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The Harvard Undergraduate Council is offering applications for its UC Grants. The Undergraduate Council Grants are open to only officially acknowledged student groups in good standing with the Office of Student Life can apply for UC grants. Established in 1982, the Harvard Undergraduate Council is the delegate student government of Harvard College. Also referred to …

An Australian boy with dwarfism whose distress from bullying became a viral video will donate hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in donations to charity rather than a trip to Disneyland. The clip of nine-year-old Quaden Bayles showed him crying and repeatedly saying he wanted to die after being bullied at school, sparking an outpouring of support from […]

Britain's Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled in favour of green campaigners who oppose a third runway at London's Heathrow airport, Europe's busiest. The court said the UK government that had given the Heathrow extension the green light in 2018 had failed to take into account the Paris Agreement to limit climate warming.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek island residents went on strike for a second day on Thursday, stepping up protests against government plans for new migrant camps on five islands after violent clashes with

Wasim Jaffer, a domestic cricket giant, says unless the Indian batsmen build on their starts and put a big total on the board, bouncing back in the Test series against New Zealand will be extremely difficult. India were humbled by 10 wickets by the hosts in the opening Test as the pace trio of Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Kyle Jamison ran riot. "Virat has a lean patch for a while, so I am expecting him to come back stronger. Pujara needs some runs under his belt. Most importantly they need to convert their starts into three figures... Читать дальше...

India have been offered a good start with Mandhana and Verma putting up good scores in the first 10 overs, but the inability to make the most of the start by the middle order batters has let them down.

It's Amazon how much some people are making off cloud... about Jeffin' $40bn

Pakistan's fresh efforts to fight terrorism and promote security is "affording" the US to expand trade between the two countries and in the region, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has said after meeting the country's top leadership here. Ross was in Islamabad on Wednesday, a day after US President Donald Trump concluded his high-profile maiden visit to India, and called on Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Minister of Energy Omar Ayub Khan and others. Building on... Читать дальше...

Premier League leaders Liverpool have announced  record turnover of £533 million for the  year ending May 2019...

Irrfan Khan is returning to the movies with "Angrezi Medium" and his co-stars from the film -- Radhika Madan and Deepak Dobriyal -- are in awe of the actor's dedication towards his work despite health issues. In early 2018, Irrfan had revealed his neuroendocrine tumour diagnosis. The actor stayed away from the public eye as he underwent treatment in the UK. He started filming for "Angrezi Medium", a sequel to his hit "Hindi Medium", in April last year. Deepak, who had also worked with Irrfan on the 2017 film... Читать дальше...

Welp, Donald Trump promised to "open up libel laws" back when he was first running for President, and his campaign has now decided to test out some moronic theory of defamation in suing the NY Times over an opinion piece. Just to be clear upfront: the lawsuit is bad. It will not succeed and appears to have no intent to succeed. Instead, it appears to be almost entirely performative -- including the kind of text you'd normally see on a political website, rather than in a lawsuit filed by a serious lawyer. Читать дальше...

India on Thursday hit out at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for its statement on Delhi violence, saying the comments are factually inaccurate and misleading. Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also urged bodies like the OIC not to make irresponsible statements at this sensitive time. "The statements which have come out of OIC are factually inaccurate, they are selective, they are misleading. There is an effort on the ground, to restore normalcy, to create confidence," Kumar said. Читать дальше...

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The Government has published its negotiating guidelines ahead of talks with Brussels on Monday.

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News and Notes for Thursday, February 27, 2020

'The youths were laughing as they did it'

Regardless of how well we do, one thing's for sure – James Newman's entry and songwriting credentials will kick the door wide open for us

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been hit with some strict restrictions as they plan their new lives with son Archie in Canada, including a ban on using 'Royal' in their branding

Michael Bloomberg, who is staking everything on Super Tuesday, has been on a hiring spree in states like Virginia where he's building his ground game.

Interest in stem subjects drops off by age 15, but Microsoft's coding workshops wants to change that

FORMER X Factor star Emma Chawner showed off her incredible 13 stone weight loss 13 years after appearing on the show. The 30-year-old appeared on the show in 2007 when she was just 17 and then on a weight loss programme with her family presented by Lorraine Kelly in 2009. But Emma was motivated to […]

Nine restaurants were burglarized between Dec. 2019 and Feb. 2020 in Lincoln Park and on the Near North Side. | Sun-Times file photo

In each incident, someone broke into the front door of restaurants using a pry tool and stole property, police said.