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The White House’s former director of legislative affairs, Marc Short, will return to the Trump administration as Vice President Mike...

Trying to hold a truck back from rolling down an icy hill has its moments.

Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Madrid on Wednesday night as he leads the Juventus attack against Atletico in their Champions League last 16 first-leg encounter – and the stats show Diego Simeone’s men could be in for a tough night.
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Joshua aims to expand his appeal to the lucrative US market by fighting at the legendary Madison Square Garden on June 1

EU bosses will continue stealth manoeuvres to tempt Britain into a customs union as part of a plot to break the Brexit deadlock, Brussels sources revealed today.

French design practice Studio NAB has proposed a large-scale vertical farm as a sustainable solution to urban population growth in the face of dwindling arable land. Envisioned for urban centers, the conceptual vertical agriculture facility—dubbed the SUPERFARM—aims to produce high-yielding food with high nutrition values, including but not limited to various seaweeds, edible insects, and fish raised in aquaponic systems. To minimize the SUPERFARM’s impact on the environment, the designers...

Travelling overseas is prohibitively expensive - which means deals and special offers are in hot demand. Unfortunately, this has given rise to a range of online scams designed to rob travellers of their hard-earned money. This infographic lists five common travel scams you need to watch out for. More »

'It is an exaggerated, ridiculous and political sentence'

LAS Vegas is covered in snow for the first time in a decade as the giant Winter Storm Petra sweeps across the Nevada desert. The desert is already blanketed in white, and the National Weather Service are reporting more is due later in the week. The nearby Spring Mountains may get as much as 8-12 […]

Bernie Sanders opened his second bid for the White House by calling the president a “liar,” “racist” and “xenophobe.” Trump, for his part, has repeatedly referred to Sanders as “Crazy Bernie.”

A new report issued by House Democrats this week claims that key Trump administration appointees overrode the objections of top national security officials and attorneys to promote the sale of nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia — and these sales could have directly benefited Trump son-in-law...

Squire Patton Boggs has a long list of clients that range from major corporations to city governments.

TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – The Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei says that Palermo and CFT bills, which have already gained the approval of Iranian Parliament but have been rejected by Guardian Council, will also be approved by the mediating body Expediency Council.

The Green New Deal squelches any motive for Americans to work or better ourselves

A 1p surcharge on every garment sold in order to help fund clothing collection and recycling schemes, MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee have said

Nigerians say vote postponement has hit them financially and forced some to change well-laid plans.

Maserati, skippered by Giovanni Soldini led at Guadeloupe by 12 miles, but in terms of time, that is less than 30 minutes ahead of Jason Carroll's Argo. The two rocket ships are expected to finish the race around sundown today.

Yakima man struggles to buy diapers, food for kids, after paycheck goes undelivered KATU YAKIMA, Wash. - "Your poor management of your money isn't my problem," said local Jason Frink. F

The newly-signed Rice Tariffication Act will take effect March 5 instead of the previously announced March 3, the Finance department clarified on Tuesday. “It’s March 5. That would be 15…READ

Twitter Tuesday said it would now provide details including ad spends and impressions data of tweets from political entities to users in India as it attempts to bring in greater transparency on its platform, ahead of general elections in the country. In addition to the information being shared within its Ads Transparency Centre (ATC), the microblogging platform will now also include a visual label and disclaimer information on promoted content from certified accounts, Twitter said in a statement. Читать дальше...

Guitar great Carlos Santana, civil rights icon Dolores Huerta, jazz star Taylor Eigsti are all part of an Oakland Symphony concert this weekend.

The health of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was fluctuating due to the nature of his ailment but he would continue working for the good of the state till he is alive, Assembly Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo said Tuesday. Parrikar, 63 is suffering from a pancreatic ailment and is currently recuperating at his private residence near here. "His health sometimes improves and sometimes it goes down. Because of the pancreatic ailment he is suffering from, you cannot be stable all the time," Lobo said. Читать дальше...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's House has endorsed a measure that would impose penalties for using drones to invade someone's privacy.

The European Parliament's Agriculture Committee today voted to stop the change from winter to summer time in 2020. This was announced by MEP Momchil Nekov (BSP, S & D), who is a member of the commission.