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LONDON - Hurricane-force winds and huge waves are battering Britain's coastline as the country is soaked by a winter storm.

Danny Jones made the claims from prison.

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Not all alternative investments are riskier than stocks, and some asset classes are more easily understood than others.

JOHANNESBURG - A South African university suspended two white students for painting their faces in what it called a "blackface" incident deemed to be racially offensive. One of the students, however, said they were dressing as purple space aliens for a party with a galactic theme.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African university suspended two white students for painting their faces in what it called a "blackface" incident deemed to be racially offensive. One of the studen…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African university suspended two white students for painting their faces in what it called a "blackface" incident deemed to be racially offensive. One of the studen…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African university suspended two white students for painting their faces in what it called a "blackface" incident deemed to be racially offensive. "Stellenbosch University condemns all forms of racism and discrimination and acknowledges the severe negative impact of the pain and trauma experienced by students, staff and members of the public," the university said. In 2014, two white students at Stellenbosch University were accused of racism after painting their faces... Читать дальше...

It was not a very social Super Bowl. Conversations on Facebook and Twitter about the big game appear to have declined from 2015, the consequence, perhaps, of a limp game between two smaller-market teams.

American analyst and academic William Dunkerley has harshly criticized the so-called 'Litvinenko Report', Britain's governmental inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

Passengers onboard the MS Anthem of the Seas were forced to stay in their rooms as the ship got caught in 30ft waves

Hedge funds are betting the next bond sector to crack will be the $4.5 trillion market for the safest U.S. corporate debt. Some see evidence of problems that won’t be confined to areas such as energy and junk bonds.

Officer Robert Rialmo shot and killed Quintonio LeGrier after Rialmo claims the teen swung a bat at him. A stray bullet hit and killed Bettie Jones, 55

It is unknown whether there was pudding in it at the time.

A video was published Monday showing the pro-government Syrian National Defense Forces (NDF) undergoing training in the city of Latakia.

In a bid to start their agitation for OBC quota, members of All India Modern Jat Mahasabha on Monday started their Sad budhi Anshan, chain hunger strike outside the SDM office in Narwana.

Eskom issued a notice to interrupt bulk electricity supply to Madibeng, with the municipality reportedly owing over R22m in unpaid bills.

The British army will test its ability to deploy forces on a massive scale during an exercise in Jordan this month, a British newspaper has reported.

A leopard broke into Vibgyor High in Marathahalli, India and injured two people in the ensuing 10 hour drama as officials tried to capture it. Locking the feline in one of the classrooms didn't work - as it managed to push its way through the flimsy mesh covering the windows. The leopard could be seen skulking through the school on CCTV cameras, and attacking people by the pool after it had been darted. Video posted to YouTube by news .videos.

A fan who bombarded BBC presenter Alex Jones with tweets declaring he was in love with her is banned from any contact with her.

The US-led coalition against Daesh conducted 10 airstrikes in Syria and Iraq targeting the terrorist group’s infrastructure, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press release on Monday.

The Broncos have been Super Bowl champions for less than 24 hours, but time waits for no man and no team. Las Vegas has already started looking ahead to next season and they’ve installed three teams as favorites to follow the Broncos as the top team in the NFL. The Westgate SuperBook in Vegas has…

MOSCOW — Russian actress Liya Akhedzhakova, 77, panicked when she got a telephone call last month from a man offering her $10,000 to record a short video in support of Ramzan Kadyrov, the feared head of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya. “I started to shout and put down the phone,” Akhedzhakova, a star of Soviet-era comedies, said of the incident. The caller — whose number showed him to be from Tolyatti, a car-manufacturing town on the Volga river — rang her back three times before finally giving up.

Patients left paralysed by injury or illness could be back on their feet again, thanks to a breakthrough by Melbourne researchers who have designed a revolutionary bionic spine.

European shares have plunged to 16-month lows, extending an aggressive sell-off, was investors shed risky assets on persistent concern over the pace of growth. Grace Pascoe reports.