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Chinese President Xi Jinping is about to tell millions of government workers: “You’re fired.”

Reuters reported last week that China plans to lay off between five and six million state workers over the next two to three years, in an effort to curb overcapacity in what’s being described as “zombie companies”: those that are being kept alive on bank loans despite bleeding revenue. Close to two million of these layoffs will come from the coal industry alone. Читать дальше...

A proposal for physically separated bicycle space from Toronto’s Avenue Road to Shaw Street is being formally unveiled on Wednesday afternoon

ORLANDO, Florida - An Orlando-based hotel chain is reporting that some of its guests' credit card information may have been breached.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An Orlando-based hotel chain is reporting that some of its guests' credit card information may have been breached.

mp on Rohtak's Gohana road during the Jat quota stir last month, they were met by an army of one.

PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — A senior living center in Pewaukee is scheduled to close.

Asian stocks fell Wednesday morning after a decline in oil and weak Chinese trade data dragged U.S. shares down Tuesday. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.5 percent and Singapore's STI dropped 1.6 percent. South Korea's KOSPI was little changed, while Australia's ASX 200 rose 0.1 percent. In the U.S. on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6 percent while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both lost more than 1 percent.

Anna Faris brought her son Jack to the zoo this week and he had an adorable reaction to meeting the penguin he got to name. “Jack got to meet eagle the penguin! Thank you so much @woodlandparkzoo!” the 39-year-old actress tweeted on Tuesday (March 8). PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Anna Faris “This [...]

Dolomedes briangreenei, a new species of water spider. Image: Queensland Museum A new species of spider, Dolomedes briangreenei, which likes to swim and catch fish, has been discovered in Queensland.

Virtual reality could be coming soon to a theater near you.

A year after a judge sent a Dorchester man to prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl he knew from the church choir, the Nebraska Court of Appeals has granted him a new trial.

If you have not already registered your child for the 2016 Longview Babe Ruth Baseball Season, you can do so during any of the tryout dates.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's foreign affairs advisor, Sartaj Aziz, on Tuesday said the team his country has constituted to probe the January 2 Pathankot terror attack would visit India in the next few days.

Bernie Sanders breathes new life into his long-shot White House bid with a crucial win

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has claimed that his scientists have developed miniaturised nuclear warheads that can fit on ballistic missiles. North Korean state media has made this claim before, but this is the first time Mr Kim has been quoted directly. However, experts have long cast doubt on such assertions from the North. The state has...

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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump notched two key wins on Tuesday, further paving his path to his party's nomination.

Not longer after polls closed in Mississippi and Michigan on Tuesday evening, multiple news networks projected that the real-estate developer would win both states.

Trump will likely win the majority of the 99 combined delegates from the two states.

Meanwhile, his rivals are left fighting for the remaining delegates and hoping that they win the two remaining... Читать дальше...

After weeks of speculation, it appears the deal is done — Nikita Tryamkin, the hulking blueliner from Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in Russia, has reportedly agreed to his entry-level deal with the Vancouver Canucks. Per News 1130, it’s a two-year pact worth a reported $1.6M. Tryamkin joins the Canucks after being released from the final two months […]

The gruesome murder of a teenager at a park in central's Delhi's Patel Nagar last month has turned out to be yet another case of road rage.

Former Hedwig and the Angry Inch cast members Lena Hall and Michael C. Hall are bringing a Radiohead tribute to New York later this month. Radiohead...

Senior U.S. officials highlighted the similarities between Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama and the promise of an 'ambitious' bilateral partnership.

The leading contenders are believed to be Merrick Garland and Sri Srinivasan of the D.C. court of appeals and Paul Watford of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Document: Vacant homes presentation to Vancouver city council

The Better Business Bureau said Tuesday it had received “multiple customer complaints” about Trump University and that its rating with the business service group had sunk as low as a “D minus” in 2010.

The National Highways Authority of India has planned a link between Ring Road (close to R K Puram) and MG Road in Gurgaon via Nelson Mandela Road.