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The State Department has urged Americans to avoid all travel to North Korea, warning that US citizens making the trip risk long and "unduly harsh" imprisonment if they fall foul of laws in the hermit state.

Jessica Ennis-Hill will start her build-up to the defence of her Olympic title by competing at Loughborough on Sunday.

Six months after the November 13, 2015 Paris terror attacks that killed 130 and injured hundreds more, the EU has admitted that its deal with Turkey to allow visa-free access to the EU for its citizens will lead to an increased terror risk.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is going to examine the petition demanding to revise the results of 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, EBU spokesman Paul Jordan said on Tuesday.

Former ACT Brumbies chief executive Michael Jones says he is pursuing action in the ACT Supreme court to protect himself against attacks to damage his reputation.

The world’s first Artificially Intelligent physicist is here, and it has already replicated a Nobel Prize-winning experiment — one that involved creating an ultracold state of matter called Bose-Einstein condensate. Bose-Einstein condensates — named after physicists Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein — are a state of matter created when atoms are cooled to a temperature close to absolute zero (0 Kelvin or -459.6 degrees Fahrenheit). At such an ultralow temperature, all atoms gather in the lowest possible energy state... Читать дальше...

Kookaburras forward Glenn Turner insists missing the upcoming three-game series with Great Britain will not affect his Olympic selection hopes, admitting Rio is like to be his Games swansong.

As Tuesday’s snap debate in the National Assembly on the violence that has left more than 20 Vuwani schools destroyed degenerated in to heckling and points of orders‚ one MP said the issue “should not be used as a petty point-scoring exercise”.

City wants to create special economic zone for carmakers and suppliers, emulating Detroit in its heyday.

ACT Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham has welcomed this week's bye as a chance for the club to get its off-field situation in order before shooting for a Super Rugby finals spot.

– CCT chairman Danladi Umar says the CCT tribunal was under serious influence during the case of Bola Tinubu  – Says the tribunal wants to display fairness by not delaying the trial of Senator Bukola Saraki  Danladi Umar, the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Tuesday, May 17, said he was under serious influence during the trial of […]

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De Oekraïense winnares van het Eurovisiesongfestival, Susana Jamaladinova met de artiestennaam Jamala, is door president Petro Porosjenko uitgeroepen tot Volkskunstenares van Oekraïne. Porosjenko liet maandagavond verheugd weten dat Jamala met haar lied '1944' de kwestie van de Krim weer op de voorpagina's heeft weten te krijgen.

In its analysis of the Saudi plan to diversify its economy and minimize its dependence on oil by 2030, the German daily Die Welt provided the reasons why it is “destined for disgrace”: the markets obviously haven’t taken it seriously, as opposed to how they took the news on the country’s credit rating downgrade and its foreign borrowings.

HONG KONG - Police officers block a woman (2nd form L) near a hotel where Zhang Dejiang, chairman of China's Nat...

Bills WR Sammy Watkins has dealt with plenty of injuries in his two-plus years in the NFL. The Dolphins made things official with DE Jason Jones on Monday. Patriots S Devin McCourty is a fan of the team’s decision to keep Jerod Mayo’s former number out of circulation this year. Said Jets CB Buster Skrine…

The Morning Joe panel talks about the search for a third party candidate to take on Donald Trump in the general election.

– New dimension in price of food stuff emerges in most markets in Lagos – Traders appeal to the federal government to come to their aid Five days after the federal government of Nigeria announced the removal of fuel subsidy from Premium Motor Spirit known as (petrol), Nigerians have started facing serious hardship. Nigerians were […]

Canadian group to open up to 20 stores as it presses on with global expansion drive

– Some Bauchi youths are in support of the fuel subsidy removal – The youths have taken to the street in a peaceful protest to show support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision – This comes amidst plans by the NLC to embark on an indefinite strike against the increase in fuel price The recent fuel […]

Social media has laid down a challenge to traditional journalism, and Independent’s MOJO team has taken up the challenge, says Chelsea Geach.

TOKYO - Photo taken May 17, 2016, shows the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, designed by Swiss-Frenc...

UPDATE: 12:36 p.m. EDT — As voters cast ballots in Oregon and Kentucky Tuesday, presidential candidates have their eyes set on the next big delegate prize: California.

Voters in Kentucky and Oregon are heading to the polls Tuesday in the next round of presidential primaries. While Republican businessman Donald Trump has assumed the mantle of presumptive nominee, on the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hoping to gain more delegates to further distance herself from rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.