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Companies are draining their own funds with continued share buybacks that are diverting funds that could be used to spur growth.

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers on Wednesday approved new multinational reinforcements to beef up defenses of frontline alliance members most at risk from Russia, the alliance's secreta…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers on Wednesday approved new multinational reinforcements to beef up defenses of frontline alliance members most at risk from Russia, the alliance's secreta…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers on Wednesday approved new multinational reinforcements to beef up defenses of frontline alliance members most at risk from Russia, the alliance's secreta…

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A UN report detailing the "massive and systematized" violence perpetrated by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against his own people "shatters the notion that the regime is somehow a lesser evil" than the Islamic State.

That is according to Emile Hokayem, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, who said Tuesday on Twitter that the report is "inconvenient" for those who argue that Assad should stay in power for the sake... Читать дальше...

Maddie Ziegler, the star of the new Capezio Ballet Makers Inc. advertisement. She's been making a big mark on the dance world since starring in Lifetime's "Dance Moms" reality series. Now she seems unstoppable as she tackles acting. Her first film, opposite Naomi Watts will be released this year.

Ben Hooper
ZALEC, Slovenia, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A town in Slovenia announced it is moving forward with plans to build a nearly $400,000 fountain that dispenses drinkable local beers.

Fresh attempts to ban wild animals from travelling circuses could be thwarted.

Full build-up followed by live updates and post-match reaction from the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, with Gary Neville's Valencia already 7-0 down to Barcelona on aggregate

Many people are keen to have a place to display their prized possessions, but are uncertain when it comes to composition.

More than 200 children required medical attention across northern parts of the country on Wednesday, hours after being administered pills under a nationwide deworming programme organised by the Union health ministry.

-David Venn, managing director, Spectranet Ltd predicts Nigeria will no longer pay for calls or SMS in 2019 -The expert predicts this development will be influenced by the fast growing usage of social media applications The managing director, Spectranet Ltd., David Venn, on Wednesday said Nigerians would no longer pay for calls and Short Message Services (SMS), […]

Why the results from New Hampshire don't tell us much about the Democratic nomination contest.

The chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has stipulated in a filing yet to be made public that the executive summary of a scathing Senate report on the CIA's former interrogation program is accurate.

Calls to break up AIG seem less convincing as interest rates fall and the more diversified company outperforms some peers.

The stuff of art — be it altered books, cut paper, found photographs, cast lead crystal or video — is pulled to the foreground in Seager Gray Gallery’s group show “Material Matters.” The loose theme of the third annual exhibit that looks at artists and their favored materials is generous enough to encompass a variety of work, from Jane Rosen’s patinaed bronze hoof sculptures to Joe Brubaker’s wood tribute to Louise Nevelson. Barbara Wildenboer of Cape Town, South Africa, shreds pages into explosive... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Only about 4 percent of North Carolina's more than 150 charter schools are on a financial watch list tracking taxpayer money going to the non-traditional public schools. State Department of Public Instruction officials said Wednesday there are six charter schools with financial problems severe enough that they are receiving taxpayer money on a month-to-month basis.

Tehran has released provocative new photographs and video of the US sailors who were detained in the Persian Gulf hours before President Obama’s State of the Union Address last month, after they strayed into Iranian waters.

The resumption of Geneva negotiations should be preceded by the cessation of Russian airstrikes in Syria, head of the Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee, Riyad Hijab, said Wednesday.

Ben Hooper
RUFFORD, England, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Guinness World Records confirmed a British resort broke a world record with a 3-foot, 4-inch tall stack of pancakes.

Most of us realize we need to be on our best behavior while traveling by air.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Italy is ready to help Iraq, which is negatively affected by the low oil prices.

Police have arrested 17 people and seized drugs, cash and weapons in two days of raids on Rebels bikies on the NSW Central Coast.

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