Oil futures dropped on Tuesday as worries about a potential slowdown in energy demand linked to the U.K.'s move to exit the European Union and hints of a potential rise in U.S. production pulled prices to their lowest level in about a week. August WTI crude fell $2.39, or 4.9%, to settle at $46.60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the lowest settlement since June 27.
Читать дальше...CRAWFORD, Neb. — A company that runs the Crow Butte uranium mine in the Nebraska Panhandle is still working to gain approval for its site expansion plans. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/29t0QU6 ) that Cameco has been in a recertification process for the mine since November 2007. It was granted a relicense in 2014, but
Six British drug dealers were jailed for a total of 94 years for helping to smuggle £1.6bn of drugs into the UK hidden in a fleet of fake ambulances.
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Islamic State fighters are doubling down on efforts to keep Yazidis captive, trading them on encrypted apps and making a photo database to prevent escape
Rome police detained a homeless man on suspicion he pushed a 19-year-old American student into the Tiber River after a fight, as details emerged about Beau Solomon's final hours in the thick of Rome's summertime nightlife
An Arizona sheriff famous for making inmates wear pink underwear has rolled out a uniform change at Maricopa County jails: American flags are now stitched onto the striped jail suits
Serena Williams' dominance might be dwindling but she remains a stubborn force at Wimbledon, as chief sports writer Tom Fordyce discovers.
Polls on same October date pit rightwing forces against bloc
Bradford West MP Naz Shah's suspension from the Labour Party is lifted.
Egyptian investigators say pilots tried to extinguish a fire on board the EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May, according to audio from a recovered cockpit voice recorder.
ROME (AP) — Rome police detained a homeless man on suspicion he pushed a 19-year-old American student into the Tiber River after a fight, as details emerged about Beau Solomon's final hours in the thick of Rome's summertime nightlife.
The 20-year-old Norwegian synth-pop artist grieves and soars in her latest work.
Eight years after Hillary Clinton helped unite Democrats behind Barack Obama's presidential campaign, he's returning the favor
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Even in the space age, a little knowledge of the classics comes in handy sometimes.
If you're a fan of Greco-Roman mythology and NASA, you may have noticed that the space probe now orbiting Jupiter has a name with a familiar ring: Juno.
In myth, Jupiter (Zeus for the Greeks) was king of the gods, and Juno/Hera was his queen. Their marriage was a troubled one, mostly because of Jupiter's rampant infidelity.
When a Renaissance astronomer named Simon... Читать дальше...
Denver's regional transit agency is inspecting rail coaches on its airport service after similar cars in Philadelphia are sidelined due to structural problems
NEW DELHI (AP) — The bodies of nine Italians and seven Japanese killed in a militant attack in Bangladesh were returned home Tuesday as investigators in Dhaka searched for clues about the masterminds of the gruesome attack that left 28…
This news will surely bring smile on the faces of people who were praying for well-being of the Chennai dog who was thrown from rooftop by an MBBS student.
The FDA approved a implant that slowly dissolves into the body yet it hasn't been shown to be safer than older metal implants.
Burr is tending to business in Washington, while McCrory heading out of state
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As with every Chanel Couture show, a deluge of breathtaking confections came down the runway at the Grand Palais in Paris today as Karl Lagerfeld presented his Fall 2016 Haute Couture collection. An atelier was the set, and models sauntered through forms, fabrics and cutting tables giving the illusion of a just-completed fitting before revealing the inspired creations, which ranged from intricately embroidered suiting to graphic outerwear to fantastically adorned evening wear. Altogether the feeling was a futuristic riff on Victorian... Читать дальше...
Worries about the economic impact of leaving the European Union hit Britain`s property market and hammered the pound on Tuesday as Conservative members of parliament began voting for a new prime minister.
LeBron James got Shabazz Napier to the Heat. Since, the former Connecticut point guard has had a hard time sticking. Miami traded him to the Magic for a top-55-protected second-round pick that never conveyed. Now, Orlando is dealing him to the Trail Blazers for another minimal return. Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: The Magic are finalizing […]
