Syrian regime aircraft Friday carried out at least 25 strikes on jihadist-controlled Palmyra, the country's famed ancient city, with eight civilians among the dead, a monitoring group said.
Syrian regime aircraft Friday carried out at least 25 strikes on jihadist-controlled Palmyra, the country's famed ancient city, with eight civilians among the dead, a monitoring group said.
As regular as a church service, Franklin Bell's informal workshop meets every Sunday at his L.A. garage. For a small voluntary donation, guests eat, drink and dance to music both raw and graceful.
On the title track of his new solo disc, the Pink Floyd guitarist manages to turn an everyday annoyance into a serviceable hook. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.
A survey from the Authors Guild reveals a 30 percent decline in author income since 2009. "You used to be able to make an absolutely living wage as a writer," says Guild President Roxana Robinson.
The columnist could write like an angel — and bite like an asp. In a new biography, John Norris recounts McGrory's first big break and the proposition she received from a Democratic president.
Dodgy short courses – in which "qualifications" can be obtained within days – will be stamped out under a "zero-tolerance" crackdown.
A recent report claimed that Kris Jenner set up son Rob Kardashian with Jennifer Lawrence and the two “hit off.” However, Gossip Cop reported Friday that the claim was “not true.” Contact Music reported Thursday, citing Heat magazine, that Jenner became friends with Lawrence on the “Hunger Games” actress’ 25th birthday last month. The reality television star suggested Lawrence visit her at home and meet Kardashian, the report added.
Loose forward Willem Alberts has been withdrawn from the Bok line-up for their opening RWC game against Japan.
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The number could bring the AIIB on a par with or even surpass membership in the Japan-led Asian Development Bank (ADB), which currently has 67 members, 19 of them outside of the Asia Pacific, according to its website.
Grandfather of Donald Trump made his fortune tending to the needs of prospectors in they Yukon and B.C., according to new book
The Ministry of Counter Narcotics has said that based on efforts made against Poppy, there is a decrease in its cultivation this year compared to that of last year. Minister Salamat Azimi was summoned to the House of Representatives on Saturday where she expressed these comments. She said last year there was Poppy cultivation on Read the full article...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Black Lives Matter network will skip a presidential endorsement but keep up its political activism by confronting candidates about the treatment of African-Americans in t…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Black Lives Matter network will skip a presidential endorsement but keep up its political activism by confronting candidates about the treatment of African-Americans in the United States, one of the group's founders says. The Black Lives Matter movement traces its roots to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012, and gained national ground after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer. Читать дальше...
As much as the Ajax youth brigade has hogged the spotlight, there’s no doubt the older players are just as motivated.
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More than 100 million users are on Pinterest, the online bulletin board-style service which allows people to "pin" images based on their interests.
Engineering students from Queen's University Belfast have set a new world record with a 100ft footbridge made from Meccano.
A medical emergency on board Air India's Delhi-New York nonstop flight on Saturday morning led to the flight returning here.
A Japanese princess has spent a year secretly living in Britain as she studied art.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran on Saturday for talks on Tehran`s nuclear programme with senior officials, the IAEA said in a statement.
He also worked on a floater and half rolls, things he could use running the pick-and-roll with Chris Paul.
Het kabinet zal als dat nodig is meer geld uittrekken voor de opvang van vluchtelingen in Nederland. PvdA-minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem van Financiën zei dat zaterdag op een ledenraad van zijn partij in Utrecht.
Last Sunday, a five-foot-nine St. Louis Rams football player named Tavon Austin caught a punt on his team’s twenty-five-yard line and ran it all the way down the sideline as the Seattle Seahawks’ entire vaunted defense fell helplessly behind him. His seventy-five-yard touchdown return helped the lowly Rams beat the Super Bowl-favorite Seahawks in week one of what is likely to be the most scrutinized N.F.L. season in history. It was a “highwire act” and the result of Austin “switch[ing] on the... Читать дальше...
Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson breaks a bone in his right foot and will be out for up to eight weeks.