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Mike Shearwood leaves the fashion retailer after being told by its Icelandic owners the company was not up for sale

Ondanks de verzoenende omhelzing tussen Lil' Kleine en burgemeester Pieter Broertjes van Hilversum blijft de rapper niet welkom op de jaarmarkt in Alphen. Zelfs de jeugd zit niet op hem te wachten

Four Americans were among six injured in two blasts in north-east Sinai caused by improvised explosive devices, the Pentagon said.

Campaigning for the local elections, Ahmed Sakdi made sure to hammer home his Islamist party's anti-corruption message.

Car maker Ford has produced a video in which nursery children describe their parents aggressive road habits, and admit that their fathers are better drivers than their mothers

"Refugees welcome" should be the message Europe sends to all those escaping war, says an editorial in the London Independent.

The Netherlands star turned up to the national team wearing a hat and scarf and the Feyenoord legend feels he is not far off looking like he could "sit on a wagon with a beard"

A reader's request to have her name removed from a joint home loan has turned in to a never-ending saga. The Telegraph's consumer champion intervenes

Graham Brazier, the charismatic frontman of New Zealand rock band Hello Sailor, has died several weeks after suffering a heart attack. He was 63....

'He's been on all three sides of every two-sided issue,' one Iowa Republican insider said.

Jack Ma and Joe Tsai, the chairman and vice chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. , are planning to borrow more than $2 billion through a margin loan by using their own shares in the e-commerce company as collateral, according to media reports. Citing people familiar with the loan, Bloomberg said the money may be used to fund Blue Pool Capital Ltd., which is the family office of Alibaba set up by the vice chairman. In a statement sent to The Wall Street Journal, Alibaba... Читать дальше...

Mexico's Fernando Montiel will challenge Wales' world featherweight champion Lee Selby in Phoenix, Arizona next month.

Here's what you need to know about the markets before you start your business day.

Here on Force Friday, it's time to settle an age-old "Star Wars" debate -- and it's not who shot first or the best way to kill Jar Jar. 

It's who the heck put exhaust ports in the Death Star that could be used to blow the whole thing up. 

Meet Dak Exhaustport, the Death Star architect behind an open letter posted on Dorkly last year defending his exhaust port design. 

"Do you understand the point of exhaust ports? Do you know how much exhaust is... Читать дальше...

The U.S. Army Thursday ordered a safety review at nine Department of Defense laboratories after live anthrax was found outside a containment area at a Utah facility -- the same lab from which live anthrax samples were shipped across the world earlier this year.

Laura Wade, Sarah Waters and I are sitting in a cafe talking about dildos. “Honestly they are so common these days they are practically a Mother’s Day gift,” says Waters. Wade and I are less convinced. “Yes, and of course they crop up all the time on the stage,” chips in Wade. “There was that recent production of Faust…”

At least 23 Taliban militants and affiliates of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed during a clash in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the clash erupted late on Thursday afternoon in Pichegram district. Provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqwal confirmed the incident and Read the full article...

Gareth Bale says his stunning Euro 2016 qualifier winner against Cyprus was among his best headers

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - One of Bloomington's most historical trees has been tagged for removal.

BBC Earth has teamed up with SpongeBob SquarePants to teach us all a little something about one of life’s most indispensable, and overlooked, creatures -- plankton.

In the video above, watch as SpongeBob’s enemy, the curmudgeonly Sheldon J. Plankton, explains his importance to the pants-wearing sponge.

“You love all the big stuff [like cute penguins and majestic whales] … but none of that stuff would exist without plankton like me,” Sheldon rants. “No plankton, no sea life … no nothing. Читать дальше...

The former Newcastle right-back has seen his opportunities restricted by the emergence of the Spainiard who has established himself as Arsene Wenger's first choice in that position

Fined for disclosing inside information, the City dealmaker has a ‘Big Boy’ breakfast in west London

ENSCHEDE – Prachtige momenten of vooral frustratie, wat brengt het seizoen 2015/2016 voor de amateurclubs? Vanaf komend weekeinde is het weer showtime! Een vooruitblik naar de eerste speelronde waarin er meteen genoeg te beleven valt.

Buyers are still snapping up new cars with sales accelerating in August