WASHINGTON — In every town large enough to have two traffic lights there is a bar at the back of which sits the local Donald Trump, nursing his fifth beer and innumerable delusions. Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly and incorrigibly vulgar presidential candidate. It is his...
Our world has been transformed by two phenomena since my first child headed off to college 26 years ago.
President Barack Obama has demonized opponents of his nuclear agreement with Iran, calling them warmongers. In contrast, New York’s Charles Schumer, the No. 3 Democrat in the U.S. Senate, after long and careful consideration of the deal, has delivered a thoughtful, balanced and respectful appraisal of what he considers its unacceptable...
The creation of the Ashley River Historic Overlay District was one of the region’s most significant, and hard-fought, preservation victories. Dorchester County Council, which played an essential role in the process, shouldn’t diminish that important achievement.
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BIEL, Raymond J. Jr., 73, of Yonges Island, a retired maintenance worker with James Island County Park and husband of Patricia Harju Biel, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Stuhr’s West Ashley Chapel of Charleston.
With the U.S. and Israel openly arguing over the Iran nuclear deal, I’ve asked myself this: How would I look at this deal if I were an Israeli grocer, an Israeli general or the Israeli prime minister?
A massive refrigerated cargo ship believed to be loaded with slave-caught fish has been seized by Indonesia's navy and brought to shore after an Associated Press report alerted authorities about its presence in the...
Energy Development Corporation (EDC) said its consolidated recurring net income declined 14 percent to P4.7 billion in the first half of 2015, mainly due to the outage of the Tongonan Plant and trading losses on the Unified Leyte strip business. It also attribute the decline to higher operating expenses and typhoon repair works being reported […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Johnny Depp is set to perform live with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry as the musical group Hollywood Vampires. The band on Wednesday announced shows scheduled for Sept. 16 and 17 at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California. Tickets go on sale Friday. The trio is based off Cooper’s 1970s drinking […]
Japanese actress Maria Ozawa took to Instagram to express disappointment about actor Robin Padilla’s decision to withdraw from “Nilalang,” a film originally slated for release as part of this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). Ozawa deemed it “unprofessional” for Padilla to quit the production some 10 days before shooting was to start. She posted, […]
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Thursday that there was no basis for further depreciation in the yuan given strong economic fundamentals, in a bid to reassure jittery global markets after it devalued the currency earlier in the week.
NEW YORK (AP) – Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has written original music for the upcoming Broadway revival of the play “Old Times” by Harold Pinter, in what its director calls the combination of “a beautiful piece of theater and a true rock star.” Director Douglas Hodge, who won a Tony Award as a drag queen in […]
Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc., the country’s largest homebuilder, reported a 10 percent hike in net income to P3.1 billion for the first semester of 2015 on strong demand for housing. In a press briefing, Vista Land president Manuel Paolo Villar said revenues also grew 10 percent to P12.2 billion in the first six months […]
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring as many as 400, official Chinese media reported.
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring as many as 400, official Chinese media reported.
BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) - China's central bank has stepped up intervention in yuan trading, ordering state banks to buy yuan at designated rates on behalf of the monetary authorities, among other emergency measures, banking sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
The Charleston RiverDogs trailed by one run after six innings, but the Lexington Legends plated seven runs before an out was recorded in the seventh and took home the 11-5 win Wednesday night at Joe Riley Park.
* SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won had been serving 4-yr jail term
The latest on the explosions in China's port city of Tianjin (all times local):
Asian stock markets stabilized Thursday after a two-day sell-off sparked by China's currency devaluation. China's yuan fell again but the decline was smaller than before.
With a pitching clinic from their two aces, the New York Mets are making it another miserable trip to Citi Field for the Colorado Rockies.
MUMBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - India's gold demand in the second half of 2015 could rise by more than a quarter from a year before as lower prices encourage buying during the peak festival season towards the year-end, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday.
(Reuters) - Chelsea Manning, a soldier imprisoned for leaking classified U.S. information to pro-transparency site WikiLeaks, could face solitary confinement on charges she violated prison rules by having prohibited reading material, her attorney said on Wednesday.
The New York Yankees' lead in the AL East is gone.
