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The 2016 presidential candidate, beaten by Donald Trump in the contest for the Oval Office, is a frequent speaker at conferences and public talks. Her recent speech at one such event, intended as a pep talk for women, received a mixed response online.

Tom Watson has written to Labour’s general secretary asking her to suspend a local Labour party branch over a planned no-confidence vote in MP Luciana Berger.

White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway says she was physically assaulted by a woman at a Washington, D.C.-area restaurant last year while with her middle-school-aged daughter.

Survivors of sex trafficking in Nepal were shocked when a local politician convicted of selling young Nepali girls to brothels in India was released by the Supreme Court of Nepal last year. Rajneesh Bhandari reports on the victims’ fight for justice

A mural in the Gay Village area of Toronto, where five victims disappeared.

Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan said Friday that they were hopeful that newly-appointed party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra will campaign in the state during the Lok sabha elections. Chavan was addressing a press conference here. When asked if the Maharashtra Congress would bring Gandhi-Vadra to Maharashtra for the campaign, Chavan said she has been given the responsibility of Uttar Pradesh. "However, Maharashtra Congress Committee is hoping to rope her in for campaign in the state," he said. Читать дальше...

A leaked sales deck for 2017's disastrous Fyre Festival contains the pitch CEO Billy McFarland gave investors ahead of the failed event. The model-festooned sales deck contains misleading information about the festival and has been described as "beyond parody." Here are the slides. More »

I’M looking forward to tucking into my Coko on Saturday. Gordon Elliott’s COKO BEACH (2.40 Naas) that is. Getty Images - Getty The promising four-year-old was a runaway winner of his only start in France. He was pitched into Grade 2 company on his first outing for this yard but ran below expectations in ninth. […]

Manchester United would move into fourth place on Saturday with victory at Fulham in the Premier League lunchtime kickoff. We start the weekend two points behind Chelsea who are not in action until Sunday when they travel to Manchester City.… Continue Reading →

One former resident of Stuttgart nostalgically muses on why the city is the perfect place to pay a visit - or settle for longer.

The Jharkhand High Court Friday quashed the summons issued by a special CBI court to former Bihar Director General of Police D P Ojha and CBI officer A K Jha in connection with a fodder scam case, observing that the procedure was not properly followed before issuing summons to them. The bench of Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh quashed the summons that had been issued last year by the CBI court to make the duo accused in the fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal from the Deoghar Treasury in undivided Bihar. Читать дальше...

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The Latest on the case of the death of a missing Colorado woman (all times local): 10:25 a.m.

Let the “Geordie Shore” reality TV star explain why he’s not your average celebrity trying to be an MMA fighter.

Three persons were taken ill Friday after inhaling gas that leaked from Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP), officials said. The gas leak was detected in one of the blast furnace of the plant, A DSP spokesperson said. "Three persons felt sick after inhaling the gas in one of blast furnace area. One person had been released after first aid while two others have been been kept under observation in the plant's hospital," the official said. Plant operations remained normal but a high level committee has been formed to look into the matter... Читать дальше...

The Dancing on Ice star has reached out to her skating partner's ex

Odisha government Friday said in the Assembly that there should be no doubt over the utility of the state's flagship Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme meant for overall development of farmers. Replying to a debate on the Odisha Appropriation (Vote On Account) Bill, 2019, Finance Minister S B Behera said, "Odisha Government's KALIA scheme has earned appreciation from economists from across the globe. There should be no doubt over its utility," Behera said. Читать дальше...

Gusting winds drove snow in Gaylord, Michigan, on Friday morning, February 8, causing whiteout conditions on the Upper Peninsula, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters issued a winter storm warning on Friday, saying winds created by the lake effect would blow snow and make travel difficult. Wind gusts are anticipated to reach 40 miles per hour. Video released on a National Weather Service Facebook page shows the lake effect around 8 in the morning on Friday. The clip shows winds... Читать дальше...

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7 in Washington. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

On February 6, the UN and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent launched a massive aid operation for the more than...

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced today that they have acquired forward Trevor Yates from the Grand Rapids Griffins in exchange for future considerations.

Officials with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service have announced that the eastern puma, which used to range from Quebec and Manitoba to South Carolina and Illinois, is now extinct. The government agency has also removed the cougars from endangered species list. Taking the pumas off the endangered list will enable eastern states, such as New York, to reintroduce western pumas, also called mountain lions, into the region. The last eastern puma killed in the wild was in Maine over 80 years...

1. Luciana Berger: No-confidence motions in Jewish Labour MP withdrawn as deputy leader calls for local party to be suspended  The Independent
2. Why not everyone in the People’s Vote campaign is angry with Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit letter  New Statesman
3. Moderates like Luciana Berger now have no choice but to leave the Labour party  Telegraph.co.uk
4. Antisemitism never went away – it’s just that now MPs like Luciana Berger are standing up to it  The Independent
5. Whatever Luciana Berger’s politics... Читать дальше...