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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Islamic militant group Hamas is praising a Palestinian as a "martyr" for carrying out a bus bombing that injured about 20 people in Jerusalem this week.

It takes a few moments to realise what this thing is.

Recession-wracked Venezuela is to ration electricity in 10 of its most populous and industrialized states, including metropolitan Caracas, the socialist government said Wednesday.

Nederland loopt op eieren. Voor het eerst sinds 16 jaar bezoekt een Indonesisch staatshoofd de voormalige kolonisator. Vrijdag arriveert president Joko Widodo voor een bliksembezoek als afsluiting van een korte Europese tournee.

Korte updates van de sterren op Facebook, Twitter, Instagram en Snapchat: wij smullen ervan. In de rubriek Showbytes struint de showredactie het web voor je af voor de gekste, mooiste en opvallendste posts van bekende Nederlanders en celebrities.

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Korte updates van de sterren op Facebook, Twitter, Instagram en Snapchat: wij smullen ervan. In de rubriek Showbytes struint de showredactie het web voor je af voor de gekste, mooiste en opvallendste posts van bekende Nederlanders en celebrities.

Dit artikel wordt gedurende de dag vernieuwd.

– The EFCC has cleared Justice Danladi Umar, the CCT chairman of any culpability in the N10 million bribery allegation leveled against him – There is no evidence to try him for allegation of bribery against him, the anti-graft agency said – The EFCC said allegations leveled against him were mere suspicions and were insufficient to […]

As the Queen celebrates her 90th Birthday today we look back at her life as the Britain's longest reigning monarch.

Officials raid R&D centre in Japan while SA importer confirms no local cars are affected.

NEW ORLEANS - A former district attorney in south Louisiana repeatedly abused his power to prey on vulnerable women, offering them leniency from his office in exchange for sex, authorities said Wednesday after the veteran prosecutor pleaded guilty to obstructing a federal investigation of the sex abuse allegations.

The Justice Department has signaled that it won't try to block a lawsuit arising from the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques, leaving the door open for a court challenge over tactics that have since been discontinued and widely discredited. … Click to Continue »

A patron sitting at a table at a craft-beer bar in downtown Manhattan found herself face-to-face with a knife-wielding woman who wanted her purse, police said.

Riksbank to buy further SKr45bn of government bonds

PARIS - French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is voicing cautious optimism about the defeat of the Islamic State group, suggesting the possibility that it can be eradicated.

Australia unveiled a multi-billion-dollar cyber scheme to combat hacking on Thursday, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged an attack on the country's weather bureau last year but stopped short of blaming it on China.

Emergency services are responding to a two-vehicle crash on a main route out of a busy town.

Linguists call it the marry-merry-Mary merger. I dug up that kernel (sounds like colonel) while doing some Googling on the origins of American English.

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Anyone thinking about setting up an internet-based finance company in China has just suffered a setback. According to a report from Bloomberg, citing Chinese magazine Caixin, authorities have just initiated a year-long crackdown on the sector.

As part of the tougher approach, new applicants with finance-related names or businesses can no longer simply register with local offices of the State Administration for Industry & Commerce, requiring firms instead to... Читать дальше...

STOCKHOLM (ANP) - Tele2 heeft vorig kwartaal per saldo 31.000 klanten voor mobiele telefonie geworven in Nederland. Het telecombedrijf profiteerde onder meer van de introductie van de iPhone in zijn aanbod en de investeringen in het nieuwe 4G-netwerk.

– Fitaccen Lauya kuma dan gwagwarmaya, Femi Falana ya bayyana cewa zaya kar Fulani makiyaya kara kotun duniya – Falana kuma yayi kira ga gwamnati data magance kashe-kashen dake aukuwa a Najeriya Sakamakon kashe-kashe dake ta aukuwa inda ake zargin cewa Fulani ke aikata haka, Fitaccen Lauya kuma dan gwagwarmaya Femi Falana ya bayyana cewa […]

SA’s rand traded at 14.2695 versus the dollar on Thursday morning, down 0.3% from Wednesday's New York close.

The NBA is making a new play for fans in Africa by splitting with the continent's biggest sports broadcaster and teaming up with a Zimbabwean telecommunications entrepreneur who started his first business with $75.

The NBA is making a new play for fans in Africa by splitting with the continent's biggest sports broadcaster and teaming up with a Zimbabwean telecommunications entrepreneur who started his first business with $75.

The NBA is making a new play for fans in Africa by splitting with the continent's biggest sports broadcaster and teaming up with a Zimbabwean telecommunications entrepreneur who started his first business with $75.