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It cost me more than three times the money and an extra 15 minutes to fly to my local airport in an Uber helicopter than if I had taken the highway in an Uber X. It also required multiple cab rides, squeezing into a tight space and overcoming a mild-to-moderate fear of flying while soaring alongside the Brooklyn Bridge.

Asian markets were somewhat tepid Friday as worries persist over the global economy.

Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion used a fire engine to spray 1,800 liters of fake blood at Britain's finance ministry in London.

Six years ago, Robbin Carroll stood on a street corner in Chicago's turbulent West Englewood neighborhood. She handed out sandwiches and asked anyone who walked by, "Do you want to take back your community?"

In the port of Antwerp in Belgium, a small boat whizzes around, shuttling 16 passengers back and forth. The "Hydroville" is fast, silent and, most strikingly, it produces zero pollution.

The Colombian navy rescued three suspected drug traffickers using bales of cocaine to stay afloat, following a shipwreck.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented his Brexit proposal to Parliament, saying that if the UK leaves the EU without a deal it will be a "failure of statecraft for which all parties will be held responsible."

The number of illegal miners killed in a gold mine collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 22 on Thursday, the country's minister of social affairs told CNN.

He's a Hollywood hit-maker. She's a Silicon Valley veteran. Here's why they're launching a streaming app unlike any other.

At least 15 people have been killed and 856 injured in two days of protests across Iraq, a member of the Independent High Commission for Human Rights of Iraq told CNN.

A man who admitted attempting to rob Arsenal stars Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolašinac in London in July has pleaded guilty, PA Media reported Thursday.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has delivered a new Brexit plan to the European Union in what he calls a "fair and reasonable" compromise for the Irish backstop.

Marrying into the most famous family in the world was never going to be seamless, especially for Meghan Markle who had already lived a full life before she joined "the firm."

"There is no love sincerer than the love of food," George Bernard Shaw said. Judging by the number of amazing dishes out there, he was right.

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