Tehran and Kiev discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas sector, including creating a joint oil and gas company during the visit of the Ukrainian foreign minister to Iran, a source in the Iranian Petroleum Ministry told Sputnik on Tuesday.
– Senator Ben-Murray Bruce is trending on Twitter after he alleged that he was barred from greeting President Muhammdu Buhari – This time, his common sense did not make a lot of sense to majority of Nigerians – Some said the integrity of his common sense was at stake as some senators denied his allegations […]
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HONG KONG (AP) — European stock were down slightly on Tuesday but Wall Street was expected to rise on the open after an upbeat U.S. report on consumer spending and as investors come back from a long weekend.
HONG KONG (AP) — European stock were down slightly on Tuesday but Wall Street was expected to rise on the open after an upbeat U.S. report on consumer spending and as investors come back from a long weekend.
Official figures showed consumer spending in the U.S. rose 1 percent in April, the largest amount in more than six years, led by a big jump in purchases of autos and other durable goods. The strong gain for consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, is a good sign that the economy is doing better in the current quarter after nearly stalling out at the start of the year. Chinese stocks jumped on speculation that global stock benchmark provider MSCI may include yuan-denominated... Читать дальше...
The European Union reached an agreement Tuesday with some of the world's biggest social media firms, including Facebook and Twitter, on ways to combat the spread of hate speech online
Threats to trade Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda to the Islamic State group should be taken seriously said Syrian journalist Tarik Abdul Hak. Yasuda is reportedly being held by the al Nusra Front, a group that has pledged its allegiance to al Qaeda.
With 360 million posts, comments and likes, this year`s tournament drove the highest level of conversation Facebook has measured for any IPL season.
BROWNSON, Neb. (AP) — Two tornadoes have been spotted on the ground in the southern Panhandle of Nebraska.
'We have much to learn from the dead', says Lyle Shelton is a blog post.
Hamilton, 26, who lost her left arm in a shark attack off the coast of Hawaii when she was 13, finished third in the World Surf League's Fiji Women's Pro as a wildcard entry.
ActewAGL boss Michael Costello has slammed Mr Jones' claims as "completely false".
StemCells Inc. said Tuesday it would wind down the company after it ran out of money for its spinal cord injury mid-stage trial. The stock was halted in pre-market trade, at a value of $3.03. The company said it had about $5.5 million in cash and cash equivalents as of Tuesday but that "it is possible that there will be no liquidating distribution to stockholders." Cash distribution to shareholders will depend on the amount of liquid assets, known and unknown liabilities and the cost of the wind down, the company said. Читать дальше...
Two Yazidi women have been rescued from Islamic State in Fallujah during an ongoing Iraqi offensive to retake the militant stronghold.
The truck’s driver was not hurt.
About 3,700 people have fled militant-held regions of Iraqi Fallujah city amid new offensive of Iraqi forces to regain control of the area, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday.
The world champion said the team must become "more united than ever before" in an attempt to ward off growing threats from rivals.
These wars should produce a veritable flood of stories — and we should welcome the deluge.
A former Miss Turkey has been convicted of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a social media post. Merve Buyuksarac, 27, has been found guilty of insulting a public official and given a 14-month suspended sentence by a court. She will be sent to jail if she does anything that qualifies as “reoffending” in the next five years.