Passengers on Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas describe anxious hours
New year, new same outfit-repeating Duchess of Cambridge.
After announcing in Dec. 2015 that she would take over as Honorary Air Commandant of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets from the Duke of Edinburgh, Kate attended the youth organization's 75th anniversary event in London over the weekend. She dressed for the occasion in a blue Alexander McQueen coat, a black Lock and Co. hat and one serious diamond Air Cadets brooch.
Kate's first engagement of the year also served as her first outfit repeat of the year. Читать дальше...
Speculation swirls over who will serve as proxy for democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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SANAA, Yemen - Al-Qaida militants battled each other on Monday in a southern Yemeni city controlled by the group, in what appeared to be an internal power struggle that erupted after a senior militant was killed in a U.S. drone strike.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Al-Qaida militants battled each other on Monday in a southern Yemeni city controlled by the group, in what appeared to be an internal power struggle that erupted after a se…
Australia’s High Court last week upheld the government’s right to deport detained asylum seekers to the tiny South Pacific island of Nauru
Robert Rialmo, a white policeman who shot dead a black teenager, is suing the victim's estate for $10 million
Robert Rialmo, a white policeman who shot dead a black teenager, is suing the victim's estate for $10 million
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been vocal about his desire to get humans to Mars.
He's previously said we should drop nuclear bombs on Mars to make it livable, and fears a third World War will break out before his dream of getting humans there materializes.
And for the first time, Musk talked about how transportation could work on Mars. Specifically, he discussed how a Hyperloop could run on the planet at the award ceremony for his Hyperloop design competition.
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Battlefield realities rather than great power politics will determine the ultimate terms of a settlement to end the Syrian Civil War.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies in Russia and Iran have internalized this basic principle even as Washington and other Western capitals pinned their hopes upon UN-sponsored Geneva Talks, which faltered only two days after they began on February 1, 2016.
Russian airpower and Iranian manpower have brought... Читать дальше...
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North Korea launched a long-range rocket Sunday, triggering fresh outrage from an international community already determined to punish Pyongyang for a nuclear test last month.
Here are five questions and answers on what lies behind the global concern over what North Korea insists is a purely scientific space program.
What exactly was launched on Sunday?
North Korea says it was a space launch vehicle (SLV) carrying an Earth observation satellite.
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Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday's FA Cup game between West Ham United and Liverpool.
Twitter shares trade at all-time low
We arrived at the airport around a quarter to six. The sun had just set, so I could see his private plane landing in the distance. Outside the airport gates were two blacked-out Mercedes Sprinter vans, a Lamborghini Gallardo and a Polaris Sprinter.
A few minutes later the airport exit doors opened. Out came the subject of our story -- along with several of his celebrity friends -- ready for the night. We exchanged greetings, hopped into our rides and began our descent on the Las Vegas strip. Читать дальше...
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran awarded medals of honor on Monday to its nuclear negotiators, who helped clinch a landmark deal with world powers last year.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran awarded medals of honor on Monday to its nuclear negotiators, who helped clinch a landmark deal with world powers last year.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran awarded medals of honor on Monday to its nuclear negotiators, who helped clinch a landmark deal with world powers last year.
BEIJING - Foreign tourists take a selfie at Tokyo's Kaminarimon gate on Feb. 8, 2016, the start of the Lunar N...
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NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The United States Olympic Committee told U.S. sports federations that athletes and staff concerned for their health over the Zika virus should consider not going to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August.
The message was delivered in a conference call involving USOC officials and leaders of U.S. sport federations in late January, according to two people who participated in the call.
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– Abubakar Malami made some recommendations on Malabu scandal – EFCC’s chairman, Ibrahim Magu, received a letter from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami are at loggerhead over $1.3 billion Malabu […]
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Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain was found guilty of sex crimes dating back to 2004 to 2008.
In de Duitse deelstaten Beieren en Thüringen is onenigheid ontstaan over praalwagens in een carnavalsoptochten. Deze leverden negatief commentaar op de toename aan vluchtelingen in het land. Een groep Nederlandse wagenbouwers die commentaar wilde leveren op de actualiteit, plakte een omstreden tekst af.
The Obama administration can no longer sit on two chairs when it comes to Syria: Washington will either have to join forces with Moscow and Damascus in their anti-Daesh efforts or will have to commit to ousting Bashar al-Assad, as Turkey and Saudi Arabia have long advocated, editor and critic Patrick Smith wrote for The Fiscal Times.
