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Amid talk that the oil-rich countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) enjoy a certain immunity to low oil prices—at least enough to keep the big boys of OPEC from becoming desperate enough to cut production—Gulf stock markets are not immune, and they’re falling right along with oil—hard and fast.

Since crude oil prices started their downward spiral in mid-June 2014, the Saudi Arabian TASI has dropped 39 percent, the Dubai Financial Market General Index... Читать дальше...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — After saying goodbye to several stars before the NHL trade deadline, the new-look Carolina Hurricanes got off to a good start with some unexpected help.

NEWARK, New Jersey - After saying goodbye to several stars before the NHL trade deadline, the new-look Carolina Hurricanes got off to a good start with some unexpected help.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — After saying goodbye to several stars before the NHL trade deadline, the new-look Carolina Hurricanes got off to a good start with some unexpected help.

A goofy comedy about mermaids and a fantasy starring a "monkey king" have propelled China's box office to a massive $1 billion monthly haul that eclipsed sales in North America for the first time.

A goofy comedy about mermaids and a fantasy starring a “monkey king” have propelled China’s box office to a massive $1 billion monthly haul that eclipsed sales in North America for the first time. Chinese theaters took in a record 6.87 billion yuan ($1.05 billion) in February, the official state news agency Xinhua reported. That compares with $797 million in North America, where 20th Century Fox’s “Deadpool” delivered a strong ...

After a month of preliminary skirmishes, the 2016 presidential primaries have finally reached states with non-trivial numbers of people in them. Texas was by far the biggest state participating in Super Tuesday, but a number of midsized states — Georgia, Massachusetts, Virginia, Tennessee — all larger than any of the four states that have already voted, were also in the mix.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Nederlanders hebben vorig jaar 449.000 nieuwe auto's gekocht, 16 procent meer dan in 2014. Daarmee groeit de autoverkoop harder dan gemiddeld in de Europese Unie. In de hele EU werden 9 procent meer auto's verkocht.

Kashmiri cultural organization honoured city-based artist for his contribution in the field of art.

LIVE: Donald Trump has dominated Super Tuesday, but he still has one massive problem. Here are all of today’s results.

If the racial tension underlying the 2016 presidential race could be distilled into a single cable news moment, this was it. On Tuesday night, CNN contributors Van Jones and Jeffrey Lord became locked in a fiery and emotional debate that served as a microcosm of the national discussion over racial divisiveness and the increasingly negative […]

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is back on Earth. Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov landed late Monday night in the Kazakhstan desert, NASA and Russian mission control said. Kelly could be seen pumping his fist and giving a thumbs up after being hoisted from the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that brought the trio […]

Donald Trump knows how to get everyone's attention. But at his Super Tuesday press conference, Chris Christie, who recently endorsed Trump, stole the show on Twitter.

Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with a Russian cosmonaut who shared his whole space station journey.

Now that Nebraska has secured Kansas for a home-and-home series in men’s basketball in 2016 and 2017, look for the Huskers to add more opponents from the Big 12 Conference.

The Holmen High School boys basketball team absorbed swing after swing from Ashland, but found a way to survive them Tuesday in a WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal game.

With victory slipping out of reach at Sacramento’s Sleep Train Arena, Rabb directed his teammates to “just feed me down low.” With two regular-season games left, Cal’s 6-foot-11 freshman has just recently grown comfortable again raising his voice on the court. By the time he exited with 18 points and 10 rebounds, the likely NBA lottery pick was the target of a “one more year” chant from the student section. “As a freshman, learning how to lead, it’s a process,” said head coach Cuonzo Martin, who has No. Читать дальше...

The benchmark Sensex continued its post-Budget rally for the second straight day by zooming over 431 points to get past the 24,000-mark on Wednesday in anticipation of policy easing by RBI amid positive global markets.

“I’ll be very honest with you, a lot of people warned me against doing what I did.”

NEW YORK - As warning labels go, the small salt shaker emblems that began showing up on some New York City restaurant menus recently are fairly unobtrusive, but each is supposed to carry a powerful message. If the black and white logo appears next to a dish, it means it contains more salt, by itself, than doctors recommend that a person ingest in an entire day.

NEW YORK (AP) — As warning labels go, the small salt shaker emblems that began showing up on some New York City restaurant menus recently are fairly unobtrusive, but each is supposed to carry …

NEW YORK (AP) — As warning labels go, the small salt shaker emblems that began showing up on some New York City restaurant menus recently are fairly unobtrusive, but each is supposed to carry a powerful message. New York has, for years now, been trying to attack chronic health problems like obesity, diabetes and hypertension by warning consumers about the hidden dangers in the food they eat. Eight years ago, it began requiring chain restaurants to post calorie information on their menus, reasoning... Читать дальше...

SOCCER

CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Friday at Valley College

Girls' Division 3: #5 Sotomayor vs. #6 Verdugo Hills, 4:30 p.m.

Boys' Division 3: #1 Canoga Park vs. #2 Arleta, 7 p.m.

Saturday at Sotomayor

Girls' Division 5: #1 Harbor Teacher vs. #3 Community Charter, 10 a.m.

Boys' Division 5: #4 Community...

Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders showed his campaign still has signs of life on Tuesday, as he notched four wins in his favor.