FRANKFURT host Inter Milan at the Commerzbank-Arena in the first leg of the Europa League Round of 16. The Germans ousted Shakhtar Donetsk to reach this stage and now look for a first quarter-final place since 1995 – but their Italian opposition easily swept Rapid Vienna aside last time around.
The attack in Kabul, involving as many as 10 mortar shells, targeted a memorial attended by hundreds of ethnic Hazara, as well as the government’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, former president Hamid Karzai and presidential candidate Hanif Atmar, media reports said.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill that would increase fines for passing a stopped school bus whose warning lights are flashing. The House approved the bill on a 90-1 vote Thursday. The bill now goes to the governor. Violators would see minimum fines doubled to $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for a second offense under the bill. It also carries a maximum six-month jail term. The bill also would double driver's license suspensions to 60 days for a first offense and 180 days for a second offense. Читать дальше...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday called on the bereaved families of slain CRPF constable Ratan Kumar Thakur and inspector Pintu Kumar Singh who were killed in the Pulwama terror attack and the Handwara encounter respectively. Kumar visited Thakurs village in Kahalgaon sub-division of Bhagalpur district where he met his wife Rajnandini Devi, father Ramniranjan Thakur and brother Milan Kumar, spending about half an hour at their place. The Chief Minister was accompanied by state... Читать дальше...
Back-to-back weekends allow Western Pennsylvanians to celebrate the sweet syrup and sugar made in the woods east and north of Pittsburgh.
The Maharashtra government decided Thursday to reduce the in-house quota for FYJC admissions after SSC exams, a move that will help open category students. Education Minister Vinod Tawde said SSC pass students will now get 7 per cent seats in the open category, after reducing the in-house quota from 20 per cent to 10 per cent in FYJC (first year junior college) admissions. Tawde Thursday held a meeting with various education institutions having in-house quota to sort out the issue. It was decided... Читать дальше...
With Tim Cook to his right, Trump addresses the issues that get censored by political moral authorities like Cook and his colleagues.
DINAMO ZAGREB welcome Benfica in the first leg of their Europa League Round of 16 tie. The Croats beat Viktoria Plzen last time out, while the Portuguese visitors held Galatasaray at home to progress.
Those who fail to create history try to distort it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday as he stressed on the need for accepting history as it is and not allowing it to be distorted by any ideology. Speaking at the launch of the first ever dictionary on martyrs of the Indian freedom struggle, Modi, whose party has often been accused by the Opposition of distorting history, said only if history is accepted as it is, will it inspire generations. "There are efforts to weigh history on the scale... Читать дальше...
The remains of nearly 140 children dating to the year 1450 have been unearthed along the northern coast of Peru. Archaeologists say the burial is the site of the largest known mass child sacrifice in the world. The children — as well as the remains of more than 200 young llamas — were found in a mass grave located on a cliff just a thousand feet from the Pacific Ocean in the small, present-day fishing community of La Libertad near Trujillo. Archaeologists say the children and llamas were
A walnut-shaped jellyfish is thought to be the only creature alive with a disappearing anus. Biologist Sidney Tamm filmed warty comb jellyfish and discovered that their guts are not permanently open 24 hours a day. The warty comb jellyfish is often referred to as the ‘sea walnut’ and has been observed only creating an anus...
Students of a government elementary school here staged a road blockade along with their parents on Thursday to protest against the absenteeism of teac
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A semi-official news agency reports that Iran's top leader has named a hard-line cleric as the country's new judiciary chief. The Thursday report by the Fars news agency says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Ebrahim Raisi to the post in a decree. Khamenei urged Raisi to rejuvenate the country's judiciary, fight corruption, restore public rights and legitimate freedoms and supervise the implementation of laws. Raisi succeeds Sadegh Amoli Larijani, who held the post for nearly 10 years. Читать дальше...
Is anyone out there curious if Elon Musk lifts? Extremely unclear, but the tech leader is talking about it on Twitter anyway.
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WADE Robson, an Australian-born dancer is one of Michael Jackson’s accusers in controversial Leaving Neverland, which airs tonight. We explain who the choreographer is and what his accusations against the King of Pop are. Here’s what we know. Who is Wade Robson? Wade Robson is a 36-year-old choreographer from Brisbane, Australia. He began performing as […]
Mexican women protest for their lives as kidnappings and femicides surge.
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Enabling Innovation Initiative lecture Vanderbilt University News Kevin R. Ward, executive director, Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC), is the featured speaker for th
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While Badla multi-composer soundtrack doesn’t quite match up to the music from Sujoy Ghosh’s previous films – it’s a fun listen says Vipin Nair