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More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but their numbers remained low enough to suggest that layoffs are rare.

Toronto’s record pace of housing sales and price gains showed no sign of ending in February. Paige Ellis reports.

A community in Khayelitsha has been left in shock after the naked body of a young woman was found in an upright position in a communal toilet.

In a bizarre incident, a 43-year-old man in the US shot and killed himself accidentally while taking a selfie with a gun in hand.

In a bizarre incident, a 43-year-old man in the US shot and killed himself accidentally while taking a selfie with a gun in hand.

An Appling, Georgia man is dead this morning after Columbia County Deputies say his stepfather shot him.

The time of double-digit growth for the smartphone industry has come to an end, according to a new report from industry tracker IDC. Smartphone shipments are expected to grow just 5.7% year-over-year in 2016, versus a 10.4% increase to 1.44 billion smartphone shipments worldwide in 2015. IDC said the decline is related to saturation of the Chinese market, which has transitioned to a mature market with more stable growth from a fast-growing emerging market in years prior. IDC expects the trend... Читать дальше...

Syria’s president denied targeting civilians, saying he was waging a war on terrorism. Assad has stated that it is a 'rule of thumb' in war that innocent civilians die

The Brumbies want razzle-dazzle rugby to become part of their DNA, but won't get caught 'headless' against Waratahs.

Brandi Chastain, who scored the game-winning penalty kick that gave the United States the 1999 Women's World Cup title, has pledged to donate her brain for concussion research when she dies.

From road navigation to transport services, and from banking to shopping, cellphone users down load apps for a variety of services.

Registering outside your area of residence or providing a false address with the aim of influencing voting outcomes is a crime, the IEC has warned.

The first trailer for the Ghostbusters reboot – starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones – has just hit the web! “Ghostbusters are for everybody. The first movie worked because it had four of the funniest people and I just want the funniest people and the funniest people are these women,” director [...]

The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will start in the traditional way: athletes marching in under the flags of the nations they're representing. But a new team this year will have no flag — and no country — to call their own.

The figures, released a day before the government's February report on job creation and unemployment, show the U.S. job market remains resilient in the face of economic weakness overseas and turmoil in financial markets. The labor market remains in good health, despite the troubles in the energy and manufacturing export sectors, Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said in a report. Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity, and economists expect it will help bolster US growth this year... Читать дальше...

After months of teases, controversy and excitement, the first extended look at Paul Feig's "Ghostbusters" reboot is here.

“Cheryl Tiegs may have said what she said and it may have hurt a lot of people’s feelings,” Graham told E! News, speaking out for the first time since Tiegs, a former SI cover girl herself, made comments suggesting Graham’s selection glamorized full-figured women.

LEECHBURG, Pennsylvania - Investigators say no charges are being filed over allegations of hazing-related assaults involving a western Pennsylvania high school basketball team.

(AP) — Investigators say no charges are being filed over allegations of hazing-related assaults involving a western Pennsylvania high school basketball team. [...] charges won't be filed because the victims don't want to prosecute and investigators couldn't find evidence of criminal intent.

Fuller House isn't the only new version of Full House coming, according to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. In a new sketch from Stephen Colbert's CBS late-night series, Bob Saget, John...

The ancient city of Palmyra has been destroyed completely according to Swedish journalists. The confirmation that the pearl of antiquity and World Heritage monument was demolished completely was taken by a hidden camera.

Emergency services have rushed to a busy bypass where a number of vehicles have collided.

Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin Guzman makes plea out of "desperation" after being returned to jail following six months on the run

PADERBORN, Germany - German second-division side Paderborn has sacked former Germany midfielder Stefan Effenberg as coach less than five months after he made his debut.

U.S. stock futures remained in negative territory before the opening bell Thursday, as a flurry of data pointed to a continuing trend of lackluster growth in the U.S. economy ahead of Friday’s closely watched official jobs report.