Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to wipe out disease by the end of the century. The billionaire CEO and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said they are giving $3 billion over the next ten years to advance research toward that end. A huge chunk, $600 million, will be dedicated to a new research center at the […]
The Islamic State militant group, which controls parts of Syria and Iraq, has accepted a pledge of allegiance from the Nigeria-based Boko Haram extremist organization. In an audio statement Thursday, an Islamic State spokesman welcomed what he called the expansion of the group’s self-declared Islamic caliphate to West Africa. “The caliph, may God protect him, […]
