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Red Deer RCMP say charges are pending against a 37-year-old man after an argument in a Walmart parking lot ended with a hit and run.

Narvaez is Tete’s mandatory for his WBO belt

Well, so much for that unification fight.

Eddie Hearn recently shot down the possibility of a bout between IBF/WBA Super bantamweight champ Ryan Burnett and WBO champ Zolani Tete, at least for the near future. Instead, Tete has signed on to face mandatory challenger Omar Narvaez, presumably on a February date in London.

Tete’s promoter, Frank Warren, thinks Hearn is full of it.

Tete (26-3, 21 KO) stopped Siboniso Gonya in just eleven seconds last month... Читать дальше...

Human Rights Watch said Thursday it was concerned that Yemen's Huthi rebels were carrying out "abusive practices" against former allies -- loyalists of slain ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh -- and civilians.

Moskau (dpa) - Russland hat die USA vor einem Scheitern des Friedensprozesses im Nahost-Konflikt wegen der Anerkennung von Jerusalem als Hauptstadt Israels gewarnt. Er habe seinen US-Kollegen Rex Tillerson auf die Sorgen vieler arabischer Staaten hingewiesen, sagte Außenminister Sergej Lawrow am Donnerstag in Wien. Russland habe Erklärungen gefordert. «Wir haben viele Fragen», sagte Lawrow nach einem Treffen mit Tillerson russischen Agenturen zufolge. Auch die Staatschefs von Russland und der Türkei... Читать дальше...

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"Based on our understanding of the circumstances, the filmmakers and I are not only comfortable sticking with our original casting, but genuinely happy to have Johnny playing a major character in the movies," Rowling wrote Thursday on her website.

Alison Bender previews the Manchester derby as Manchester United prepare to host Manchester City at Old Trafford. Despite the calendar reading December, there are just seven days to save the title race. A single week will either slow Manchester City down or turn the Premier League into a procession. The most important period of the season is about to begin. Pep Guardiola's team faces a three-game stretch that contains two potentially epic matches. They start at Old Trafford for a derby with a host of subplots. Читать дальше...

A thief broke into an FBI agent’s car and stole a safe containing over $7,800 and several bullet proof vests as it sat parked in the shadow of Manhattan’s Federal Plaza, police said. The 30-year-old agent parked her car near the corner of Thomas St. and Broadway — across the street from the Jacob K....

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The cry for the federal government to scrap the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is taking a new momentum with a planned protest by Nigerians in nine states.

One of the world’s most popular bitcoin exchanges is struggling to keep up with soaring demand as the global mania for the cryptocurrency drives wild swings in valuation. Over the course of one hour today, the value of a single bitcoin on Coinbase jumped from above $16,000, to more than $19,000, before once again falling back down below $16,000.

DOHA, Catar (AP) — El emir de Catar y el presidente francés Emmanuel Macron firmaron el jueves contratos por valor de 12.000 millones de euros (14.000 millones de dólares) en Doha que incluyen la compra de 12 cazas Dassault Rafale con la opción de adquirir otros 36. Macron viaja con el ministro del Exterior, Jean-Yves Le Drian, quien en 2015 siendo titular de defensa ayudó a negociar la venta de los aviones a Catar. Los países acordaron también que Catar adquirirá 490 vehículos blindados VCBI a... Читать дальше...

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• FBI Director Christopher Wray pushed back on President Donald Trump's assertion that the bureau's reputation was "in tatters."
• He responded to Trump's weekend tweet during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday.
• Wray was pressed on the subject by Democratic Reps. Jerold Nadler of New York and Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas

FBI Director Christopher Wray insisted Thursday that the FBI's reputation was not "in tatters,"... Читать дальше...

Britain's City of London financial hub centre "will not fall apart" after Brexit even if it loses the right to allow banks to trade freely across the bloc, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Thursday.

Berlin/München (dpa) - CDU und CSU haben das Votum des SPD-Parteitags für Gespräche über eine Regierungsbildung begrüßt. «Es werden harte Verhandlungen, aber klar ist: Deutschland braucht eine stabile Regierung», betonte CSU-Generalsekretär Andreas Scheuer am Donnerstagabend. Nach dem Abbruch der Verhandlungen über eine Jamaika-Koalition von CDU/CSU, FDP und Grünen durch die Liberalen ist eine erneute große Koalition die einzige Option - neben einer Minderheitsregierung von Kanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU)... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Ford says that shifting production of an electric SUV from the U.S. to Mexico will allow the company to make more self-driving vehicles in Michigan. Ford announced last January that it would invest $700 million and hire 700 workers to make electric and autonomous vehicles at its Flat Rock plant near Detroit. Among those vehicles is an all-electric SUV that will go on sale in 2020. Ford said Thursday it now plans to make the SUV at its Cuatitlan, Mexico, factory. Ford said it plans... Читать дальше...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire is the first state to say it will opt out of the nationwide public safety communications system known as FirstNet. Every state and U.S. territory must decide by Dec. 28 whether to opt in to the broadband network for first responders being built by AT&T or come up with their own systems. More than 30 states have chosen the FirstNet contract. New Hampshire's Republican Gov. Chris Sununu announced his decision Thursday at the Twin Mountain state police barracks. Читать дальше...

The EU gained new powers Thursday to spot-check vehicles and fine automakers under tougher rules agreed after the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal.

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When it comes to homebuying, 2018 is going to be all about the South and the Midwest.

That's according to Trulia's latest housing report, which revealed 10 US housing markets it expects will grow next year while remaining affordable and attracting young buyers.

To determine the top 10, Trulia evaluated the 100 largest US housing markets on five metrics: job growth, vacancy rates, starter-home affordability, online listing searches, and the share of people living there under age 35. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Surging stock prices and steady increases in home values powered American household wealth to $96.9 trillion this fall, though the gains aren't widely shared. The Federal Reserve said Thursday that U.S. net worth rose $1.7 trillion in the July-September quarter, extending a steady upward march in American wealth after the Great Recession eliminated about one-sixth of it in 2008. The value of Americans' stock portfolios rose $1.1 trillion, and real estate values climbed $400 billion. Читать дальше...

Brüssel (dpa) - Verbraucherschützer kritisieren Brüsseler Pläne, die Entschädigungsansprüche von Bahnreisenden einzuschränken. Bislang gelte die Schadensersatzpflicht der Bahnen - anders als etwa im Flugverkehr - auch in Fällen höherer Gewalt, sagte die Verkehrsexpertin des Verbraucherzentralen-Bundesverbands, Marion Jungbluth, den Zeitungen der Funke Mediengruppe am Donnerstag. Künftig könnten Bahnunternehmen bei schlechten Witterungsbedingungen Zahlungen unter Umständen verweigern.Die EU-Kommission... Читать дальше...