London newspapers The Times and Daily Mail have delivered a huge boost to Sputnik's Edinburgh news operation after publicizing its journalism, leading to a rush of job applications by reporters looking to join the Russian agency.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The melanoma drug vemurafenib activates proteins in skin, which researchers at the University of California Los Angeles say could help speed wound healing.
Justin Trudeau says it is an "incredible pleasure" to attend this year's Vancouver Pride parade. The prime minister marched in the parade with his wife and children
TOKYO, Japan - A panel of Japan's education ministry unveils its proposed curriculum guidelines in Tokyo on Aug. 1,...
Et tout le monde n’est pas content.
L'équipe américaine masculine de basket-ball a décollé direction les Jeux olympiques de Rio.
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Après un match pré-olympique contre le Venezuela, plusieurs coéquipiers se sont tapé une barre et ont fait un karaoké de la chanson de Vanessa Carlton A Thousand Miles.
En fait, Kyrie Irving et Jimmy Butler sont exactement comme nous –à cela près que ce sont des athlètes olympiques multimillionnaires. Читать дальше...
Authorities have arrested the driver of a semitrailer that was involved in a fiery crash that killed five people in western Nebraska
Amazon is developing noise-cancelling headphones that will automatically turn off when it senses certain ambient sounds like sirens, car horns, or someone shouting your own name. CNet reports that the company was recently granted a patent for the technology that was filed back in 2014, which means they've been working on the invention for a…
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The recent financial crisis underscored the need to teach children about personal finance. You can reinforce the lesson by taking them on a visit to a bank and setting up a savings account for them at a young age, so they can put money in and watch the balance grow.
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OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested the driver of a semitrailer that was involved in a fiery crash that killed five people in western Nebraska.
OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested the driver of a semitrailer that was involved in a fiery crash that killed five people in western Nebraska.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have arrested 11 people suspected of smuggling dozens of migrants across the border to EU-member Hungary.
Real estate agencies, lawyers and notaries are scrambling to close the sale of homes across Metro Vancouver before the 15 per cent foreign buyer tax comes into effect Tuesday.
German international set to seal switch to Premier League.
Another day, another man policing a woman’s clothing and body.
Three weeks ago, Bina Ramesh went to Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ to celebrate her 22nd birthday. When she tried to re-enter the park after grabbing something from her car, she was told by a male security guard that she’d need to replace her “inappropriate” shirt. The shirt in question? A grey v-neck with a blue bralette underneath (pictured above).
The controversy over Donald Trump’s attacks on Captain Humayun Khan’s parents continues to roil the presidential race, and Sen. John McCain has now released a statement condemning the GOP nominee’s recent behavior.
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ENSCHEDE - Een meisje van 10 jaar oud is maandagmiddag op de Buursestraat in Enschede aangereden, terwijl ze haar hond aan het uitlaten was. Het kind is met onbekend letsel per ambulance naar het ziekenhuis gebracht. De hond is na de aanrijding weggerend en wordt op dit moment gezocht.
[...] while Zika is in the spotlight, there are other bugs and health problems that Olympic athletes and spectators should keep in mind. Health experts say the most likely cause of death or serious harm to travelers everywhere is injuries from car accident, falls, crime or other mishaps. [...] that's not what's on the minds of people headed to the Olympics, said Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels, associate director of Tulane University's travel medicine clinic in New Orleans. [...] for mothers-to-be, the... Читать дальше...
Yuriko Koike is the first woman to be elected governor of Tokyo, and will take the helm for four years as the city prepares to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Here is what you need to know about the 64-year-old politician. Photo: Getty Images
Tesla Motors bought the SolarCity energy company in a $2.6 billion deal.
Team Australia had their laptops and shirts stolen during a small basement fire in Rio's Olympic Village.
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Online piracy has shifted from peer-to-peer downloads to illegal video-streaming sites when accessing film and TV content, according to a study from piracy tracking company Muso.
The study tracked global traffic from 14,000 of the largest piracy sites, consisting of over 141 billion visits across 200 million measured devices. Читать дальше...
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Apple might not be growing anymore, but it still sells a lot of iPhones, and makes a lot of money. It's hard to comprehend the $7.8 billion in profit that Apple made last quarter.
Programmer Neal Agarwal has put together an addictive web app showing just how big Apple is — and how much money it makes per second.
Many of these stats are publicly reported by Apple, but other stats Agarwal seems to have interpolated and extrapolated from publicly available data points. Читать дальше...
Nothing appeals more to investors than being able to invest like big endowment funds, investment banks and hedge funds.