Music by rockers the Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac, jazz greats Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong and singers Blondie and Roberta Flack will be enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Recording Academy said on Wednesday. Tania Willis reports.
Music by rockers the Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac, jazz greats Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong and singers Blondie and Roberta Flack will be enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Recording Academy said on Wednesday. Tania Willis reports.
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Around 55 Iranian military personnel have been killed in Syria's civil war, Israeli intelligence believes, and a think-tank close to Israel's spy services said the toll is undermining support among Iranians for Iran's actions in Syria.
Nov 19 (Reuters) - Shares of media mogul Barry Diller's Match Group Inc, the owner of popular dating site Match.com and mobile app Tinder, jumped as much 16 percent in their market debut on Thursday, valuing the company at $3.34 billion.
Day 2: The first day started off at 7 am, while some of us were still walking in our sleep. However, the lethargy was soon swept away as we heard some sweet sounding machines heading our way. We soon figured that there was a Kawasaki Ninja ZX10r, a Triumph Street Triple and a Suzuki Hayabusa which […]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolinians who suffered losses during last month’s rains and flooding have only two weeks left to register for government grants or loans.
Egypt's president says his country has taken "many measures" to step up security at its air and sea ports following the Oct. 31 crash of a Russian airliner and that it will not stop until all sources of concern are...
American travelers who carry in wads of cash while visiting to Cuba will now have a debit card option.
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 19 (Reuters) - South African coal miner Exxaro Resources has cut its planned capital expenditure for expansion over the next five years by 13 percent as it expects commodity prices to weaken further, it said on Thursday.
LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The global stock market sell off in late summer was one of the most dramatic bouts of risk aversion in recent history, with only the 1987 crash and 2008 crisis triggering greater cross-border selling, Barclays said on Thursday.
Leaders of 21 Asia Pacific countries condemned all acts of terrorism, including the recent attacks in Paris and Beirut, and called for increased global cooperation to prevent such menace from derailing growth in the region. They were, however, silent on South China Sea dispute. US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, jointly stressed “the urgent need for increased international cooperation and solidarity in the fight against terrorism” in light of recent atrocities in Egypt and Paris... Читать дальше...
Game Saturday (Smart Araneta Coliseum) 3:30 p.m. – FEU vs Ateneo (FEU twice-to-beat) Game Sunday (Smart Araneta Coliseum) 3:30 p.m. – UST vs NU (UST twice-to-beat) With La Salle out of the Final Four for the first time since 2011, focus has shifted to two central figures of the Green Archers – star forward Jeron Teng and coach Juno Sauler. Following their stinging loss to the Far Eastern University Tamaraws last Wednesday, talks swirled with regard to the status of Teng. Will he return for his final tour of duty next season or not? Читать дальше...
Pokwang looks forward to celebrating her first Christmas with boyfriend, American actor Lee O’Brien.
Paris – Medicine’s final line of defense against deadly disease has been breached, raising the specter of a global epidemic, scientists say, after finding bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics. The discovery could herald a virtual return to the Dark Ages, with doctors unable to control common germs like E. Coli, rolling back centuries of medical progress. “These are extremely worryingly results,’’ said Liu Jian-Hua, a professor at China’s Southern Agricultural University and co-author of a new study. Читать дальше...
CHILE PRESIDENT Michelle Bachelet As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, ‘I want to be like you one day, I want to be a doctor.’ Now, they tell me, ‘I want to be president just like you.’ All of us can dream as big as we want. CHINA PRESIDENT Xi Jinping Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable... Читать дальше...
Expect monstrous traffic jams today as attending world leaders and other foreign delegates begin their exodus out of the country after what authorities described as successful hosting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings. This early, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued an apology to commuters and motorists to what is expected to be a Part 2 of “carmaggedon” due to series of lockdowns as part of the security protocols for departing leaders and delegates of APEC. “Please... Читать дальше...
More than being an entitled, self-obsessed, spoiled, coddled, and cosseted bunch, the Millennial generation is a collaborative generation. A clear one-up on the fiercely competitive Baby Boomers and Gen X slackers. Millennials—LinkedIn, always online, and masters of the “art and science” behind a single powerful, shareable status message—are always ready to engage friends, families, classmates, acquaintances, and followers (aka strangers) in meaningful, even trivial shared experiences. Millennials... Читать дальше...
President Aquino leaves for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this afternoon for his attendance to the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and is expected to be back by Sunday night. It will be President Aquino’s last attendance to the ASEAN Summit as President of the Philippines. At the ASEAN Summit, President Aquino is expected to push for the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. “The Philippines cannot overemphasize... Читать дальше...
Games Today (Smart Araneta) 4:15 p.m. – Globalport vs Alaska 7 p.m. – Talk ‘N Text vs NLEX Defending champion and current leader San Miguel Beer will have company before the day is through. How many depends largely on the NLEX Road Warriors. A four-way tie at second place will be dissolved today when three of those teams see action in the Smart Bro-PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, the first time games will be held at the Big Dome since Oct. 28. SMB leads the way with a 4-1 win-loss... Читать дальше...
(Reuters) - Shares of Square Inc, the mobile payments company co-founded and still run by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, rose as much as 64 percent in their market debut, offering hope to tech startups hoping to go public.
BERLIN/MAINZ, Germany (Reuters) - After years of feeling insulated from militant Islamist threats, Germans are worrying that they too could be subject to attacks like those suffered last week in Paris.
Nov 19 (Reuters) - Shares of Square Inc, the mobile payments company co-founded and still run by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, rose as much as 64 percent in their market debut, offering hope to tech startups hoping to go public.
For this decision, a U.N. agency has decided to take its time.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the United States to allow convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to return immediately to Israel upon his upcoming release from a federal prison, a pro-government Israeli newspaper...
Two British citizens who spent years in prison for funding acts of terror should be deported to Britain, a Hungarian court said Thursday.