De Amerikaanse president Barack Obama en zijn Russische ambtgenoot Vladimir Poetin hebben elkaar vandaag gesproken in de marge van de economische top van de G20 in het Chinese Hangzhou. Het gesprek ging over kernkwesties met betrekking tot de conflicten in Syrië en Oekraïne, zei een Amerikaanse zegsman. Het had een 'zakelijke toon' en duurde langer dan verwacht.
TOKYO — Global stocks rose Monday after a U.S. jobs report raised hopes the Federal Reserve will bide its time before raising interest rates. A stronger dollar helped push Japan’s benchmark higher. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.2 percent to 4,548.90 while Germany’s DAX added 0.4 percent to 10,726.12. Britain’s FTSE 100 inched
Telefonica on Monday registered its intention to float for a partial listing of its masts unit Telxius.
The Vatican church, or the Roman Catholic church, has a long and dark history of corruption and deception. From committing acts of outright genocide centuries ago against the Cathars, to sexually abusing children in more modern times, the church is certainly one of the most corrupt organizations in history. In the year 1611 the Bible was translated from Latin into English. Back then the Bible contained a total of 80 books and the last 14 books, which today have been excluded, made up the end of the Old Testament. Читать дальше...
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WASHINGTON, DC — North Korea fired ballistic missiles in violation of UN Security Council resolutions (again).
On Monday just after noon local time, the Hermit Kingdom launched three medium-range Rodong-class ballistic missiles from a region called Hwangju, according to South Korea's Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The North's most recent launch comes hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Park Geun-hye met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit meeting. Читать дальше...
For this week's trader poll, we want to know what investors should have done their homework on.
GDP outperforms even under eight months of caretaker government
HONG KONG — Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates won enough seats in a pivotal legislative election to retain veto power over the southern Chinese government’s proposals, setting the stage for a new round of political confrontations with Beijing, official results showed Monday. The big winners included a group of young candidates who took part in massive
The Coast Guard has suspended a search for two missing men after two bodies washed ashore.
The last time the Chicago Cubs won 100 games, Franklin Roosevelt was president, the U.S. had 48 states and night baseball was just arriving in the major leagues. That was 1935, when the Cubs went 100-54 before losing to Detroit in the World Series. This year’s team is on pace to reach that milestone and
Japan's Defense Minister has interrupted her visit to a military base due to the latest North Korean launch of ballistic missiles.
The Nedbank Ke Yona team coaches, Owen da Gama, Mike Mangena and Khabo Zondo, fielded a team which epitomised composure.
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FRANKFURT (ANP/RTR) - Volkswagen heeft in twintig lidstaten van de Europese Unie de consumentenwetgeving overtreden door zijn gesjoemel met de uitstootnormen van dieselauto's. Dat meldde de Duitse krant Die Welt op basis van bronnen bij de Europese Commissie.
Alleen zijn wetenschapsprogramma Galileo is hetzelfde gebleven. Voor de rest ziet het leven van Luuk Ikink bij RTL er totaal anders uit. De nieuwbakken Boulevard-presentator blikt tevreden terug op zijn vuurdoop.
The Seattle Reign winger took a knee as the anthem played Sunday night and said the decision was in support of the NFL quarterback
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AUSTIN, Texas -- The Longhorns turned to a tried-and-true strategy, man-on-man, stop-us-if-you-can, smash-mouth football with the game in the balance.
Police said they were treating the fires as 'suspicious'
NEW YORK — Billie Jean King’s plaque is a Pokemon Go stop at the U.S. Open. The picture of King, with her accomplishments listed in bronze, greets visitors in the walkway to the USTA facility in Queens that bears her name. She tweeted, “Have fun kids…and adults!” It’s been 10 years since the National Tennis
The latest update to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species has revealed both good and bad news for the animal kingdom. First, the good news. Thanks to an increase in available habitat, the population of giant pandas has witnessed a rebound over the past decade. As a result, the animal has been taken off the “endangered” list and is now listed as “vulnerable.”