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Khazir (Iraq) (AFP) - Islamic State group fighters were shaving their beards and changing hideouts in Mosul, residents said, as Iraqi forces moved ever closer to the city Wednesday and civilians fled in growing numbers.

Reached by AFP inside Mosul, several residents said the jihadists seemed to be preparing for an assault after recent advances on the eastern front brought elite Iraqi forces to within five kilometres (three miles) of city limits.

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(ATTN: RECAST headline, lead with updates; ADDS para 2-3) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling and opposition parties urged President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday to take sincere steps to address allegations that her close

WikiLeaks revelations continue to dog Democrat two weeks ahead of election

Apple shares fell Wednesday as the company’s outlook for the holiday quarter didn’t satisfy investors’s heightened expectations.

A group of Ukrainian hackers has released thousands of emails from an account used by a senior Kremlin official that appear to show close financial and political ties between Moscow and separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine.

Kim Kardashian has started filming again for the new season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians after taking a break from the limelight after her Paris robbery earlier this month. An E! spokesperson told Just Jared, “Full production has resumed on Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” A spokesperson previously told JJ that production had been [...]

The Russian Defense Ministry said it had not asked Spain for refueling the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier currently en route to the Mediterranean.

A 50-year-old woman was lucky to avoid serious injury after a vagrant shoved her into the side of an oncoming subway train in Manhattan.

The National Senior Certificate examinations (NSC) in Gauteng commenced on Wednesday with no disruptions or any paper leakage reported across the province‚ according to the Gauteng education department.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Residents say fighters linked to the Islamic State group have seized an ancient port town in Somalia's semiautonomous northeastern state of Puntland.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Residents say fighters linked to the Islamic State group have seized an ancient port town in Somalia's semiautonomous northeastern state of Puntland.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Residents say fighters linked to the Islamic State group have seized an ancient port town in Somalia's semiautonomous northeastern state of Puntland.

These three companies are "cheap," but is any actually worth owning?

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Writing an email isn't so hard, but figuring out how to sign off can be a real challenge.

Is "cheers" too casual? Too pretentious? Too British? Is "sincerely" timeless and professional, or stodgy and overly formal?

Perhaps, as Matthew J.X. Malady persuasively argued at Slate, we should just call the whole thing off and ditch the email closer altogether.

But as anyone who has sat staring blankly at a screen, weighing "best" vs. "all best" vs. "all the best" knows... Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Democrats say a GOP appeals court judge faces a monumental conflict of interest if elected to the state Supreme Court next month because his father is Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Democrats say a GOP appeals court judge faces a monumental conflict of interest if elected to the state Supreme Court next month because his father is Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.

Farage attacks probe as internal report tries to draw line under the confrontation

Just because the economic expansion has been long doesn’t mean it is getting long in the tooth.

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A therapy that focuses on parents' communication skills may have lasting benefits for young children with autism, a new clinical trial suggests.

The soup everyone should make when the weather turns cold, from Lynne Rossetto Kasper of public radio's The Splendid Table.

SEATTLE (AP) — A trial set for next month will weigh whether coal dust that spills into waterways from passing BNSF coal trains violates environmental law.