JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Angola's state-run news agency says President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, one of Africa's longest-serving rulers, will quit in 2018.
Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) comprises two units of pressurised heavy water reactor of 220 MWe each.
According to officials, the leakage of heavy water that is used in cooling off the nuclear reactor core was detected around 9 am and it was fixed in some time and the temporary emergency was lifted shortly afterwards.
Utah will get a turn hosting the next Republican presidential candidates’ debate, March 21. It will be historic — the Beehive State has never hosted a presidential primary debate, according to a report by Fox affiliate KSTU-TV.
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While there's an argument to be had over the relative quality of Target or Walmart as a retailer, there is one big-box store that is much better for your real-estate investments.
According to data from RealtyTrac, not only does living near a Target instead of a Walmart mean your house is probably more valuable, but it also means its value is most likely going up much faster.
"Among homeowners who sold in 2015, those near a Target saw an average 27% increase... Читать дальше...
The Bombay high court on Friday posted to March 28 a petition filed by Service Tax department against former UB Group chairperson Vijay Mallya over unpaid dues of Rs 115 crore.
OSAKA - Undated photo shows Norio Sasaki, who announced his decision on March 9, 2016, to step down as Japan...
More restaurants are ending tipping in favor of higher menu prices to compensate servers. Readers weigh in with their thoughts on the trend.
The Council of Europe's ministerial committee urged Russia to fully cooperate in the Yukos oil company case, a source in the committee told RIA Novosti.
Marissa Mayer, CEO of beleaguered web pioneer Yahoo! Inc. said she was hopeful of keeping her job even if the company changed hands. She made the comments about her job prospects Thursday during an interview on the Charlie Rose Show. Mayer, who is currently facing a potential proxy fight, pledged to do what was best for Yahoo shareholders as the company looks at alternatives to separate its core business from a stake in Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
A 60-year-old woman faces multiple charges after a stabbing left a 67-year-old apartment building concierge in the upscale Toronto neighbourhood of Rosedale in critical condition.
President Barack Obama is encouraging tech leaders to use technology tackle major challenges such as increasing political participation and fighting climate change. Obama is to be a keynote speaker Friday at the annual South by Southwest music, tech and film gathering in Austin, Texas.
Russian series selected for world TV contest for first time in 10 years
With the presidential conventions around the corner, tensions are high and fashion has gotten caught in the crossfire. Seemingly inconsequential political statements on hats or T-shirts are prompting disproportionate reactions.
Kevin Harvick hold the all-time win total at Phoenix with seven victories.
A new book surveyed nearly 2,000 graphic designers to learn about their hopes, fears, and how much money they make. The post Graphic Designers Spill Their Career Secrets in Infographics appeared first on WIRED.
Their secrets are your secrets and will be forever.
You do more reminiscing than you do "catching up".
The majority of your conversations start with "remember when..." and it's never long before one of you brings up an embarrassing childhood memory.
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And you have a whole host of embarrassing stories to bring up at your leisure.
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The fifth season of the HBO fantasy epic hits Blu-ray and DVD on March 15.
The great tradition of American landscape art of the nineteenth century celebrated the transcendental, the sacred and the ineffable—a conjoining of the visual and the spiritual that focusses upon the perfection of nature exclusive of humanity. These include such visions of the North American continent as the Luminist paintings of Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church, notably of the Hudson River Valley; the massive landscapes of Albert Bierstadt, both of the Hudson River Valley and of the American... Читать дальше...
Elsewhere, the Raptors defense returned for a night.
Michigan's Democratic primary was not supposed to have been one of the more thrilling Tuesdays in this long and bruising presidential primary. It had been declared a foregone conclusion well before the polls opened. Michigan was so surely an impending Clinton victory that one couldn't even call it her contest to lose — that would imply that Sen. Sanders had hope. Preliminary polls within the state found Clinton as much as 20 points up over Sanders. FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver put her odds of... Читать дальше...
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NINE admits the start of the ratings year’s been a shocker. Experts say they made a big mistake by not screening another The Block.
MALCOLM Turnbull has no choice: if he backtracks from a double dissolution election, he’ll look like a political wimp, writes Laurie Oakes.
