Indigenous groups in Ecuador on Thursday seized eight police officers in the capital Quito during a tense stand-off amid violent protests over rising fuel prices. The uniformed officers, including a woman, were put on display at the city's House of Culture, where indigenous groups from around the country taking part in the protests are camped.
Brands large and small don't understand "Amazonspeak." A growing group of former Amazon executives are happy to guide them — for a price.
Last month, the company said paid speech was different. This month, not so much.
Norway, a NATO ally of Turkey, announced Thursday it was suspending all new arms exports to the country after Ankara launched a military offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. "Given that the situation is complex and changing quickly, the foreign ministry as a precautionary measure will not handle any new demands for exports of defence material or material for multiple uses... to Turkey," Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide said in an email sent to AFP.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire is creating a state office dedicated to outdoor recreation in hopes of both expanding that industry and using it to attract young workers to other sectors.
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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Thursday after talks with Britain's Boris Johnson that he believed the EU could strike a divorce deal to allow Brexit on October 31. "I think it's possible for us to come to an agreement, to have a treaty agreed to allow the UK to leave the EU in an orderly fashion by the end of October," he said, but added: "There's many a slip between cup and lip.
The opposition Congress in Tripura on Thursday demanded an inquiry into a Facebook post that purportedly showed Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's teenaged son holding a Light Machine Gun (LMG). Senior Congress leader Subal Bhowmik said the police did not take any step as the person concerned is the son of the chief minister. "During Durga Puja, the chief minister's son was seen roaming around with a gun. A photograph showing him holding a gun has also gone viral on social media. This could be dangerous for the people. Читать дальше...
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London, 10th October 2019
Netstar IT Support, one of London’s leading IT Support companies, was recently shortlisted for ‘Technology Provider of the Year’ at The British Business Awards 2019.
The British Business Awards event, now in its fourth year, is the leading celebration of the UK’s small business sector, recognising the nation’s best sole traders, micro businesses and small companies – as well as the services providers and advisers that support them. Читать дальше...
Two businessmen tied to efforts by President Donald Trump's lawyer to get Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son were charged Thursday with campaign finance violations in the US. The charges relate to a $325,000 donation to a political action committee supporting Trump's reelection. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman i, associates of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested on a four-count indictment that includes charges of conspiracy, making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and falsification of records. Читать дальше...
CHICAGO — Exelon says in a new public filing that it and its electric utility, ComEd, have received a second federal subpoena asking about lobbying in Illinois and communications with a state senator whose offices the FBI recently raided. The Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday says last week’s subpoena “requires production of records of
US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles won her 16th world championship gold medal and fifth all-around title in Stuttgart on Thursday. Biles, 22, earned the 22nd world medal of her career, leaving her just one short of the all-time record, having already won team gold with the USA on Tuesday. Chinese teenager Tang Xijing, 16, took silver and Angelina Melnikova of Russia claimed bronze in the all-around event.
Earlier on Thursday, the president said that he is not satisfied with the 2015 Minsk Agreements, as he does not agree with the order of the steps stipulated there
The SportsLine projection model has a pick for the clash between Tennessee and Mississippi State. Here are the results:
MG Motor India launched its maiden car in the domestic market Hector SUV on June 27 but halted temporarily the bookings on July 18 due to high demand and also avoid long- waiting period.
The home team batsmen quell the challenge posed by Rabada & Co. to post a comfortable 273 for three on the opening day
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Security, Americas
There would likely be a cry for vengeance.
Key point: Aircraft carriers are strong, but they are not invincible.
Various defense pundits, scholars, and journalists have spent a considerable amount of digital ink debating the various threats to America’s carrier fleet while avoiding a more central question.
In the cliché phrase of our time: Are carriers too big to fail?
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When he took over as the chief of the RSS, Bhagwat was just 59, the youngest Sarsanghchalak the RSS has had
She scaled the structure in minutes.
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The Amaoti home of former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede and luxury cars from her co-accused in the Durban Solid Waste tender scandal were among the assets seized by authorities.
He had notched up a career-saving, unbeaten 304 against Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy
A preseason game went on as scheduled in Shanghai, if lacking some of the normal pageantry. But it left lingering questions about how the league could handle its ongoing China crisis.
Jal Shakti Minister flags off rafting, canoeing expedition from Devprayag to Bakkhali
Boeing Co said Thursday that airlines had inspected 810 of the company's 737 NG jets around the world, and found 38 structural cracks requiring repair and replacement.