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Groups trying to increase the numbers of Latinos and immigrants becoming American helped thousands with applications.

AMSTERDAM - Frank de Boer is leaving Ajax after leading the club to four Dutch league titles in less than six years as coach.

It is no secret that virtual reality will form a core part of Google’s annual developer conference next week, but alongside sessions dedicated to creating VR experiences, the company is set to launch its first dedicated VR headset that will take on Samsung’s Gear VR, Facebook’s Oculus Rift and HTC’s Vive.

A teenage cricketer in Bangladesh was allegedly killed by a stump-wielding batsman after he taunted the umpire over a no-ball delivery, police said.

The auction goes live at 11 a.m. ET Thursday with bids starting at $5,000.

The rand retreats against the dollar, giving up a minor rebound back from six-week lows as global and domestic growth concerns rattle sentiment.

The need to work together to connect more Africans to the digital ecosystem was a theme in many of Wednesday’s WEF Africa sessions, reports Siobhan Cassidy.

Table service- some pubs do it, some pubs don't.

UPDATE: 6:30 a.m. EDT — The United Kingdom's anti-corruption summit, hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron, is underway in London. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari used the opportunity, during the first session of the day, to call for the creation of mechanisms to prevent corruption in the oil sector, an industry Africa’s economy is heavily dependent on.

Mitsubishi group companies — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, trading company Mitsubishi Corp. and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ — will continue to hold stakes in the automaker, but they have agreed to support the alliance with Nissan, both sides said. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Motors, which makes the makes the Outlander sport-utility vehicle and the i-MiEV electric car, acknowledged last month that it had systematically falsified mileage data on its eK wagon and eK Space light passenger cars, which... Читать дальше...

Parramatta players are primed for a big game against South Sydney on Friday night, but Brad Arthur's biggest test will be keeping them composed.

South African businesswoman Nneile Nkholise wins the Africa Top Women Innovators Challenge 2016.

ExxonMobil's Altona refinery is set to grow fuel production in a move that bucks the trend for Australian refineries

Sides discussed prospects for bilateral relations

So the plans for Manuka Oval are now just huge rather than gigantic.

Asian shares were mixed Thursday after a weak session on Wall Street. Tokyo shares rebounded after a weak start as the yen weakened against the U.S. dollar.

Asian shares were mixed Thursday after a weak session on Wall Street. Tokyo shares rebounded after a weak start as the yen weakened against the U.S. dollar.

Asian shares were mixed Thursday after a weak session on Wall Street. Tokyo shares rebounded after a weak start as the yen weakened against the U.S. dollar.

Tokyo shares rebounded after a weak start as the yen weakened against the U.S. dollar. On Wednesday, the company projected a 35 percent plunge in profit for the fiscal year through March 2017, as the perks of a favorable exchange rate fade, and it reported a 4 percent drop in profit for January-March on-year at 426.6 billion yen ($3.9 billion). ANALYST VIEWPOINT: Regional indications point to a calm day, with modest gains in Hong Kong offset by minor losses in Tokyo. [...] trading at its highest price in six months... Читать дальше...

Tokyo shares rebounded after a weak start as the yen weakened against the U.S. dollar. On Wednesday, the company projected a 35 percent plunge in profit for the fiscal year through March 2017, as the perks of a favorable exchange rate fade, and it reported a 4 percent drop in profit for January-March on-year at 426.6 billion yen ($3.9 billion). ANALYST VIEWPOINT: Regional indications point to a calm day, with modest gains in Hong Kong offset by minor losses in Tokyo. [...] trading at its highest price in six months... Читать дальше...

The British government is due to announce plans for an overhaul of the governance of the British Broadcasting Corp. which it said would safeguard the independence and funding of the world’s largest public-service broadcaster.

Nissan Motor said Thursday it would spend Yen237.4 billion ($2.18 billion) to take a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors, becoming the controlling shareholder after a scandal at Mitsubishi involving falsified fuel-economy data.

– EFCC boss Magu may be imprisoned over flouting the court order – Abuja court demanded Magu to release Austrian security expert, Wolgang Reinl from ‘unlawful’ detention The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu is facing imprisonment for alleged disobedience to court order, The Guardian reports. A contempt charge has […]