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Father of three who would pull trigger on Trident II D5 missiles if order was given tells The Telegraph it is 'combination of honour and burden'

Rouble plunges as nervous traders eye more falls for oil

The British inquiry into the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko is a quasi-probe that could damage Russia-UK relations even further, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.

Most Syrian refugees are children, and many have lost parents. One result is a huge demand for the few places available in orphanages that have been set up in neighboring Turkey.

 Chris Nwaokobia, head of Change Ambassadors of Nigeria, a strategic team which played a prominent role in the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, in this interview with naij.com talks about the agitation for Biafra championed by some people and how the real problem is with regional leadership and not Nigeria. The call by […]

NEW YORK - Will Smith says he will not attend the Academy Awards next month, joining his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and others in protest against two straight years of all-white acting nominees.

NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith says he will not attend the Academy Awards next month, joining his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and others in protest against two straight years of all-white acting nominees. In another video posted Wednesday by "Entertainment Tonight" she says, "This whole Oscar controversy isn't really about the Oscars."

Former BBC television and radio tennis commentator Gerald Williams dies at the age of 86.

Gold futures pull back from a nearly two week high as global stock markets rebound and the market frets over the risks for a selloff to cover margin calls.

Gold futures pull back from a nearly two week high as global stock markets rebound and the market frets over the risks for a selloff to cover margin calls.

An astonishing 30% of Republicans say they will definitely not vote for Trump ‘under any circumstances,’ writes Brett Arends.

Innovation comes in many forms, from brilliant technology breakthroughs in Silicon Valley to less flashy advances like a simpler way to deliver essential products. In many cases, even a low-tech innovation can improve health care in a life-changing way. All you need is a new perspective on an old problem.

That is how Project Last Mile came to pass. The Global Fund - investing nearly $4 billion a year to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria -- was faced with a perplexing question... Читать дальше...

Birthrate has dropped as surveys show Japanese singles have little interest in relationships

Carl Lentz is a pastor at Hillsong NYC. Among his friends and congregants are Justin Bieber, Kevin Durant, and Kendall Jenner. He told us why they come to church, and how he connects to people normally thought of as hard to reach.

And no, it isn't photoshopped

Ant colonies operate without central control. This is difficult to imagine, and it's easy to attribute control where there isn't any.

Natural-gas futures turned lower on Thursday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that supplies of the commodity declined by 178 billion cubic feet for the week ended Jan. 15. That was less than the fall of between 183 billion cubic feet and 187 billion cubic feet expected by analysts polled by Platts. Total stocks now stand at 3.297 trillion cubic feet, up 629 billion cubic feet from a year ago and 473 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, the government said. February... Читать дальше...

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Petr Cech welcomes his former team-mates to the Emirates on Sunday but his former side may be wishing he was still lining up in blue come 4pm, according to stats by daily fantasy football game Oulala.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Researchers found white position coaches in the NFL were twice as likely to be promoted to a coordinator position than their black counterparts.

The official said Canada is 'categorically' not considering a suspension of the sale of LAV3 vehicles to Saudi Arabia, and is instead keeping a close eye on future exports

IDOMENI, Greece - The latest developments in Europe's immigration crisis. All times local.

IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — The latest developments in Europe's immigration crisis. All times local.

IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — The latest developments in Europe's immigration crisis. All times local.

A city in Denmark has made pork mandatory on municipal menus, including for schools and daycare centers, with politicians insisting the move is necessary for preserving the country's food traditions and is not an attack on Muslims. Noergaard, a member of the anti-immigration, populist Danish People's Party that proposed the council motion, said Thursday that it wasn't meant as a "harassment of Muslims," but added that he had received "several complaints about too many concessions" made to Muslims in the small, predominantly Lutheran country. Читать дальше...

After a week in which the Democratic primary has been dominated by wonky back and forth over the details of health plans and bank regulation, Bernie Sanders's campaign dropped an ad that goes 180 degree in the other direction. It has no voiceover and no text except for the word "America" superimposed over a series of images of Sanders campaigning set to the music of Simon & Garfunkel's "America."