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A high-profile honour killing case of a British Sikh woman who was taken to India by her UK-based family and then killed in Punjab over 20 years ago is set to be revived as a television documentary this week. Surjit Kaur Athwal was perceived as bringing shame on her conservative Sikh in-laws from west London and taken to Punjab in December 1998 on the pretext of attending family weddings, where she was killed. The 27-year-old's mother-in-law Bachan Athwal and husband Sukhdave Athwal were sentenced to prison terms of 15 years and 20 years... Читать дальше...

DUBAI: Senior Vice President of PepsiCo Inc Krista Pilot has said that PepsiCo is going to invest $1 billion in Pakistan. During a meeting with Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry in Dubai that the senior official of the beverage company said that PepsiCo was interested to invest in the food...

Morgan Stanley announced Monday that it will buy stock manager startup Solium Capital for $900 million, its largest deal since in the financial crisis.

It was entirely foreseeable that Kargil would object to the shifting of decision making to Leh alone, after all, it hardly makes much difference if local representatives have to run to Leh instead of Srinagar like now, to get their files cleared

The opposition BJP Monday launched "Jan Adalat" programme in all the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies across Odisha. Jan Adalat (people's court) was held in three Lok Sabha segments of Berhampur, Puri and Kalahandi on the first day on Monday. Similar programmes are scheduled in all the Lok Sabha constituencies by February 17, said state BJP vice-president Samir Mohanty. Alleging that the 19-year-old BJD government in Odisha was "neck deep in corruption", Mohanty said the programme would highlight inefficiencies of the ruling party. Читать дальше...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday denied Washington was "covering up" the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and promised further action. "America is not covering up for a murder," Pompeo told reporters in Budapest when asked about criticism by a senior Democrat. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump missed a deadline set by Congress to reply by Friday on whether Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of the Washington Post contributor. Читать дальше...

Early in December, Google releases its annual “Year in Search” report based on numerous topics. They rarely fail to disappoint, and 2018’s most-searched legal phrases were certainly awkward enough to give us a moment of hesitation. Newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh managed to steal a bit of the fame, ranking number six […]

They will take to the stage at the ceremony in Los Angeles on February 24.

The Regina Pats wrapped up their four-game road trip with a 5-2 loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings Sunday night.

More than 30 trade associations ready to refuse to respond to 'non-Brexit related initiatives' - arguing all energies must be focused on crash-out risk

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The public now can comment on an environmental analysis that looks to evaluate the potential impacts of expanding operations of a Colorado coal mine. The Durango Herald reports GCC Energy, which has operated the King II coal mine near Hesperus since 2007, asked the Bureau of Land Management in 2018 for a lease to expand the mine by 3.85 square miles (about 10 square kilometers). The company has said if expansions were not approved, the mine would run out of coal and be forced to shut down... Читать дальше...

The Disney remake's trailer debuted during the Grammys, showing Mena Massoud as Aladdin, Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine and a blue Will Smith as the Genie.

The BMW flagship sedan also gets revised engines and plenty of new tech.

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Winter break is over for Queen Elizabeth II: She returned to London via public train on Monday, February 11, with crowds on hand to see her off at King’s Lynn station in Norfolk, England.

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"He's a knock-off version, a hell of a knock-off version."

1. Manchester United squad is capable of beating any opponent, says Solskjær  The Guardian
2. Manchester United: How Ole Gunnar Solskjaer turned around a toxic atmosphere  BBC Sport
3. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Manchester United press conference highlights ahead of PSG Champions League fixture  Manchester Evening News
4. Alexis Sanchez sends thinly veiled dig at Jose Mourinho as he hails Ole Gunnar Solskjaer  Daily Mail
5. Anthony Martial: Manchester United striker can reach Cristiano Ronaldo's level... Читать дальше...

• Conor McGregor is a "Caucasian" Floyd Mayweather.
• That is according to Mayweather himself, who said he's a "hell of a knock-off version."
• Mayweather famously defeated McGregor in the 10th round of a boxing rules contest in 2017.
• Since then he knocked out Tenshin Nasukawa within a round in an exhibition bout on December 31, but continues to be linked with a UFC swansong.
• Mayweather said he could strike a $5 billion deal with the UFC "if he wanted."
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Find out how the advice and tips this millennial real estate investor has for others who wants to make millions as an investor.

The University of Houston-Victoria will play host to the 2018 UHV Women's Soccer Elite ID Camp on Saturday, April 6, , at the UHV Soccer Field (3007 N. Ben Wilson).

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — More than 30 years after a 3-year-old boy went missing from a Las Vegas swap meet, the child's mother is expected to be charged in the case. North Las Vegas police are set to speak at a news conference Monday on the 1986 disappearance of Francillon Pierre. Court records indicate his mother, 60-year-old Amy Elizabeth Fleming, was arrested in Palm Beach, Florida, last month. She is expected to be extradited to Nevada. Authorities say the boy vanished from the Broad Acres Swap Meet on Aug. Читать дальше...

The exceptional rebuke comes after Omar, a freshman member of Congress, suggested on Twitter that her colleagues have been paid off to support Israel.

Democratic letter circulates calling for condemnation from leadership.

Former senior FIFA official Worawi Makudi has won an appeal and overturned a ban from soccer for unproven forgery