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MSPs have passed the Scottish Government’s £34 billion budget at Holyrood tonight amid claims of hundreds of millions of pounds in cuts to local services and tax hikes for high earners.

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Just in case you're looking for a little royal #tbt to make you smile today, we're revisiting that time Princess Diana, Prince Harry and Prince William braved the Florida heat for a three-day trip to Disney World. 

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Yuji Haraguchi owns a small empire of Japanese restaurants in New York, Tokyo and Kyoto. His business started in 2012 and growing fast to five establishments globally. What is on his mind right now? Here is an Q&A with Yuji.

Fendi paid understated tribute Thursday to Karl Lagerfeld, who died this week and was the Rome-based fashion house's creative director for 54 years. (Feb. 21)

Toronto Water was notified of the sinkhole on Feb. 11 and the city had initially closed one southbound lane on Jarvis St.

Rick Gates, the former top aide to Paul Manafort, asked at least two vendors if they would take cash directly from donors for the Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC) services. According to Bloomberg News, PIC anticipated that their massive fundraising haul would draw questions by the press. Th...

Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi starred with both bat and ball as Afghanistan defeated Ireland by five wickets Thursday's first Twenty20 international.

England coach Eddie Jones takes his side to Cardiff for a potential Six Nations title-decider against Wales having promised to "spoil the party.

He fled war-torn Burundi at the age of 10 and Mauricio Pochettino was once desperate to take him to Tottenham - instead, Berahino is closing on football's scrap heap

Words and phrases like “out of the woods,” a “model country,” “unity,” “stability” and “normalcy” – all of which were used by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at Wednesday’s cabinet meeting – sound unsuitable (to say the very least) to describe the political reality in the country at the moment.

MESA, Ariz. - Despite poor weather forecasts for Thursday afternoon, the A’s and Mariners will attempt to get in at least a portion of their Cactus League opener at Hohokam Stadium It was widely expected that the game would be called early because of day-long rain expected in the Phoenix area, but a break in the weather at the scheduled noon Pacific start time changed plans. There is also rain in Friday’s forecast, and the A’s and Mariners have a short spring training this season because of their season-opening series in Japan next month. Читать дальше...

Sen. Mike Hilgers of Lincoln on Wednesday urged the Legislature's Revenue Committee to consider his proposal to couple income and property tax reduction to the state's economic growth as commi

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) makes the "significant step" of confirming playing conditions for the new 100-ball competition.

Red Bull expects a "far more mature" Max Verstappen to show greater "patience" in Formula 1 this season, according to its motorsport advisor Helmut Marko

A new caravan begins the march north toward the United States as border cities like Ciudad Juárez are swelling with migrants already here from previous caravans.

Startups are powerful engineers of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, developing intelligent applications across industries. By leveraging the capabilities of robotics, hardware and high performance computing, startups are redrawing the maps of navigation, transportation, and...

Laura Ikeji has found away to use the digital space to rake in millions. With such huge bank account and a thriving clothing store, such things like fashion and style are what defines her uniqueness. Here is how she bragged.

A U.S. soldier who suffered serious brain injuries and shrapnel wounds to his chest in a suicide bombing two years ago in Afghanistan is now suing the American defense contractor that employed the bomber.

Business groups have pushed back against a Capital Gains Tax with a chorus of concerns ranging from the impact on productivity, the destruction of shareholder value, and flow-on to an already slumping ...

"Every fourth euro spent within the EU budget will go towards action to mitigate climate change," European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said in Brussels at an event with Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg in Brussels on Thursday, referring to the bloc's 2021 to 2027 budget. He also criticised US leader Donald Trump for saying climate change was "invented" and "ideological". "Talk to the scientists, listen to them", Thunberg said.

Yesterday, Samsung unveiled its most ambitious phone to date — the ultra-flexible Samsung Galaxy Fold. This 5G-enabled tablet-smartphone hybrid will retail at roughly $2,000, and is expected to hit shelves in April this year. Even to those who cover the smartphone industry professionally, the announcement was a genuine surprise — which, believe me, is a rarity these days. Although most people knew a foldable phone was on the near-horizon, it didn’t seem quite this close. Most expected Samsung to... Читать дальше...