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"Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation," in its second week of release, has held its No. 1 spot at the U.S. box office, according to Box Office Mojo data, raking in $29.4 million. Though that figure was down 47% from a week earlier, it held off the opening-weekend performances of "Fantastic Four" and "The Gift," whose box-office takes were reported as $26.2 million and $12 million, respectively. "Fantastic Four" has faced a harsh reception among critics and moviegoers and had been projected to perform... Читать дальше...

Procurement starts although rail project has yet to gain Royal Assent

President Obama, in an interview with Fareed Zakaria aired Sunday on CNN, said he understands the suspicion and caution toward the Iran nuclear deal that are being expressed in Israel officialdom and public opinion. He said he had called on Benjamin Netanyahu and other critics of that deal to present an alternate approach that achieves as much as the recently agreed pact does but has received no reply. He added that "there is no doubt" that his or any future U.S. administration would respond forcefully in the event of any attack on Israel. Читать дальше...

Shifting gender balance among shoppers as new generation of Y100 stores target males

For many years, Japanese nationalists have been trying to revise the country’s pacifist constitution, which limits its “Self-Defence Forces” to their eponymous function. They have made little progress.

Miley Cyrus probably won’t be rooting for Taylor Swift at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Bernie Sanders was forced to cancel his Saturday afternoon speech at Westlake Park in Seattle after being disrupted by activists from the group Black Lives Matter.

The rest of the population can be forgiven a certain bemusement, but the debate ignited by Jeremy Corbyn in The Independent on Sunday cuts to the heart of the fateful struggle currently under way for the soul of the Labour Party. However painful the feelings this aroused, however perilous the reopening of old wounds and whatever the efforts by Mr Corbyn’s backers to deny that he meant anything important by his clear and concise comments, this is the argument the party could not avoid having. Better to get on with it. Читать дальше...

Do we see a Chris Brown and Zayn Malik collaboration in the future? The 26-year-old R&B singer says he’s open to working with the 22-year-old former One Direction member. “Of course, of course [I'd work with him],” Chris told Capital FM Radio (via Billboard). “I don’t shy away from anyone and I think he’s a [...]

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister announced drastic anti-corruption and other measures on Sunday as he sought to calm weeks of protests over poor government services that are posing a major challenge to his rule.Read full article >>

The case goes back to late April when a woman returned to her home in the city's Queens borough and discovered that the locks had been changed and three men were inside.

NEW YORK (AP) — As a campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has achieved victories in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, it has bumped up against a harsh reality: Ple…

NEW YORK (AP) — As a campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has achieved victories in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, it has bumped up against a harsh reality: Ple…

NEW YORK (AP) — As a campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has achieved victories in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, it has bumped up against a harsh reality: Some economists, labor activists and regulators predict that without stronger enforcement, the number of workers getting cheated out of a legal wage is bound to increase in places where wages rise. Estimates on the size of the problem vary, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that in 2014, roughly 1.7 million U.S. workers ... Читать дальше...

While the "Fantastic Four" fallout continues with more chatter about what really went on behind the scenes circulating, the bottom line is that, come Monday morning, some executives at Fox are going to have some serious explaining to do. The superhero movie opened with an abysmal $26.2 million, far below optimistic projections that placed the movie between $40-50 million. Internationally, it didn't do much better either, taking in another $34.1 million. You have to go back to Sony's $22.1 million bow for "Ghost Rider... Читать дальше...

Philippe Coutinho's stunning long-range strike gives Liverpool a narrow victory over Stoke on the opening weekend.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Sunday he would propose a new cabinet of ministers to the ruling parliamentary coalition in September after reviewing their performance.

SEATTLE - A 13-year-old boy at a Taylor Swift concert was hurt when he fell from an upper level of Seattle's CenturyLink Field.

SEATTLE (AP) — A 13-year-old boy at a Taylor Swift concert was hurt when he fell from an upper level of Seattle's CenturyLink Field.

Much was familiar in Seattle Mariners’ 7-5, 11-inning loss Wednesday to the Colorado Rockies. There was reliever Fernando Rodney, following an afternoon wandering in the bushes, blowing a two-run lead in the ninth. There was the offense, after a resurgent road trip, stranding runners in the 10th after getting them to second and third with one out. Then there was the 11th, when an obscure catcher 99 percent of casual baseball fans never heard of, Michael McKenry, belted a two-run, walk-off homer off reliever Mayckol Gauipe. Читать дальше...

ONCE it became clear that “Fantastic Four” was due this weekend not for release but rather impact, it was only a matter of just how brutal the blunt force would be.Well, today, 20th Century Fox can tally the box-office results with chalk as it draws a massive outline around one of the biggest superhero-debut bellyflops in years.Read full article >>

Gut-check time for a meandering organization.

The little Brazilian delivered a moment of magic that erased 85 minutes of doldrums.

'I had to go back and get her. She’s part of me.'

This obsession with issues such as renationalisation of the railways ignores what voters say is important