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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed on Wednesday German authorities for a temporary detention of Turkish Parliament Deputy Speaker Ayse Nur Bahcekapili at the airport in Cologne and threatened them with retaliatory measures.

(ATTN: ADDS key stock index's Wednesday finish in penultimate para) SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Yonhap) -- With a parliamentary vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye two days away, the glare of investor attention is focused on its outcome with a rejection more l

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O'Quinn had a strong game Tuesday.

ENSCHEDE - Alifa heeft woensdag haar vrijwilligers in het zonnetje gezet tijdens de Nationale Vrijwilligersdag. Zo'n 150 vrijwilligers schoven aan voor een stamppotbuffet bij restaurant La Roche.

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“Alice Through the Looking Glass” actor leads Will Smith and Channing Tatum in unflattering Forbes ranking On the heels of his contentious divorce settlement with Amber Heard, Depp has once again topped Forbes‘ annual list of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Ends Robert Downey Jr.'s Reign as Highest Paid Actor in the World [...] on the list was Will Smith, who has also suffered a string of box office misfires. “Concussion” failed to net the actor an Oscar nomination... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin says the Russian military should use its combat experience in Syria to further modernize its arsenals.

Jury selection was completed here early Wednesday in the federal murder and hate crimes trial of the self-avowed white supremacist charged with killing nine black parishioners last year at Charleston’s historic Emanuel AME church.

Australian entrepreneur and film producer Andrew Banks, who appears on the television series “Shark Tank Australia,” has cut a deal in Beverly Hills, selling his 10,522-square-foot home for $15.955 million.

The global population of polar bears is expected to decrease by more than 30 percent from the current number of some 26,000 during the next 35-41 years, because of climate changes that would result in melting of ice in the Arctic region, a new research showed on Wednesday.

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Science and technology historian James Burke once said, "Why should we look to the past in order to prepare for the future? Because there is nowhere else to look."

Burke wasn't referring to how we shop, but the sentiment fits. To understand the future of retail, we have to look to the past, and it shows that the key to influencing a purchase lies squarely with the point of transaction.

Now more than ever, both retailers and brands must be able to interpret consumer... Читать дальше...

The African National Congress has expressed outrage after a delegation from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) staged a mass walkout from parliament.

Iowa Gov. Branstad tapped to become U.S. ambassador to China Dec. 7, 2016, 7:43 a.m. This is our look at President-elect Donald Trump's transition and the outgoing Obama administration: Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's selection as ambassador to China seen as conciliatory gestureLos Angeles attorney...

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Netflix is doubling down on its original programming next year, Variety reports.

Original programming on the platform should hit 1,000 hours in 2017 — which is a conservative estimate, and more than twice the current amount — as the company works toward its stated goal of having originals account for 50% of its catalog.

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Inside a windowless concrete room in Cleveland, Ohio, scientists have built a tiny version of Hell on Earth.

Called the Glenn Extreme Environments Rig (GEER), the 14-ton steel chamber can faithfully recreate the toxic, choking, and scorching-hot conditions on the surface of Venus — a once-habitable twin of Earth gone very, very wrong.

Scientists at the NASA Glenn Research Center, where GEER is located, have been developing the project for the past 5 years and fired it up for the first time in 2014. Читать дальше...

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The music video has found a new life on YouTube.

The form once used to promote singles with rotation on MTV can now make or break an upcoming artist looking for a wider audience online. (The views even count toward artists' Billboard chart positions these days.)

YouTube has compiled the most popular music videos in 2016 on its platform. Fifth Harmony landed the top spot for its suggestive clip for "Work from Home," which has over a billion views, and Rihanna and... Читать дальше...

Small business owners have a variety of strategies for curbing the amount of time they spend reading and responding to emails, texts and social media posts. Here are some tips they shared:

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday that domestic crude supplies fell, but inventories of gasoline and distillates climbed more than expected. Crude stockpiles fell by 2.4 million barrels for the week ended Dec. 2. The American Petroleum Institute late Tuesday reported a decline of 2.2 million barrels, according to sources, while analysts polled by S&P Global Platts expected a fall of 1.7 million barrels. Gasoline supplies climbed by 3.4 million barrels and distillate stockpiles rose 2.5 million barrels... Читать дальше...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The corruption trial of the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president can go ahead next month after the United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday refused to order France to halt the prosecution.