Adam Goodes is not only being racially vilified through spectator jeering, the dual Brownlow medallist presents as a quintessential victim of bullying. A workplace relations legal expert with extensive experience in sport has urged the AFL and the AFL Players Association to deepen their condemnation of the scenario by adding the term "bullying" to their statements.
Crude oil is spiking.
On Wednesday morning, West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose nearly 3% in New York to as high as $49.50 per barrel.
Earlier, the Energy Information Administration reported a surprise drop in oil inventories by 4.3 million barrels in the week ending July 24.
On Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute reported that supplies fell by 1.9 million barrels, more than the estimate for a 700,000-barrel decline, according to MarketWatch.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 29 (UPI) -- The suicide bombing of a landmark Mogadishu, Somalia, hotel this week, in which at least 13 died, was caused by a German citizen of Somali origin.
And Cory Bernardi is the nation's heterosexual marriage warrior. Your news of the day, reduced to a snarky rant.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has served a notice on Rajasthan Government over reports of rape by a police officer at an outpost in Jhunjhunu.
The buzz of the crowd gathering inside the Rococo Theatre Tuesday evening could be heard from the corner of 13th and P in downtown Lincoln.
Melrose-Mindoro FFA members showcased their projects and skills at the recent La Crosse Interstate Fair.
Allison Burgau had her sights set on a strong finish at the national rodeo event this year.
The Jackson County Fair is set to kick off this week with new attractions and mainstay events to provide family-friendly fun.
A second-consecutive win for both actors would put them in elite Hollywood company.
My name's Savannah Graybill, I'm 27 years old, and I'm the new CEO of Adecco Group North America, a human resources solutions provider that employs about 5,000 people.
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Raises the spectre of an online world divided by race
Greece’s ruling Syriza party is sliding toward a split as hard-left dissidents resist Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras’s acquiescence to creditors’ demands, endangering his fragile government.
With pieces by artists as legendary as Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, and Auguste Renoir, Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen is consistently ranked among the top art collectors in the US.
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The rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers last month led to the "most challenging" rescue of his career, according to the firefighter in charge.
The MTA chief says Mayor de Blasio is spending on transit like it's the 1970s.
The New England Patriots fired back at NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the league on Wednesday, following the decision that Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for his role in Deflategate would be upheld. Just hours after Brady released a statement reiterating his innocence, Patriots owner Robert Kraft criticized the NFL at a press conference.
Once home to more than 2,000 fishermen, just a handful of people still live in the village of Houtouwan, on Shengshan Island east of Shanghai, China. Every day hundreds of tourists visit the village, making their way on narrow footpaths past tumbledown houses overtaken by vegetation. The remote village, on one of more than 400 islands in the Shengsi archipelago, was abandoned in the early 1990s as first wealthy residents then others moved away, aiming to leave problems with education and food delivery behind them.
Soon after former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting criticised Australian selectors to drop Brad Haddin for the third Ashes Test, Shane Warne too made his views public by saying that the wicketkeeper batsman deserved to be brought back into the playing XI.
Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Defence Services Sr Gen U Min Aung Hliang on Wednesday held talks with the top defence officials here, including the three Service Chiefs, seeking to deepen cooperation in critical areas especially in the light of northeast insurgents operating from that country.
As Mongolians celebrate 25 years of democracy this year, some worry their nation could be mortgaging its future with ever-closer ties to China. They fear China could eventually overwhelm and assimilate their nation, similar to what happened in China's Inner Mongolia province.
New DNA evidence and statements from new witnesses are among crucial pieces of evidence that led to the breakthrough arrest of the accused family court bomber.