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A group of UN human rights experts on Friday called for the immediate release of three Iranian women given long jail terms for protesting laws compelling women to wear veils. The trio were charged after a video posted online showed them handing out flowers on Tehran's metro on March 8, International Women's Day, according to a statement co-signed by five United Nations special rapporteurs and another expert. The women -- named in the statement as Mojgan Keshavarz, Yasaman Aryani and Monireh Arabshahi -- were not wearing veils. Читать дальше...

Freight futures broker K-Ratio said July retail sales and a delay in new tariffs could increase trading on Los Angeles-Dallas freight.

US President Donald Trump has urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to meet the anti-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong, who have been demanding democratic reforms in the Asian financial hub, to resolve the problem "humanely." Hong Kong, a former British colony, has witnessed unprecedented turmoil for weeks, with pro-democracy protesters causing chaos at the international airport earlier this week. Trump had previously appeared to suggest that he himself should meet Xi to discuss the crisis in Hong... Читать дальше...

The K’Ogalo skipper maintains they stand a good chance to beat the Dockers on Sunday

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GQ-Redakteur Ulf Pape trifft den deutschen Musikproduzenten

A group of employees called Googlers for Human Rights posted a public petition urging the company not to bid on a cloud computing contract for CBP

Albion will attempt to make it two wins from two when they tackle West Ham.

Coming through the youth setup of Real Madrid, Hernandez made international appearances for Spain's U-19 team.

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov believes Conor McGregor should be jailed if he did in fact assault on an elderly man.

US officials who argue Huawei can't be trusted to play a major role in building global 5G telecommunications networks got another boost Wednesday.

Latest vessel set for delivery in 2021 as trading house takes its tally of MR units at the South Korean yard to six

'It's a miracle - I don't know how a person can survive a fall from a plane like that'

When Jaime Yazzie began planning her research for her forestry thesis, her adviser asked her what species of trees she wanted to save. They would use a computer simulation to measure the effects of a warming, drying environment, and she needed to select which trees to preserve.

Brisbane Broncos moved a step closer to the NRL playoffs with a key 24-12 win over fellow playoff hopefuls Penrith Panthers. It looked as if Brisbane had suffered a poor start when Jake Turpin was sent to the sin bin for a swinging arm on Dylan Edwards but when the halfback returned, his side were 6-0 up thanks to Kotoni Staggs’…

In this February 27, 1984, file photo, singer Placido Domingo laughs with members of the Rockettes at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The singer and dancers met while rehearsing for Channel Thirteen's “Gala of Stars 1984”. Nine women in the opera world have told The Associated Press that they were sexually harassed by Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera. The women say the encounters took place over three decades, at venues that included opera companies where he held top managerial positions. Читать дальше...

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West will take on James Dickey, who has served as state Republican chair since 2017. Republican delegates will elect their next state party chair at the Texas GOP convention in May. Allen West, a former congressman from Florida, announced Thursday he is running for Texas GOP chair, challenging current party leader James Dickey for the […]

The reaction of Moscow and Tehran was prompt and proactive when it was voiced even before negotiations between the representatives of the Turkmen leader and the European-Chinese consortium, offering Turkmenistan direct access to the Southern Gas Corridor. According to the Turkmen resource orient.tm consortium of companies - European Edison Technologies GmbH, MMEC ...

Since January 2018 the EU project PANBioRA is developing a modular system for a comprehensive risk assessment of biomaterials. The instrument will be able to compare different biomaterials and help doctors to choose the best suited material for a patient before implantation. Another function of the system is the risk assessment of new biomaterials (synthesized or obtained by modification of known biomaterials), which might have unforeseeable interactions with the immune system.

Amazon enlisted an army of Amazon fulfillment center employees to tweet nice things about the working conditions in its warehouses.

Last year, Amazon enlisted an army of fulfillment center employees to write positive comments about working in its warehouses. They are called "FC Ambassadors." More »

The UK acknowledged its first defeat by Iran when it released the Iranian super tanker “Grace 1” captured by 30 Royal Navy commandos in the first week of July in response to a US request, as the Spanish Foreign …