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Find out the best- and worst-case scenarios for the USMNT during Sunday's 2016 Copa America group-stage draw.

Firefighters were called to a bar in Patos, Brazil to reports of an aggressive monkey with a kitchen knife chasing men.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans said Thursday that the fastest way for President Barack Obama to obtain money to combat the spread of the Zika virus is to tap leftover funding from the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans said Thursday that the fastest way for President Barack Obama to obtain money to combat the spread of the Zika virus is to tap leftover funding from the 2014 battle against Ebola. The White House responded later Thursday with a statement saying that when it submits its Zika request in coming days, it will also seek the flexibility to use leftover Ebola fuinds to combat Zika and other infectious diseases. The letter from Appropriations Chairman Rogers identified... Читать дальше...

Boss Louis van Gaal blames Murphy's law for Manchester United's 2-1 first-leg defeat by FC Midtjylland in the Europa League.

TBH, we should have seen this coming.

The root cause of a weakened economic recovery is a dramatic slowdown in labour market growth rates around the world, according to Ruchir Sharma, head of emerging markets and global macro at Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Het Openbaar Ministerie (OM) verwacht in de zomer strafrechtelijk bewijs rond te hebben met wat voor Buk-raket MH17 is neergeschoten, en wat de exacte plek was waar de raket is afgeschoten. Dit meldt hoofdofficier Fred Westerbeke in een brief aan nabestaanden, stelt RTL Nieuws op basis van bronnen.

Some 150 Kurds have been burned alive in different buildings by Turkish military forces, as government’s offensive on mainly Kurdish southeastern provinces brings new victims, a member of the Turkish parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, Feleknas Uca, told Sputnik.

Tech giant defends privacy by refusing to give in to government order to hack its own phones

Despite its pacifist constitution, Japan plans to play a larger role in "global defense and security." The move comes amid pressure from the United States, and likely won’t sit well with Japanese citizens already fed up with the administration’s new military adventurism.

Unlike last year, when NBA teams went trade-crazy in the last possible minute, this season’s trade deadline passed with little action.

Descubre al pequeño insoportable que llevas dentro.

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If current trends continue, half the world’s population (almost 5 billion) will be nearsighted in just over three decades, with one-fifth of those expected to have a significantly increased risk of blindness, a new study reports.

That’s a seven-fold increase in nearsightedness (or myopia) from 2000 to 2050, and despite the condition becoming so rapidly prevalent, scientists still can’t agree on what’s causing it. It would be easy to link our obsession with... Читать дальше...

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If current trends continue, half the world’s population (almost 5 billion) will be nearsighted in just over three decades, with one-fifth of those expected to have a significantly increased risk of blindness, a new study reports.

That’s a seven-fold increase in nearsightedness (or myopia) from 2000 to 2050, and despite the condition becoming so rapidly prevalent, scientists still can’t agree on what’s causing it. It would be easy to link our obsession with... Читать дальше...

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A reported sale of Russian combat aircraft to Iran would violate a UN arms embargo if it occurred without advance UN Security Council approval, the US State Department said on Thursday.

Russia's RIA news agency on Wednesday reported that Russia will this year sign a contract to sell a batch of its Sukhoi Su-30SM multi-role fighters to Iran.

As the United States and five other major powers negotiated the July 14 nuclear deal with Iran, the six agreed to maintain a... Читать дальше...

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A reported sale of Russian combat aircraft to Iran would violate a UN arms embargo if it occurred without advance UN Security Council approval, the US State Department said on Thursday.

Russia's RIA news agency on Wednesday reported that Russia will this year sign a contract to sell a batch of its Sukhoi Su-30SM multi-role fighters to Iran.

As the United States and five other major powers negotiated the July 14 nuclear deal with Iran, the six agreed to maintain a... Читать дальше...

Following her Grammy performance cancellation from a bout with bronchitis, several dates of Rihanna's Anti tour, initially scheduled to begin at...

Wolves make no moves, enter the season's final 28 games with the same team that has started the season 17-37

ATLANTA - The Atlanta Hawks let the trade deadline pass without making any major deals.

FC Augsburg 0 Liverpool 0: Jurgen Klopp's side come away from Europa League tie with clean sheet, but can't find away goal

He even had his own cushion and was often treated by commuters on their way home.