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In the great supermarket  race, Coles looks again to be leaving Woolworths behind.

The former WWE star also appeared in VH1 reality TV shows.

Home ice hasn't been an advantage this year in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Home ice hasn't been an advantage this year in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Nollywood actress Georgina Onuoha has found her way back to the Nigerian movie industry with the movie Ure following her absence after she was down battling an undisclosed illness for almost 10 years. In March 2016, she took to her Instagram account and shared details of the unpleasant incident about her health as she wrote: […]

O, the places you’ll smoke.

Watching the northern lights cascading over Aurora Village in the Northwest Territories.

Creative Commons / Flickr: gotovan

Creative Commons / Flickr: gotovan

Creative Commons / Flickr: gotovan

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Bow down, bitches

Seven police officers were killed while protecting health workers who were vaccinating children against polio in the Pakistani city of Karachi, authorities said. Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on the officers as they stood guard outside a house in the port city, local police adviser Ahmed Chinoy said. Speaking at a news conference, Ad Khawaja, […]

James Jay Carafano

Politics, Americas

Swapping soft power for hard power isn't a strategy.

There are smarter ways than “soft power” for the United States to outmatch its competitors for global influence. The next administration should focus on building competitive “power-niche capabilities”—deliverables focused on specific tasks and directed to achieve specific outcomes. This will give America, and its friends and allies, a much keener edge in the fight to preserve their freedom... Читать дальше...

Emily S. Chen

Politics, Asia

Beijing is already frustrated with Tsai—and she hasn't even taken office.

A little over a month before Taiwan’s next president, Tsai Ing-wen, takes office, cross–Taiwan Strait issues have found their way onto the main international stage. Meeting on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Washington, DC, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged U.S. President Barack Obama to “keep taking concrete actions” to help maintain cross-Strait peace. Читать дальше...

Robert W. Merry

Politics, Americas

O delegate, where art thou?

Let’s stipulate that there never was any solid evidence that John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay really stole the 1824 presidential election with a “corrupt bargain.” After the election was thrown into the House of Representatives, House Speaker Clay steered the chamber toward an Adams victory and subsequently got from Adams the best job in the country—secretary of state—for anyone wanting to be president. Did... Читать дальше...

In the Middle Ages, travelers brought home tales from all over the globe of wondrous and fantastic plants and beasts—but many of these travelers were just relaying stories they’d heard instead of things they’d actually seen. These stories, in turn, were written about by educated men who’d never traveled. And they were illustrated by artists who only had hearsay to go by. It’s no wonder they were completely misunderstood.

The Center for Rural Affairs brings the first of its series of learning circles for women farmers and landowners in eastern Nebraska to Robinette Farms in Martell on April 30.

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It’s fitting — practically poetic — that the man behind a show designed to bust stereotypes about the place of women in South Asian society (and in the world in general) is breaking stereotypes himself.

Prince Charles pays tribute in a radio broadcast and Prime Minister David Cameron leads a parliamentary homage on The Queen’s 90th birthday.

UBS and Macquarie are the latest forecasters to call the top for gold despite unsettled global equity markets and the possibility of a Brexit in Europe.

On April 21 1926, trade, steel and pay were all causing concern

On April 21 1926, trade barriers, steel and executive pay were all causing concern in Square Mile

Small cap investors will be taking a look at NetComm Wireless after its market value dipped more than 5 per cent following the completion of a $50 million share placement.

Today is the Queen's 90th birthday