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There could be "an avalanche" of Labour MPs defecting to the Liberal Democrats following Jeremy Corbyn's leadership victory, Sir Vince Cable says.

A five-year-old girl died and at least 13 refugees and migrants went missing on Saturday after a boat taking dozens of people from Turkey to Greece overturned off Lesvos island, the Greek Coast Guard said.

Captain Virat Kohli backs his ‘angry’ pacer Ishant Sharma

Slovenia became the latest country to violently react to the migrant influx into Europe as countries continue closing borders for refugees largely headed for Western and Northern Europe.

OMAHA— Seventeen people from Omaha have applied to fill the Douglas County judgeship left vacant by the retirement this summer of Judge Joseph Caniglia.

Fergie says family bereavement triggered his decision to retire.

Billy Vunipola admits he had no idea bonus points were in use at World Cup after his try secured one for England in their opener

A massive evacuation of thousands of inmates from Pollsmoor Prison apparently began after two prisoners died.

A SUBURBAN football grand final turned ugly this afternoon when an aggressive and drunk spectator had to be subdued by police.

Pope Francis spent the summer "diligently" studying English ahead of his five-day visit to the US, the Vatican secretariat of its third in command, Monsignor Angelo Becciu said.

Despite a campaign season that so far has been dominated by frustration and anger, Millennials don't seem angry — they're disappointed. But with who and what? And how will that affect their vote?

School's back in session, and that means the homework's back, too. Here's what you need to know about how much work U.S. students have to do and how to tell the difference between good work and bad.

Each January, the skies over cities in the Indian state of Gujarat are full of kites. It's a celebration of spring — and a chance for cutthroat competition.

A new film about Lance Armstrong recycles the facts.

The first giant kangaroo rat I saw was fluffy and round, with cartoonishly large eyes. It looked like something that might be big in Japan. It was also long dead—stuffed, mounted, and stuck haphazardly alongside a dozen other, less exotic mammals (a skunk, a possum, a field mouse) in a low display case on the uppermost floor of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Although I fear and despise nearly all rodents, I was smitten with this one. I stared at the fuzzy ball, the elongated feet, posed as if primed for a leap. Читать дальше...

The final series of Downton Abbey will explore Mrs Hughes the housekeeper's sex life, says actress Phyllis Logan

Space photos of the week, September 13–19.

The post Space Photos of the Week: Pluto’s Stunning Icy Mountains appeared first on WIRED.

Dreamforce, the annual week-long conference put on by Salesforce, makes Burning Man look small.

In het Gemeentemuseum Den Haag opende ontwerper Bas Kosters zaterdag de tentoonstelling Ode aan de Nederlandse mode. Een van de hoogtepunten van de expositie is de blauwe japon van Jan Taminiau die koningin Máxima in 2013 droeg tijdens de inhuldiging van koning Willem-Alexander.

Couples are buying houses with a "snoring room" - somewhere to snooze without disturbing others. Here's how to read those horrible noises

In the drive to safeguard data from future quantum computers, cryptographers have stumbled upon a thin red line between security and efficiency.

ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week.

This week, we examined pieces that explored unconventional ways of thinking. A new book by Brené Brown explores why dwelling on failure can actually yield positive results, and a father-daughter team makes a case for seeking solutions to problems rather than analyzing our feelings about them.

We also took note of a highly practical survey about bicycle signage that could hold a key to improving relationships between rides and drivers. Читать дальше...

All the pertinent details for the Furious 7 300 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Somehow the GOP debates created a lot of clamor online yet still managed to not be the biggest thing that happened on the internet this week.

Are purists making it hard for any new additions to the canon to get a fair shake?