The U.S. invitation allowing China to participate in the upcoming Rim of the Pacific maritime exercises off Hawaii appears to be holding — even as American accusations fly that China is militarizing the South China Sea, while China maintains America has no business “provoking the new maritime order.”
National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete says she is shocked to hear that a member of the bench had attributed rape to a particular race.
In the joint statement, the two said: "While we were honest about our few differences, we recognize that there are also many important areas of common ground."
Watch a film clip from "Money Monster," starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Jack O'Connell. Photo: TriStar Pictures
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan say their meeting left them "totally committed" to working together.
British number one Johanna Konta is beaten in three sets by Misaki Doi in the Italian Open third round in Rome.
Dinesh Sharma, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Most Americans believe in the exceptionalism of our nation. But when it comes to electing a female president, the United States is not exceptional.
A video has emerged online which shows a SAudi Arabian family therapist offering advice regarding wife beating, it has been reported. The video by Khaled Al-Saqaby was reportedly recorded earlier this year but was translated and released by the Washington DC-based Middle East Media Research Institute last month. In his video, Al-Saqaby says he is Read the full article...
After the Seahawks signed former TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin as an undrafted free agent, coach Pete Carroll said that he saw some of Russell Wilson in Boykin’s style of play and said he liked the idea of having a backup that could “maintain continuity” in the offense. During an appearance on PFT Live Wednesday, General…
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) stopped short of endorsing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump after a closed door meeting on Tuesday. Addressing reporters, Ryan said he and Trump had a “very positive” and are committed to unifying the party. … Click to Continue »
The Futures Now team discusses the crude trade, with Jim Iuorio, TJM Institutional Services, and Bill Baruch, iiTrader senior strategist.
If you live in Nigeria, then you would know some of the annoying things the guests who visit you do. Gone were those days when children looked forward to receiving certain guests in their homes because the goodies they would pack for them. Even then, there were some guests that became pests; these guests overstay […]
Читать дальше...(ATTN: RECASTS 13th para; ADDS photo) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL/HIROSHIMA, May 12 (Yonhap) -- More than seven decades after America's nuclear bomb fell on Hiroshima, Japan, the once-devastated city now symbolizes people's fervent aspirations for peace --
A reports finds the Youth Justice Board failed to act on dozens of complaints about Medway Secure Training Centre.
Gassy cows account for a good deal of the methane — a powerful greenhouse gas — generated by livestock farming. Danish researchers think feeding cows oregano might help rein in the bovine burps.
– Some Nigerian women cheat because their husbands cannot use their ‘devices’ – Others who spoke cheat as their husbands do not stay at home always In Nigeria, just like in other African countries, it is believed that infidelity is mostly an exclusive preserve of men, but many married women also engage in it, findings have […]
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Brazilian social media is out of control right now.
On Thursday, Brazil’s senate voted to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. Rousseff will be suspended from the presidency and will face a trial. And vice-president Michel Temer, the 75-year-old head of the PMDB party, is to assume office while the trial takes place.
Here's a good explainer of what caused Brazil's current crisis.
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Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren says gradual rate hikes should continue perhaps at a pace not currently priced in by the market.
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Women with early stage breast cancer who turn to alternative medicine may delay recommended chemotherapy, a new study suggests.
Was John Sutter a trailblazing pioneer or a pedophile, slave owner and murderer?
Читать дальше...SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Thursday denied speculation that a delay in the U.N. Security Council (UNSC)'s adoption of a press statement to condemn North Korea's recent missile provocations is related to the joint military drills between S
Last month, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan spoke on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Info Wars radio show about how he thinks “...
Eurovision.tv visited Kaliopi, the contestant from F.Y.R. Macedonia in her dressing room during the singer's make-up session. Always funny, and in a good temper, Kaliopi answered some unconventional questions and said what make-up product she uses every day.
Researchers say that this dog species roamed the the coast of eastern North America and was a member of the extinct subfamily Borophaginae, commonly known as bone-crushing dogs.