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A discrimination and retaliation award has grown to $4.2 million for a former women's hockey coach who sued the University of Minnesota Duluth

Report: A runaway British schoolgirl speaks out about living with the Islamic State.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Thursday raised the floor price for refined sugar at the mill gate to 31 rupees a kilogram, up from 29 rupees, a government order said, to help prop up retail prices in the world's biggest consumer of the sweetener.

The United States will not carry out a unilateral reduction of its troops in Afghanistan, acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said at a news conference after a meeting of ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) in Brussels on Thursday. “There will be no unilateral troop reduction, it will be coordinated,” he told […]

DAVID BECKHAM may have found himself in trouble with the law but he has taken the number one spot of who fans think of during sex. The Manchester United legend could appear in court after he is alleged to have used his mobile phone while driving his £200,000 Bentley. But Beckham can take solace knowing […]

DAVID BECKHAM may have found himself in trouble with the law but he has taken the number one spot of who fans think of during sex. The Manchester United legend could appear in court after he is alleged to have used his mobile phone while driving his £200,000 Bentley. But Beckham can take solace knowing […]

The UN-brokered agreement between Athens and Skopje to formally recognize the “Republic of North Macedonia”, is a welcome, “historical” step that should be supported by regional and international Member States, António Guterres has announced.

“I propose to consider concrete practical steps that Russia, Turkey and Iran could take to completely destroy the terrorist hotbed” in Syria’s Idlib, Putin told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani at a summit on Thursday. While they all want an end to hostilities, “that doesn’t mean we have to put with the presence in the Idlib region of terrorist groups,” Putin said.

Baths: a rare and decadent treat, or a perfunctory part of your getting-ready routine?

Airbus will stop delivering A380s in 2021 after its key customer, Dubai-based airline Emirates, slashed its orders for the superjumbo. CNN's Richard Quest spoke with Airbus CEO Tom Enders.

The "Empire" star told ABC News' Robin Roberts in an exclusive interview he wants young gay people to know how to "be a fighter."

A second man was taken into custody Wednesday for beating up a man outside of a Toledo hotel on New Year’s Day.

A second man was taken into custody for beating up a man outside of a Toledo hotel on New Year’s Day.

Following the recent discussion on Prospect Theory and the ways in which human nature leads to systematic flaws in our judgement, we thought we'd spend some time looking at one of the most relevant behavioural biases for investors - namely confirmation bias. This is the well documented tendency of people to favour information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses, not only by hearing what they want to hear but also by seeking out those with similar opinions.  The (dangerous) power of YESConfirmation... Читать дальше...

• All-Star weekend has arrived, which means it's time for the NBA's annual slam dunk contest.
• In year's past, the dunk contest has produced some unbelievable and memorable photos of NBA stars getting big air.
• Take a look back at the most extraordinary photos from past NBA slam dunk contests:

Donovan Mitchell won the dunk contest as a rookie in 2018.

1. Josh Okogie Locking James Harden In A Closet Makes For A Satisfying Highlight  Deadspin
2. ROCKETS vs TIMBERWOLVES | KAT & Teague Lead MIN | February 13, 2019  NBA
3. James Harden extends 30-point streak to 31 games, second longest in NBA history  ESPN
4. Timberwolves' offense dominates Rockets  Chron
5. Rockets’ Chris Paul laments loss to Timberwolves before All-Star break  ClutchPoints
6. View full coverage on Google News

The Timberwolves beat the Rockets at home on Wednesday night, 121-111, and even though James Harden led all scorers as usual with 42 points on a nauseating 34 field goal attempts, he was far from unstoppable, as proven by T-Wolves rookie Josh Okogie on a pair of dramatic occasions within a couple minutes of each other.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Russian Foreign Ministry warned of an increasing number of signs that a military coup in Venezuela is becoming the "West's priority".

News from Unity Books Wellington Indie book shop Unity Books is one of three bookshops in the world shortlisted for the prestigious The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019. The other finalists in The Bookstore of the Year Award sponsored by Gardners are BOA Bookstore (Vietnam) and Fang Suo Commune (China). The shortlist for […]

Tribeca Film Festival has selected Roger Ross Williams' The Apollo as the event's opener.

RB Leipzig want Arsenal loanee Emile Smith-Rowe pain free, Ralf Rangnick says.

Roughly one-third of the ICS-specific vulnerability advisories published in 2018 contained basic factual errors, including when describing and rating the severity of a flaw, according to the 2018 Year in Review report published on Thursday by industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos.

Anti-terror police officer 'raped girl, 14'  BBC News

An anti-terrorism police officer raped a teenager after tracking her down using Snapchat maps, a jury heard. Peter Drummond, 38, allegedly travelled from ...