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On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington state erupted, blowing the top off the mountain and killing 57 people.
A former number two at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is forcing the United Nations to confront one of the worst crises in its history: sexual abuse by peacekeepers ......
Two pubs in the Towns are offering Macmillan nurses a free roast dinner to thank them for their hard work.
FedEx Corp.'s planned $4.8 billion takeover of Dutch parcel company TNT Express NV will settle on May 25, ending a merger process that's been more than a year under way.
China aims to open up its lower-level airspace and boost infrastructure for small civil aircraft over the next five years, as part of a new plan to grow general aviation into a 1 trillion-yuan ($153 billion) industry.
[...] an impassioned Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the government was suing North Carolina for discriminating against transgender people. The laws are Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination by employers, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities. Adam P. Romero, a legal scholar at UCLA's Williams Institute, which does research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy... Читать дальше...
LONDEN (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Bierconcern SABMiller heeft in zijn eind maart afgesloten boekjaar minder winst geboekt dan in de voorgaande periode. Het bedrijf, vooralsnog de eigenaar van het Nederlandse Grolsch, kampte met oplopende kosten rond de voorgenomen overname door Anheuser-Busch InBev en bij zijn Afrikaanse activiteiten.
A look at what's happening all around the majors today:
A look at what's happening all around the majors today:
A look at what's happening all around the majors today:
Warning: This recap for the “Absolution” and “Ascension” episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. contains spoilers. Considering this is Ward’s third consecutive season finale as a bad guy trying to take down S.H.I.E.L.D. and there are probably plenty of people sick of his face, his fate is surprisingly moving. The “Fallen Agent” promised by the commercials isn’t a big surprise; Lincoln sacrifices himself to save the world from falling under the control of Hive. The Plot Daisy is quarantined as the team... Читать дальше...
Europe has suffered ten times worse than the US in terms of trade with Russia since the onset of anti-Russian sanctions, according to Stephen Szabo, the Executive Director of the Transatlantic Academy, and the “Western unity” remains crucial to the allies’ relationship with Moscow; however it will be seriously tested in the months to come.
Barclays Africa has told Barclays in the UK that it wants to include a sale of shares to black investors as part of the parent company's exit plan from Africa.
BEIJING (AP) — It lacks the building blocks of characters and a plot for now, but a Chinese-American studio hopes to turn the Tetris video game into a blockbuster movie.
BEIJING (AP) — It lacks the building blocks of characters and a plot for now, but a Chinese-American studio hopes to turn the Tetris video game into a blockbuster movie. The project is the first for the studio, a newly formed joint venture between Chinese entertainment investor Bruno Wu's Seven Star Works and producer Larry Kasanoff's California-based Threshold Entertainment Group, which produces live-action movies. "For our debut project, Threshold Global Studios will bring one of the most beloved... Читать дальше...
Google-owned navigation application Waze has begun testing a carpool feature that rolls near the home turf of Uber and Lyft.
AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Vakantiegeld wordt weer vaker echt uitgegeven, in plaats van dat het gebruikt wordt om te sparen of om schulden af te lossen. Dat concludeert het economisch bureau van ING op basis van een enquête onder tienduizenden respondenten.
The groom was too hurt in his pride to forgive and refused to withdraw the case and insisted on the divorce.