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Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said Ankara needed to "clean up" its state institutions after the "outrageous" coup attempt.

The frantic cry still haunts Monica Meeker. It punctured the darkness as she and her husband lay in bed at the end of a fun-filled day celebrating daughter Camilla’s third … Click to Continue »

The mother of a 10-year-old schoolgirl crowned this year's Child Genius intervened to secure her daughter's place in the final but has faced criticism for being "too pushy".

NEW CASTLE, Ind. — Inmates are secured at an eastern Indiana county jail after officials say they started a fire to try to disable locks and access a common area. Henry County Sheriff Richard A. McCorkle told The Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/2au5XhW ) no one was injured in the fire about 2 a.m. Wednesday at the

Humana Inc. reported earnings for the second quarter Wednesday, which rose to $636 million, or $2.06 per share, from $793 million, or $2.85 per share in the same period a year ago. Adjusted earnings-per-share were $2.30, compared with the FactSet consensus of $2.21. The company's "consolidated revenue," which includes investment income, rose to $14.0 billion from $13.7 billion. The FactSet revenue consensus was $13.6 billion. Humana said it would not host a conference call this quarter nor does it expect to do so for future quarters... Читать дальше...

Are you ready to rock? On Wednesday night fans will get a chance to catch their favorite country crooners belt out some twangy tunes during the 2016 “CMA Music Festival” — a four-day event that was previously filmed for TV when the Nashville festival took place in June. The three-hour ABC special, which is set to air on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 8 p.m. EDT, will be hosted by singers Brett Eldredge and Thomas Rhett.

An Emirates Airline flight from India caught fire after making an emergency landing at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday, but all 300 passengers and crew escaped from the burning fuselage, authorities said.

MOSCOW — The mayor of the Russian city of Yaroslavl on Wednesday was found guilty of soliciting bribes and sentenced to 12 ½ years in a high-security prison — an unusually harsh verdict. When he was arrested in 2013, Yevgeny Urlashov was the only opposition mayor of a major Russian city. He was elected a

– Mikel Obi says he will not be leaving Chelsea this summer – The Super Eagles captain believes he will have a contract extention – Mikel admits it will be a tough task for him getting a place with the Blues Super Eagles Captain Mikel Obi has denied rumours about leaving Chelsea for China and […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Strategic Command said it detected North Korea's launch of two Rodong intermediate-range ballistic missiles and one of them exploded right after launch. "U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) systems detected w

A years-long Pakistani land dispute pitting the military against the civilian government is culminating in one seemingly simple question: Should the field where Osama bin Laden's compound once stood be turned into a playground or a graveyard?

After four rocky years as a publicly traded company, SolarCity may now be wading into an equally uncertain future.

Office vacancy rates in Brisbane have hit a record high, thanks in large part to two major CBD buildings being completed in the past six months, as the city continues to feel the pinch of oversupply.

A record 256 horses are entered for British Champions Day at Ascot in October for the finale of the Flat racing season.

Dallas PD posted photos on their Facebook page Tuesday.

National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shaun Abrahams has warned people who do not vote that they cannot complain about lack of services.

MasterCard Inc. said on Wednesday 80% of its consumer credit cards in the U.S now have EMV chips, which the company said represents an 88% increase in chip card adoption since the last year's Oct. 1 chip card liability shift. The shift put the responsibility for fraud on merchants if customers have a chip card, but they don't use it. Chip cards, primarily when used with a pin number, are a more secure payment method than magnetic stripe. MasterCard also said it has 1.7 million chip-active merchants on its network... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — In another win for cable cord-cutters, Time Warner has become the latest media company to invest in streaming service Hulu. The move could boost the viability of an online TV service that Hulu is expected to launch next year as an alternative to cable TV. Time Warner Inc., which owns HBO, TNT

The vast majority of the passengers on board — 225 — are from India. Twenty-four are from the UK, 11 from the United Arab Emirates, and 6 from the US, Emirates said in a passenger manifest statement.

After hearing about the increase in news reports of gun violence and firearms-related crimes in his home state of Colorado, the US based teen Kai Kloepfer decided to build a 'smart gun' that would prevent accidental shootings, thefts, suicides, and wrongful use.

The value of the digital currency plunged more than 20 percent after news of the theft broke. Nearly 120,000 bitcoin were stolen; it's not clear who took the currency or how.

Farage’s favourite excluded because he submitted nomination 17 minutes late

Drie komen er vanuit Almelo, de rest uit Lyon, Salamanca en Madrid. Een hele groep vrienden reist morgen vanuit allerlei plekken in Europa naar Porto, om donderdag samen de wedstrijd van Heracles in Arouca mee te maken.

Girl group Lovelyz are tasked with encouraging South Korean soldiers to quit smoking.

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