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Knesset Reporter Lahav Harkov tells us which candidates are getting Israel's attention.

The prosecution will call its final witness in former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi's sexual assault trial in Toronto, after announcing Friday it would have to disclose additional evidence to the defence.

The Denis Hurley Centre plans to build a clinic this year to assist destitute people living in Dalton.

Encouraging England, Scottish errors and an unexpected draw. Jeremy Guscott reviews the weekend's Six Nations action.

Film-maker Gurinder Chadha says her new film "subverts the genre" of movies about the British Raj.

Cam Newton had a special season in 2015, winning the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award and emerging as a run-pass threat the likes of which we’ve never seen in the history of football. And yet quarterbacks are remembered for what they do in the Super Bowl, and Newton’s Super Bowl is going to be remembered…

Taylor Swift to perform at Grammy Awards 2016

The Wild is looking for ways out of a 1-10 stretch.

Three things to watch in the GOP primary in New Hampshire; today on the campaign trail; and more of the biggest news stories and exclusive features from Washington on politics, policy, financial regulation and defense.

Names on the move ahead of the open.

Swedish defense officials warned Sunday that Russia's growing military ambitions in the Arctic Circle were threatening the Nordic nation's peace and could even result in an attack within a few years, Defense News reported. Russia has been building up a military presence in the region for several years, and NATO confirmed last week that Moscow carried out exercises with Tupolev Tu-22M3 bombers in 2013 that simulated an attack on Swedish defense installations.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — A newly released study found that every dollar put into the Alaska Marine Highway System has double the economic benefit to Alaska. According to the study, the ferry system is responsible for 1,017 jobs and indirectly responsible for 683 jobs, which would be for people employed by businesses benefiting from state ferries. Gov. Bill Walker said in an announcement Thursday that he was "surprised to learn just how widespread the economic impacts are, accounting for 1,700 Alaska... Читать дальше...

The City of Joburg has spent R1bn on unauthorised, irregular and wasteful expenditure in the past financial year alone.

The Fed will likely raise rates more than the market expects as inflation ticks up, BAML's Michael Hanson says.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration says it's having difficulty filling the open positions at more than a dozen airports across Alaska. Several factors have been attributed to the TSA's hiring challenges, including the rural locations of airports and Alaska's high cost of living, The Alaska Dispatch News reported (http://bit.ly/1Q4Hvas). TSA officials say they have increased efforts to attract potential candidates by raising pay to account for Alaska's cost of living and offering more full-time positions.

Seeing the sunset through the confetti, Manning looks primed for next chapter.

The American Legion has asked the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to "cease and desist" from using the organization's emblem in campaign fliers. A Feb. 1 letter from the American Legion obtained by The Associated Press warns that "any further communication about it will be through our trademark attorney in the appropriate forum."

A dog that is something of a local celebrity is wheeled off in a buggy by a mystery woman, sparking a hunt for the animal's return.

A 40-year-old man is suing the Mpumalanga farmer that shot him in the neck on 2001, leaving him permanently wheelchair-ridden.

Opposition parties in West Bengal today slammed the Trinamool Congress government and the police for detaining a youth in Jalpaiguri district for criticising a local TMC councillor in a Facebook post. Parties like BJP and CPI(M) branded the TMC as 'intolerant' while the TMC said none was arrested in Malbazar for a Facebook post.

Ed Adamczyk
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Haitian President Michel Martelly stepped down from his position, completing his term but leaving the impoverished country without a successor.

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner G Kumar Naik announced the date for by-election to fill the vacancy for 158 Hebbal Legislative Assembly Constituency on Monday.