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AZ Alkmaar were given a big scare by Viktoria Plzen on Wednesday but they progressed to the Champions League third qualifying round after a 3-1 win in extra-time. Follow Football-Oranje on Twitter Arn

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 A.M.) – Two citizens were killed and others were wounded on Thursday, in a clash that took place in Khaldeh, south of the capital Beirut, while the army intervened and managed to arrest a number of its participants.

EXCLUSIVE: The England off-spinner was on loan at Headingley twice last year, first for four County Championship matches, then for six games in the T20 Blast.

White House celebrates purchase of new rapid tests, with the president expected to tout deal in speech at the final night of the Republican National Convention

Earlier this month, a Los Angeles charter school teacher did a simple thing to show solidarity with the movement against systemic racism in policing—she wore a T-shirt that reads “I can’t breathe.” The result? White people lost their damn minds. For the mere acknowledgment that Black lives do in fact matter, this…

PIIE President Adam S. Posen responded to the US monetary policy strategy updates Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell announced at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on August 27, 2020. He welcomed the Fed’s decision to adjust its inflation goal, a medium-term strategy that reflects the...

With the revamp of its monetary policy framework, the Federal Reserve has subtly but clearly shifted its priorities away from inflation to employment. Like other pivots its 107-year history, this one comes in response to a changed world.

Gap Inc. said second-quarter results improved meaningfully compared to the first quarter, with online sales nearly doubling year-over-year.

The company has been working on inclusion for years, but the death of George Floyd sped up their efforts.

Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus’ “Midnight Sky” is the top debut.

Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee has canceled plans to have US Vice President Mike Pence give its commencement address on Saturday, citing concerns over violent Black Lives Matter protests and riots in nearby Kenosha.
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Workers at some of the largest companies in the U.S. won't be coming back into the office for several months.

The 65-year-old prime minister has visited Keio University Hospital twice in the past two weeks, telling reporters that he was undergoing tests to maintain his ...

Bill & Ted Face the Music was going to include a return appearance by the late George Carlin as Rufus, but the CGI would have been too expensive.

The couple stayed in $1,000-a-night hotels and visited the Louvre on a trip over two days in 2018. Costs were recently unearthed by HuffPost.

The Islamic State (IS) reported on its fighters in Mozambique capturing the port city of Mocimboa da Praia following a major offensive and discussed the threat they pose to nearby gas projects in a Naba 249 exclusive.

The horribly squidgy world of tiny tots and giant cannibals will call us back for Little Nightmares 2 on the 11th of February, 2021, Bandai Namco announced today. The first game was wonderfully unpleasant and yup, the puzzle-platforming horror sequel looks it too. We’ll be playing as a new wee kid this time, with our […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows again did not meet her request to increase the cost of the White House's coronavirus stimulus offer to $2.2 trillion.

Financial institutions should help the beleaguered tourism industry by alleviating operators' debt service burden for three years and encouraging businesses to maximise capability for a future revival, says a former tourism and sports minister.

Christchurch fibre broadband network provider, Enable, now has over 120,000 local homes, businesses and schools connected to its fibre broadband network. It urges anyone not on fibre broadband yet to switch, so they’re not left behind or stuck ...

CNBC.com's MacKenzie Sigalos brings you the day's top business news headlines. On today's show, CNBC's Contessa Brewer breaks down how the disaster response to Hurricane Laura is complicated by Covid-19 safety protocols. Plus the latest on today's suspenseful TikTok drama, and CNBC's Bob Pisani explains how the the unbalanced stock ownership levels in America help the rich get richer.

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In late summer 2011, a few years after she was launched into the white-hot international superstardom and not too long before she and her “Twilight Saga” co-star Robert Pattinson broke up for good in 2013, Kristen Stewart dropped $4.8 million on a glassy, Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects-designed contemporary tucked into a discreet Malibu enclave that’s come back up for sale at $9.5 million. Tax records show the home is technically owned through an opaquely... Читать дальше...

Kim Yo-Jong is daring President Moon Jae-In to use his new powers to achieve his forty-year dream of uniting the Koreas and she appears to be winning.