Een vlaggenceremonie in een vol stadion, een (hopelijk) zinderende finale, maar geen grote geldprijzen. Twee weken voordat het EK Voetbal in Frankrijk van start gaat, houden niet-erkende landen hun eigen wereldkampioenschap voetbal. Wie doen er mee?
Drake jumps back in fright while being scared during his interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing on Wednesday (May 18). The 29-year-old rapper discussed his gig on last weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live and also responded to questions about his rumored romantic relationship with Rihanna. When asked if he is “just friends” with [...]
A fishing lake is to remain sealed off for at least a week after three dogs died and seven others fell sick.
The Islamic extremist snatched 276 girls from their school two years ago.
Social media giant Snapchat has come under fire for introducing skin tone-lightening filters. Users say that the app is "whitewashing" their faces under the guise of "beauty."
Kenyan families wanting their daughters to undergo ritual genital cutting are increasingly arranging for it to be done secretly at night to avoid arrest, campaigners said at a major women's rights conference.
Genetically modified crops are safe for both human consumption and the environment, according to a report by top U.S. scientists on Tuesday.
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TOKYO, May 18 (UPI) -- The president and vice president of Mitsubishi Motor Corp. announced their resignations Wednesday after the company admitted it falsified fuel economy tests.
An international rights group released a report Wednesday detailing horrific atrocities committed by the Islamic State group in its Libyan stronghold of Sirte, including instances of “crucifixions,” public beheadings and shooting a man to death for “insulting God.” Human Rights Watch interviewed 45 residents in the coastal city who recounted “scenes of horror” since the extremist group, also known as ISIS, overran the area in February 2015.
Will they go with Ben Simmons or Brandon Ingram? "You are going to have to ask that question on June 23 when we are ready to announce it," said Bryan Colangelo, the Sixers' president of basketball operations.
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Mascots were coloured in blue paint ahead of Tuesday's Premier League match between Manchester United and Bournemouth, to promote the release of a new X-Men film.
There were plenty of red faces around Old Trafford on Sunday night when a security blunder led to their match with Bournemouth being needlessly postponed but they were replaced by blue faces on Tuesday when the match with the Cherries was finally played.
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A severed human head found in a quarry is not currently being linked to the cases of two missing women and a murder victim, police say.
Leaders from two of the main churches in Germany have taken on politicians from Alternative for Germany, the far-right, anti-immigrant movement that has looked to prevent a mosque from being built in the city of Erfurt, the Local reported Wednesday. The Euroskeptic party has seen surging support in the country during the past year, as fears have grown surrounding a large, mostly Muslim, refugee population.
Actress Brenda Ngxoli has launched a scathing attack on "mediocrity" and "abuse" in the local film industry, saying that she wants to earn her spot in the industry through hard work and not because of who she knows.
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey tells CNBC he sides with Republicans on some key issues.
Two cheers for minority government.
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Goldman Sachs doesn't find stocks appealing anymore.
In a note Tuesday, the firm downgraded equities to "Neutral" over the next year.
"Until we see sustained earnings growth, equities do not look attractive, especially on a risk-adjusted basis," wrote Christian Mueller-Glissmann, an equity strategist.
"We expect particularly poor returns in dollar terms, with our forecast of a stronger dollar and the prospect of less negative equity/FX correlations."
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The onetime "Saturday Night Live" colleagues reunited on Tuesday's episode of "Late Night."
The Queen has set out her government's plans for year ahead, in front of MPs and peers gathered at Westminster.
Andersons Inc. said Wednesday that it rejected an unsolicited buyout bid from former hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone's HC2 Holdings Inc. for $37 a share in cash. The bid represented a 43% premium to Tuesday's closing price for Andersons's stock of $25.94. The agriculture company said its board of directors unanimously decided that HC2's proposal undervalues the company and is not in the best interest of its shareholders. "We believe HC2's proposals ignore our value and prospects as a standalone... Читать дальше...
Private schools get more from the government than public schools, and that's seriously wrong.
A joint venture between a U.S. producer and a Chinese entertainment investor, announced Tuesday, is hoping to make a live-action film based on the classic video game, Tetris. To be exact, Threshold Global Studios, a partnership between California studio Threshold Entertainment Group — owned by producer Larry Kasanoff — and China’s Seven Star Works — owned by investor Bruno Wu — plans to make a science fiction trilogy based on the popular 1980s game.
A Viroqua native is being named the Commodore of the 2016 La Crosse Riverfest.
Now if you live abroad but within a group of Nigerians, this may not be exclusive to you except you practice everything Nigerians do and your cultural heritage has not been adulterated. Living in Nigeria where you get to see people from different backgrounds would make you understand the things that would be discussed in […]
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