A woman was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan on Monday and another man has been found alive trapped inside more than 48 hours after a deadly earthquake struck, officials said.
The big stage of Super Bowl 50 seemed so perfect for Cam Newton. He seemed like he wanted all the attention.
Daniel J. Graeber
ZUG, Switzerland, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Rig company Transocean said Monday its contract for the Discoverer Deep Seas rig in the Gulf of Mexico was canceled nine months early.
Since 1964, three election years—1980, 1992 and 2008—have posted a higher unemployment rate in November than January, the first and third as the result of a recession. So as you track the latest poll numbers, keep an eye on the jobless rate, too.
Beth Tweddle has surgery to fuse fractured vertebrae in her neck following a fall during a reality television programme.
More people have made it to outer space than accomplished this crew's mission: rowing 3,807 miles, nonstop, across the Atlantic Ocean.
Twitter users went into meltdown over weekend, using the hashtag #RIPTwitter to vent their fury at reports of changes to the service.
She's called Chen Mingyu - a name loaded with symbolism
'Jeremy Hunt has done this. He is driving away a whole generation of doctors.'
Apollo Education Group to be taken private for $1.1 billion
BEIRUT-- Libya's disintegration into civil war following the 2011 uprising has had its neighbors worried about a domino of violence. Tunisia, which borders Libya on the northeast, has decided to minimize the growing threat of cross-border raids and terrorist infiltration by dealing with it in the same way suburb dwellers around the world deal with nosy neighbors: They built a barrier.
Tharadjyne Orisma
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Vanessa Hudgens continues to mourn the loss of her father.
Apollo Education Group will be taken private as it is acquired by a group of investors for $1.1 billion. The investors will pay $9.50 in cash per share, which is 30% above the company's 30-day volume weighted average stock price for the period ending Feb. 5, 2016. Tony Miller, chief executive of The Vistria Group, one of the investors, will become chairman of the board for the Apollo Education Group once the transaction is completed. The other investors included Apollo Global Management, LLC and Najafi Companies. Читать дальше...
Rechargeable lithium metal batteries offer better energy storage capabilities than today's workhorse lithium-ion technology that are used in our smartphones and laptops.
Apollo Education Group will be taken private as it is acquired by a group of investors for $1.1 billion.
A day before two court cases which could define her legacy start‚ Corruption Watch launched a campaign to ensure that Thuli Madonsela’s replacement as public protector upholds the office as a “cornerstone of South Africa’s democracy”.
The already depleted Sri Lanka team on Monday suffered another blow with left arm fast bowler Binura Fernando being ruled out of the T20 series against India after sustaining a hamstring injury.
The already depleted Sri Lanka team on Monday suffered another blow with left arm fast bowler Binura Fernando being ruled out of the T20 series against India after sustaining a hamstring injury.
Seven members of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, were detained in central Russian city of Yekaterinburg, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday. The members, who were arrested Sunday, had planned to travel to Syria after carrying out attacks in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Sverdlovsk region, where Yekaterinburg is located.
A dispute between three companies is being played out at the Durban High Court over the rights to the Playboy trademark.
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Apollo Education on Monday said it has agreed to be taken private by a group a investors in a deal valued at about $1.1 billion.
The pressure of thousands of migrants could push the country back towards an exit from the euro zone, analysts Eurasia Group have warned.
European stocks fell to a 16-month low Monday, extending last week’s slump as investor sentiment was dampened by falling bond yields and crude oil prices declined another 2 percent after a meeting between OPEC producers Saudi Arabia and Venezuela provided no indication that the countries would take measures to boost prices. Germany’s DAX was the biggest loser, down 2.4 percent, while the French CAC 40 declined by 2.29 percent and London’s FTSE 100 was down 1.76 percent. The pan-European Stoxx 600... Читать дальше...
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A small college in Moorhead is facing criticism from some students and alumni after announcing plans to make cuts in foreign languages.
(AP) — A small college in Moorhead is facing criticism from some students and alumni after announcing plans to make cuts in foreign languages. Some students and alumni accused the school of turning against one of the core parts of a liberal arts education, and posters mocking the decision were soon found on campus.