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Great art can’t be rushed. And Lorde has been working on something “great.” The New Zealand-born alternative pop artist has finally...

ZAANDAM (ANP) - Ahold heeft afgelopen kwartaal een hogere omzet en winst gehaald dan een jaar eerder. De resultaten verbeterden daarbij in alle markten waar het onlangs met het Belgische Delhaize gefuseerde supermarktconcern actief is.

If you want to meet a shepherd who also likes Edward Hopper because of his light, you will have to journey to Sardinia. At one point the Mediterranean was a smaller, though not less turbulent world, and the tradition of shepherding comes from ancient Palestine, amongst other places. The Adoration of the Shepherds of course derives from the Nativity. Talking about art and shepherding Giotto was a shepherd. Shepherds not only herd goats and sheep, but some like Salvatore Porcu, the shepherd from Bosa with the interest in Hopper... Читать дальше...

Jurgen Klopp hopes to draw on the experience of past Liverpool managers and oversee a sustained period of success at the club.

A national organization promoting Sept. 11 as a day of public service and remembrance is asking presidential candidates to stop campaigning and running political ads on the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks.

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In the long and tortured history of the modern music industry, digital distribution platforms have been either saviors or saboteurs — sometimes both at once — depending on who’s doing the recounting. Now, a year after taking the plunge on a contentious new strategy that involved releasing music exclusively to individual streaming services in advance of wider rollouts, one of the industry’s largest players is reaching for a parachute. Universal Music Group... Читать дальше...

It’s uncanny really.

Tyra Hunt is a 17-year-old high school senior from Kentwood, Michigan.

Twitter: @TyraaHuntt

Hunt said that she didn’t want to have her picture taken in the kindergarten photo, so she had to be coaxed into smiling by her mother. Since then, the photo has sat in her living room because her parents find it so funny.

Twitter: @TyraaHuntt

Hunt bought a hoodie that matched her old one... Читать дальше...

While several celebrities took a dig at Piers, Virender Sehwag – who has been in news lately for his brilliant tweets, didn't waste the opportunity and shut him down with two tweets.

BM Commerce School, which has nearly 1,200 students, perform the pooja and garland the picture of Edward Jenner, the UK physician who discovered the first vaccine for small pox way back in 1796.

– The APC governorship primary election in Ondo state has been delayed – It has been rescheduled to the end of the month The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo state has postponed its governorship primary election originally scheduled for Saturday, November 27. Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, the party’s publicity secretary, has made the announcement in a statement issued on Wednesday […]

Murray & Roberts has decided to dispose of its infrastructure and building businesses.

Investment and property holding company ARB gained on the JSE after the company released a double-digit growth in profit before interest and taxation.

South Africa’s consumer price index slowed to 6% year on year last month from 6.3% in June.

Blue Label Telecoms is planning to extend its global footprint of touch points amid significant demand for the delivery of multiple prepaid products and services.

BidCorp shares shot up more than 6% in early trade on Wednesday after the company reported a 32.5% increase in headline earnings per share for the year to end June.

Telkom boss Sipho Maseko says the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa must be accountable for its actions.

Eskom insists that it complied with the process of the National Nuclear Regulator in its application for the nuclear installation site licence in Thyspunt and Duynefontein.

Chief financial officer Anthony Thunstrom says The Foschini Group is on a growth trajectory.

Hospitality Property Fund believes the acquisition of 10 hotels from Southern Sun Hotels will provide it with exciting future growth prospects.

South Africa will one day receive almost all of its energy from renewable sources, writes Pierre Heistein.

The rand slumped and stocks tumbled as the stand-off between Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and the Hawks intensified.

Defensive end Phillip Napoleon was a little nervous when he heard the news that Oregon State coach Gary Andersen was going to take on the defensive line position coach duties.

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Online retail sales in the UK experienced 18.7% YoY growth during July 2016, the highest since November 2014, notes Ecommerce News citing IMRG Capgemini’s Sales Index.

However, e-commerce sales in July were down 0.4% when compared to the prior month, while the average order value decreased by 2.6% against June 2016 figures. The decrease in the... Читать дальше...

A 29-year-old Frenchman is charged with the murder of 21-year-old British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung at a hostel in Australia.

The death toll from a 6.2-magnitude earthquake early Wednesday and several aftershocks in central Italy climbed to 247, the civil protection agency announced early Thursday. The earthquake devastated three towns in the region sparking urgent search and rescue efforts for those trapped in the rubble.