Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was convicted of genocide and nine other charges Thursday at a U.N. court, and sentenced to 40 years in prison. The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal found Karadzic guilty of orchestrating Serb atrocities throughout ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week after three straight weeks of increases. The decline could be a spur to prospective buyers as the spring home buying season gets started.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week after three straight weeks of increases. The decline could be a spur to prospective buyers as the spring home buying season gets started.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage slipped to 3.71 percent from 3.73 percent last week. The average rate on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages eased to 2.96 percent from 2.99 percent last week. After the Federal Reserve's decision last week to keep a key interest rate unchanged in light of global economic pressures, prices of U.S. government bonds have risen sharply.
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It's not uncommon for a Cuban family to have close relatives who lost their lives trying to escape across the sea to America. Cuba has a long way to go - but this might be a start
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A late winter storm is battering central Wisconsin.
– Saraki said tolerance, harmony and better understanding of religious tenets will aid the fight against insurgency – Saraki congratulated NASFAT on its numerous achievements in its 21 years of existence Senate President, Bukola Saraki has identified tolerance, harmony and better understanding of religious tenets by adherents as long term solution to the problem of […]
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Saudi Arabia and the Houthis controlling part of Yemen have agreed to a "cessation of hostilities," the UN's special envoy to Yemen announced on Wednesday.
Seven alleged hackers were named in an indictment Thursday.
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The execution style killing of a leader of the Wild Coast anti-mining campaign has been condemned by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa.
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Though he’s a little busy playing Superman, Henry Cavill revealed on British late-night show “The Graham Norton Show” that he would be up for taking on another iconic character if the opportunity came up.
While on the show with his “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” castmates Ben Affleck and Amy Adams to promote the movie, Cavill was asked if he would consider taking over for Daniel Craig as James Bond. He didn’t shy away from his interest.
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Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic was just sentenced to 40 years in prison for Srebrenica genocide.
UN judges said on Thursday that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was ciminally responsible for the siege of Sarajevo and crimes against humanity in other towns and villages during the Bosnian war of the 1990s.
He was acquitted by The Hague tribunal of a first count of genocide in connection with the Bosnian municipalities, but judges have yet to rule on a... Читать дальше...
LONDON (AP) — The carnage in Brussels, accompanied by credible reports about a wider-than-expected network of Islamic State followers active in Europe, has sparked fresh debate in Britain about whether the island nation is made safer or more vulnerable by…
In October, 2014, Mohammed Hamzah Khan, a nineteen-year-old engineering student from suburban Chicago, was arrested at O’Hare Airport, where he planned to board a plane to Vienna and then continue to Istanbul, on the way to join ISIS fighters in Syria. Khan’s story remained in the local news for months, and eventually became the opening of the terrorism analyst Peter Bergen’s book “United States of Jihad,” in part because he seemed an unlikely radical: high-achieving, assimilated, a good kid.... Читать дальше...
Maria Zakharova, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, revealed the mystery surrounding a certain musical instrument that US Secretary of State John Kerry brought to Moscow.
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Sony announced a new venture on Thursday: It’s created a new corporation to bring PlayStation games to iPhones and Android smartphones.
The new corporation is called “ForwardWorks.” Once it begins its operations on April 1, the company will be in charge of leveraging “the intellectual property of the numerous PlayStation dedicated software titles and its gaming characters” to build smartphone apps.
ForwardWorks will be based in Japan, and at least at the outset... Читать дальше...