loudest, and most destructive blasts ever caught on ...

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