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Former Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was allegedly manhandled during questioning by an official of the country's anti-corruption agency, who also threw a glass at him, according to a media report on Thursday. Abbassi, 60, is accused of awarding a 15-year contract for an LNG terminal against the rules while he was petroleum minister in the cabinet of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The case was closed by NAB in 2016 but was reopened in 2018. The News reported that a member of the... Читать дальше...

Running back Melvin Gordon waved the white flag on Thursday, reportedly deciding to end his 64-day holdout and rejoin his Los Angeles Chargers teammates ahead of their Week 4 game against the floundering Miami Dolphins. Far from becoming the latest NFL star to bend his team to his will, Gordon bet on himself and lost […]

A new study has shown that an interactive avatar, which gives both instructions and feedback on the attention of the learner, can improve the performance of ADHD children on a complex problem-solving task.

A new way to achieve integrated photonics -- a new device has been developed that could have applications in imaging, sensing and quantum information processing, such as on-chip transformation optics, mathematical operations and spectrometers.

“Post Malone” DJ Sam Feldt is at Marquee and On the Record hosts “Industry Knight” in this week’s nightlife roundup.

The Congress came out in support of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who is facing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe in connection

Peloton opened trading 6.9% below its IPO price, trailing only SmileDirectClub and ADT for worst post-financial crisis debut.

WHO: Ontario Reign (0-0-0-0) vs. San Diego Gulls (0-0-0-0) WHAT: AHL PRESEASON GAME WHEN: Thursday, September 26, 2019 – 10:00 AM WHERE: Toyota Arena...

The Gunners boss is searching for a new leader after the departures of Laurent Koscielny, Petr Cech and Aaron Ramsey

Joint boss Clarke labels the second half as being 'like a game of basketball' as Stones triumph in dramatic finale.

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Uber is merging its ride-hailing and food delivery apps, adding a raft of new safety features, boosting alternate modes of travel like bikes, scooters, and public transportation, and getting involved in “virtual restaurants,” in addition to dozens of other product announcements that amount to a major bid to become, as the company’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says, “the operating system for your everyday life.”

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‘I am very confident that we’re going to stick around in the future’

Kevin Daley

Politics, Americas

Will the Democrats be too distracted to fight?

As House Democrats moved forward with an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee convened confirmation hearings for five judicial nominees.

• Wednesday’s candidates include two appeals court nominees and three trial court nominees.

• Sarah Pitlyk, a trial court nominee who litigated for pro-life groups and clerked for Justice Brett Kavanaugh... Читать дальше...

The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly planning on joining the growing cluster of agencies investigating Facebook for antitrust violations.

The Sy siblings topped Forbes’ list of 50 richest Filipinos, having a combined net worth of P17.2 billion. Teresita, Elizabeth, Henry Jr., Hans, Herbert and Harley inherited their fortune from…READ

Ukraine's Olesia Stefanko was first runner-up in 2011, however

You can now use Google Assistant with Microsoft's Xbox gaming console, the company has announced.As the official blog notes, Xbox One now supports Xbox Action for the Google Assistant. The new Xbox Action has been released to public beta on the console today and supports English as of now.Gamers can now control the console using voice commands such as turn on or off the console, take a screenshot, play or pause videos, and more from the Google Assistant and Home-enabled devices, as well as the iOS and Android apps.

A whistleblower complaint that an intelligence official filed against Trump cites multiple White House officials as its source.

A whistleblower complaint that an intelligence official filed against Trump cites multiple White House officials as being the source of the complaint.

For years, there has been a steady creep in discussion about the acceptability of mascot names with Native American overtones. Redskins have always been first up, but any other Native American tribe name with a prefix like “fighting” attached to it has also been sure to go, with some schools that use “Indians” and “Braves” also considering their future.Now a new mascot is being thrown into that mix, whether it should be or not: the Red Raiders.

Johnson defends language after criticism from MPs  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News

FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM) — A man who was shot in the head at a Fayetteville apartment complex in February has been arrested on drug charges. Tyler Yeakley, 31, of Fayetteville was arrested Tuesday on charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the arrest report, Yeakley was spotted by a patrol officer near the Holly Street Lodge Apartments attempting to avoid the officer. The officer said he saw Yeakley discard something in the […]

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle joined the cast and crew of the Netflix series “Unbelievable” to highlight the issue of sexual assault at a panel discussion Wednesday night.CBS Studios and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)...

Tashkent hosted the 18th meeting of ministers of the SCO member states responsible for foreign economic and foreign trade activities.

Pelosi said an impeachment inquiry launched by House Democrats would focus narrowly on the Ukraine episode