For people worried about the state of the iconic Great Barrier Reef, the past few weeks have offered little cause for cheer. Several recent surveys have documented that the planet’s largest living structure is undergoing its worst coral bleaching on record, with up to 93 percent of the reef suffering from some level of damage.
Anime aficionado Alexandra Purdey admits she never thought she would get into cosplay.
Uncontrolled forest fires force evacuation of some 8,000 oil-sands workers late Monday, nearly two weeks after more than 80,000 other people fled blazes that destroyed part of a nearby town in Western Canada’s Alberta province.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Canadian retailer Hudson's Bay Company says it plans to open up to 20 new stores in the Netherlands over the next two years, creating thousands of new jobs in a nation recently hit by the…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Canadian retailer Hudson's Bay Company says it plans to open up to 20 new stores in the Netherlands over the next two years, creating thousands of new jobs in a nation recently hit by the closure of a major chain of stores.
72 percent of the patients had not been vaccinated.
Shawn Price
LOS ANGELES, May 17 (UPI) -- The director and co-writer of "Iron Man 3" said he had to change his film's female villain role to male because Marvel wanted to increase toy sales.
A new phone app allows women to get to know their own anatomies.
|||Newcastle - Oh vagina, how do I name thee? Let me count the ways.
From private parts to lady bits, clunge to chuff, fanny to minge, yoni to yum yum, the list of names given to female genitalia is seemingly endless and often verging on the ridiculous.
With vaginal metaphors and euphemisms depicting female genitalia as scary, ugly or off limits, it’s not surprising a large number of women and girls... Читать дальше...
Australia's Reserve Bank surprised market participants by almost ruling out any large-scale loosening of monetary conditions, as the nation's economy has become more resilient to the challenges it is facing amid the recovery in commodity prices, resulting in the strengthening of the Aussie dollar and signaling a possible end to the "currency wars."
The Ohio spending comes as the billionaires have distanced themselves from the presidential race and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and focused, at least for now, solely on protecting the Republican-led Senate and House.
Oklahoma City Thunder centre Steven Adams apologises for referring to the Golden State Warriors as "quick little monkeys".
– A nursing mother in Lagos was electrocuted while trying to cross an expressway – Her one-year-old child survived the tragic incident – The family lamented the inaction of the government on the issue Yewande Busari, a 24-year-old nursing mother has been electrocuted in Lagos but miraculously, her child strapped to her back survived. According […]
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Honderdduizenden Syriërs zitten volgens Artsen zonder Grenzen door het vluchtelingenverdrag tussen de EU en Turkije gevangen in een levensgevaarlijke oorlogssituatie. Turkije laat ze niet toe en Europa kijkt de andere kant op. De hulporganisatie roept premier Mark Rutte in open brief met klem op maatregelen te nemen.
Drie bomaanslagen in de Iraakse hoofdstad Bagdad hebben dinsdag aan zeker 63 mensen het leven gekost. Er vielen meer dan 120 gewonden, meldden bronnen bij de politie en medische diensten.
The announcement comes as a report questions the Kochs’ commitment to politics.
Mohammad Namous, Syrian Independent Media Group
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- In war, civilians do whatever they can to survive. Nowhere is that more evident today than in Syria, which is in its sixth year of a civil conflict.
A majority of Republican voters trust Trump over Ryan to lead the GOP according to the NBC News/SurveyMonkey tracking poll.
Donald Trump has inflicted a dark night of the soul on many conservatives. As the GOP establishment slowly coalesces around the presumptive nominee, the foot soldiers of the movement face an agonizing dilemma: whether to line up behind a candidate many members view as a ideological heretic or to stay true to their principles and […]
When Google's AI beat the world's Go champion 4-1, it stirred a certain sadness in many people. But the reality is the technologies at the heart of AlphaGo are the future. So it's a time to be excited not scared.
WE WRITE and talk about football as if it’s life or death. But when it’s revealed Jarryd Roughead faces another cancer battle, it makes everyone take a step back, writes Mark Robinson.
First, get a credit card. Then follow these five steps.
Banks keep saying over and over that arbitration proceedings, as opposed to class-action lawsuits, are the best way for consumers to handle disputes.
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