Hostages use bed sheets to flee besieged & burning Kabul Intercontinental Hotel (VIDEO)

Published time: 21 Jan, 2018 07:15 Edited time: 21 Jan, 2018 07:31 The dramatic moment when people tried to escape the siege of the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, has been captured on camera. The hostages can be seen fleeing to safety as the hotel building burns. People are seen trying to climb down from […]

Gunmen Attack Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan

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Gunmen attack Intercontinental Hotel in Afghan capital Kabul

Published time: 20 Jan, 2018 17:21 Edited time: 20 Jan, 2018 17:39 The Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul is under attack according Reuters, citing an interior ministry spokesman. Attackers have taken several hostages in the hotel, according to local news agency Tolo News who cited Kabul police. The gunmen entered through the hotel kitchen, […]

Tesla's Elon Musk details Mars plans — and intercontinental rocket travel

ADELAIDE, Australia — Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk on Friday outlined ambitious plans for a manned mission to Mars and a rocket capable of carrying passengers from one continent to another on Earth. SpaceX plans its first trip to the Red Planet in 2022, carrying only cargo, to be followed by a manned mission in […]

Review: The InterContinental Bordeaux Le Grand Hôtel

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Hotel Review: A Superior Room and a Harbor View Room at the InterContinental Hong Kong

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First Look: The InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown

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North Korea has tested another intercontinental ballistic missile — here’s what that is, how it works, and why it’s scary

North Korea launched another intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday. ICBMs travel in a wide arc and can strike a target thousands of miles away with nuclear weapons. The missiles are similar in construction to rockets that launch people into space. The US and other countries have yet to master technologies that can stop ICBMs. After […]

Nearly 1,200 InterContinental hotels hit in data breach

Published time: 20 Apr, 2017 20:37 The data breach, which led to the theft of guests’ credit card information who stayed at hotels under the InterContinental Hotel Group, was much bigger than previously announced earlier, with almost 1,200 hotels affected. “The investigation identified signs of the operation of malware designed to access payment card data […]

Kim Jong Un Says North Korea Will Test Launch Intercontinental Nuclear Missile That Could Reach U.S.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un used his New Year’s Day speech to proclaim that the communist nation was edging close to an intercontinental nuclear missile test launch. The leader said that the potentially devastating weapon was in its “last stage” and would be tested as soon as possible. Many fear that a successful ICBM […]