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- Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary, is feared dead after "terrorist involvement" was found related to his disappearance Thursday. Israeli and Emirati officials are investigating.
- Video of Justin Trudeau dancing at a Taylor Swift concert sparked outrage over the weekend after a destructive Montreal protest took place on the same night.
- Scientists studied a three-week-old saber-toothed cub dating back 35,000 that had been left almost perfectly intact, thanks to its frozen condition.
- Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said she has contracted a hired killer to assassinate her country's president in a bizarre public threat made amid worsening political divisions.
- The U.S. Army has taken a major step forward in beefing up its short-range reconnaissance program by ordering several thousand UAVs from Teal Drone as battlefield realities favor electronic warfare.
- Buckingham Palace in London is worth about $4.9 billion and has about 775 rooms, including royal and guest rooms, offices and bathrooms.
- Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks to Fox News Digital about the threat from Iran during the Trump transition period.
- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., met with 10 senators in two days this week while on the road to confirmation as President-elect Donald Trump's U.N. ambassador.
- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others, including aides, were indicted by federal police on Thursday for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office in 2022.
- The U.S. alerted Ukraine and other allies ahead of Russia's attack that Moscow might use this "experimental" ballistic weapon to help Kyiv prepare ahead of the attack on Dnipro, a U.S. official confirmed.
- Four people have died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos after officials said that multiple people had been sickened in town popular with backpackers.
- The U.N.'s International Criminal Court approved arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
- Russian troops launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Astrakhan region in an early morning attack on Ukraine on Thursday, according to Ukraine's Air Force.
- Iran turns to commercial sector to conceal its development of its ballistic missile program and evade sanctions as tensions with the West mount amid wars in Ukraine and Middle East.
- Researchers gave a detailed look into perforated stones collected out of excavations in Israel, and came to the conclusion that they could have served as spindle whorls.
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- The days of plugging in an iPhone to charge won't last forever.
- Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of one of India's biggest outsourcing companies, says an H-1B visa crackdown would ultimately hurt the U.S.
- Mexican Senator Armando Rios Piter told CNN that he plans to introduce a bill this week that would stop Mexican purchases of American corn.
- The market is at all-time highs and many say Trump is the reason. But stocks were rallying when investors thought Hillary Clinton would win. Janet Yellen and the Fed may deserve more of the credit for the market's move.
- Apple stock is less than $1 away from its all-time high amid renewed optimism for the iPhone.
- President-elect Donald Trump focuses his criticism of NAFTA on Mexico. But Canada and America have a rocky trade history too.
- Verizon has decided to bring back unlimited data plans. But while that's great for its subscribers, it's awful news for investors. It's another sign of how brutally competitive the telecom business is. And it's hurting Verizon's stock.
- The automaker announced Monday that its first official venture in the oil-rich Middle East will be in the United Arab Emirates.
- Sears Holdings, the company that owns retail stores Sears and Kmart, said this weekend that it would remove 31 Trump-branded items from its website.
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- The price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past year after bottoming out at $26 per barrel in February 2016.
- Uber's top rival in India has some unsolicited advice for the U.S. startup: Go local.
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- Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava.
- Treasury secretary pick Steven Mnuchin is an executive producer on Warner Bros.' "The Lego Batman Movie," which pulled in an estimated $55.6 million from U.S. audiences during its opening weekend.