BERLIN (AP) — The German government has approved a plan that will see operators of the country's nuclear power plants pay some 23.5 billion euros ($26 billion) into a fund to finance the storage of radioactive waste as Germany exits atomic energy.
NEW YORK — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are moving higher on Wall Street, led by energy companies as the price of crude oil climbs. Oil rig operator Transocean jumped 5.9 percent in midday trading Wednesday, the biggest gain in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index.
The Manchester United manager insists he will not stand for contradictions in the England national team's use of his young striker ahead of next summer's Euro U21 finals
NEW YORK — Visiting what remains of New York City’s original “Little Syria” neighborhood is a short tour that’s long on fascinating, largely forgotten history. “It’s a bit tricky to do a walking tour when in some senses there’s only one destination,” said Todd Fine, leading a tour earlier this month to coincide with the
The fashion company said the series is a "work of fiction."
The fashion company said the series is a "work of fiction."
Saints kicker Wil Lutz delivered the biggest kick of his young career to beat the Panthers last Sunday, and on Wednesday Lutz was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Lutz’s 52-yarder as time expired beat the Panthers in the weekend’s wildest game, 41-38. Lutz made five extra points and two field goals in…
Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, former US President George Bush Senior and former US Secretary of State James Baker agreed to work out the measures, possibly joint, to normalize the relations between the two countries, the Gorbachev Foundation said Wednesday.
In this photo by Niranjan Shrestha, Nepalese farmers take a lunch break while harvesting paddy in Chunnikhel, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. Agriculture is the main source of income and employment for most people in Nepal, and rice is one of the main crops.
ALMELO – Een uniek kijkje in de clubhistorie van Heracles. In het Stadsmuseum van Almelo vindt van 29 oktober tot en met 21 januari een expositie plaats over de geschiedenis van Heracles.
WASHINGTON ― Just over 1 million more people will enroll into health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act’s exchange marketplaces next year, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced Wednesday.
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This little nine-room 'bed and bar', cupped in a beautiful valley in the Catskills between three sets of mountain ranges, is a stylish wilderness camp for grown ups. Bonfires and barbecues are encouraged. The design is chic, rustic and minimal.
Quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott have been getting a lot of attention during the Cowboys’ five-game winning streak, but they’ve gotten help from a defense that’s been better than many people expected. One member of that defense has been recognized as the NFC’s defensive player of the week for Week Six. Defensive…
The United States is working with its coalition partners to prepare an offensive on de-facto Daesh's capital Raqqa in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The U.S. must reject isolationism, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen tells CNBC.
Steven R. McQueen has put out his last Chicago fire on Chicago Fire. At least for now. McQueen, who joined the NBC series following his The Vampire Diaries tenure, had his last episode on Tuesday,...
De PvdA vindt de nieuwe reclame van Heineken maar niets. De sociaaldemocraten zijn bang dat de spaaractie voor 'biertegoed' aanzet tot meer drinken.
AITUTAKI, Cook Islands — Swaying in a hammock hung from coconut trees, floating down a cyan-blue channel or swimming in a cloud of tropical fish, all I could think was, this place is too perfect to be real. Aitutaki consists of a handful of small islands encircled by a lagoon in the middle of the
Every Wednesday morning, beat writer Matt Vensel will share five Vikings stats that actually mean something heading into that weekend’s game. 13 — special-teams touchdowns for the Vikings since 2011 Since Mike Priefer was hired as special teams coordinator in 2011, no team has produced more touchdowns in that phase than the Vikings. Entering this season, the Vikings and the Eagles, Sunday’s opponent, were tied for the league lead with 11 special-teams touchdown over that five-year span. This season... Читать дальше...
A year since the start of the Russian antiterrorist operation in Syria, Sputnik asked Syrian parliamentary speaker Hadiyeh al-Abbas to assess Russia’s position on ending the conflict and restoring peace in her war-torn country.
The Melrose-Mindoro girls cross country team wanted a Dairyland Conference title this season, and they surged in the final stretches of last week’s conference meet to achieve the feat.
The Melrose-Mindoro football team had a list of goals coming into the 2016 season.
Along with all the issues of growing older, we humans deal with the color of our hair changing. Not all at once, of course, but somewhere in our age forties or earlier a few smatterings of gray pop up.