Students’ ‘blackface’ apology
Stellenbosch University (SU) student Poekie Briedenhann says she and her friend were dressed up as purple aliens and not blackface, for a residence party.
Stellenbosch University (SU) student Poekie Briedenhann says she and her friend were dressed up as purple aliens and not blackface, for a residence party.
Denver’s league-best defence didn’t exactly shut down the NFL’s highest-scoring offence. But Carolina never reached the end zone
Russia is exploring international bond issuance for the first time since the war in Ukraine sparked sanctions from the west.
(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; ADDS reaction from rival parties) SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Navy on Monday fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat that crossed the de facto western maritime border following the North's long-
(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; ADDS reaction from rival parties) SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Navy on Monday fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat that crossed the de facto western maritime border following the North's long-
(ATTN: ADDS Global Times editorial in last 4 paras) BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's latest launch of a long-range rocket prompted Seoul and Washington to begin talks on the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea
El Niño was nowhere to be seen as Super Bowl 50 got under way with the temperature in the 70s, more than 70,000 people in the stands and not a cloud in the sky above Levi’s Stadium.
All Indian Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) supremo and Hyderabad Member of Parliament (MP), Asaduddin Owaisi surrendered before the South Zone DCP of Hyderabad on Monday in an assault case booked against him for allegedly leading the mob that attacked senior Telangana Congress Party legislators during the recent municipal corporation elections.
All Indian Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) supremo and Hyderabad Member of Parliament (MP), Asaduddin Owaisi surrendered before the South Zone DCP of Hyderabad on Monday in an assault case booked against him for allegedly leading the mob that attacked senior Telangana Congress Party legislators during the recent municipal corporation elections.
New Yorkers relived the tragic sight of the Twin Towers crumbling apart while watching a Super Bowl 50 commercial for Colonial Williamsburg.
Panthers’ Cam Newton walks out of post-Super Bowl news conference Hundreds of reporters had gathered around podium No. 4 when the NFL’s newly minted Most Valuable Player sat before the microphone Sunday night. On the sport’s biggest stage, Newton failed to deliver a finale befitting his brilliant season. The fifth-year quarterback completed 18 of 41 passes for 265 yards and threw an interception as the favored Panthers lost Super Bowl 50, 24-10. With Super Bowl MVP Von Miller leading the charge, the Broncos had seven sacks. Читать дальше...
Japan's NIkkei 225 retraced losses of as much as 1.5 percent in afternoon trade to close 184.71 points, or 1.10 percent, higher.
Gujarat high court has constituted a committee to maintain discipline on its campus, particularly to protect advocates from any threats from police officials and litigants.
There were so many great ads that aired during the 2016 Super Bowl on Sunday night (February 7) and we are going to recap some of the funniest ones! Something that we noticed during the game was that advertisers decided not to tug at our heartstrings that much this year and instead tried to hit [...]
Adele broke records with hers, One Direction all pilled in and Justin Bieber tried it out twice. Chris Martin used his video to promote his Super...
The case of global climate change seems to resemble that of non-smokers getting cancer from second-hand smoke as a new study suggests that countries emitting the least amount of gasses ironically suffer the most and vice versa.
Two men died, while two other were seriously injured in an accident in Gurgaon's Sector 18 on Monday.
EDDIE McGuire will urge the AFL to move the Grand Final to a twilight timeslot following another spectacular Super Bowl half-time show yesterday.
The Zika virus is discouraging many Americans from traveling to LatAm and the Caribbean, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
So lately you have been seeing that your lips have been turning black and losing its shine and luster.
Investors want a better price for offshore rupee debt market
(ATTN: REWRITES dateline, lead; ADDS more info in paras 2,8,9) NEW YORK/SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch, vowing to "expeditiously adopt a new resolution" with significan
LEWISTON, Maine - The arrival of thousands of Somali refugees in this former mill city in the nation's whitest state sparked a backlash at first, complete with a rally of white supremacists and a pig's head rolled into the local mosque.
Fifteen years later, the Somali newcomers are solid members of the community, as evidenced by its proliferation of shops, restaurants and mosques — and a championship-winning high school soccer team featuring players from Somalia and other African countries. Since February 2001, more than 5,000 Africans have come to Lewiston, a city of 36,500 on the Androscoggin River, in a prime example of what scholars call "rapid ethnic diversification." The first Somalis found Lewiston after a refugee resettlement program was established in Portland... Читать дальше...