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Sheikh Mohamed urges wealthy to turn away from offshore havens and pay their taxes

Gigi Hadid and her mom Yolanda step out together on Monday (April 11) in New York City. The 20-year-old model recently opened up about what it’s like to work with her boyfriend Zayn Malik. “I wish I could be on set with him every day. It doesn’t feel like work when he’s there,” Gigi told [...]

ACT Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham has urged shattered players to use Ita Vaea's shock retirement as motivation for the rest of their careers, after the barnstorming No.8 was forced to prematurely quit this week.

– Nigerian and Cameroon troops invades Boko Haram hideouts – 22 Boko Haram terrorists gunned down – Troops rescues 1,275 persons held hostage by the terrorists At least 1,275 persons held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists have been set free following a joint effort by Nigerian Army and troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) […]

Is there more to it than smiles and big hair?​​

Tesla is a very exciting car company, and lots of people like to use the word "disruptive" when talking about it, so it's natural that headlines proclaiming Tesla to be disrupting something or other are rampant on the internet.

Researchers have started a fundraising campaign to sequence the venomous lizard’s genome.

Sen. Ron Johnson's campaign is looking at the Wisconsin victories of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley and even Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as markers of a pathway to victory in 2016.

UW System authorities release campus statements on how they are managing cuts in state funding.

A 33-year-old government school teacher was arrested in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday on charges of raping a Class 10 student.

MPs have been urged to consider a law banning flares and fireworks from music concerts and festivals.

Plus, Canadian dollar 'surfing' higher

It was a near-record year in Canada for UFO sightings, says a Winnipeg-based lab

BANGKOK - Thailand's blunt-speaking prime minister had some advice Tuesday for his country's young women: Don't dress too revealingly, or you will be shunned like a piece of toffee without its wrapper.

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Within hours of the March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels, New York city authorities deployed roughly 400 National Guard troops at major transit hubs in New York City, and transit police in Washington D.C. also ordered a surge at subway stops.  The Washington police tweeted reassuringly that they were “closely monitoring events in Brussels w/our fed partners."

Visibly surging security personnel in urban centers after a major terrorist incident... Читать дальше...

The New York Primary is setting up as a big test for Bernie Sanders.

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Deutsche Bank says the changes Starbucks has made to its rewards program could drive customers away.

In a note on Tuesday, research analyst Brett Levy said the changes, and investors' high expectations for the company's performance, were among the reasons for his downgrade on Starbucks shares.

Levy lowered his rating on Starbucks to "hold" from "buy", and dropped his price target on the stock by 8.6% to $64 from $70 per share.

Starbucks shares fell 3% to... Читать дальше...

ALMELO/NIJVERDAL/HENGELO - Tegen de 48-jarige Enschedeër Pieter B., nu woonachtig in Hengelo, is dinsdag voor de rechtbank in Almelo een voorwaardelijke gevangenisstraf van een half jaar geëist en 240 uur werkstraf plus een verbod om in de komende twee jaren nog ergens statutair bestuurder van te zijn. De man is verdacht van fraude met faillissementen, het laten verdwijnen van goederen en het niet inleveren van administratie. Die administratie zou verloren zijn gegaan in 2009 bij de grote brand... Читать дальше...

The Waratahs are set to receive a major boost by the return of Australian international Kurtley Beale but their focus remains on their troublesome forward pack for their clash with the Brumbies on Saturday night.

Koning Willem-Alexander is staatshoofd van een republiek en niet van een koninkrijk. Daarom ook draagt hij geen kroon. Met die wetenschap worden dinsdag de lezers van de Nürnberger Nachrichten voorbereid op het koninklijk bezoek aan de Duitse stad komende donderdag.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton spent their morning interacting with a group of homeless young boys currently living at a shelter in Delhi.

The Maharashtra government should take action under criminal law against the temple trustees who deny entry to the women, a Shiv Sena legislator said in the Assembly here on Tuesday.

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Avocado is one of those foods that has gotten randomly trendy over the past couple years. The very fact that foods become trendy is still a strange concept to me, but regardless, this avocado obsession is actually one I can get behind. One of my favourite dorm room snacks is an avocado doused in pepper, and when the cafeteria serves guacamole it's a straight-up holiday.

Luckily for me and my fellow avocado lovers, there are so many different ways to prepare this tasty superfruit. Читать дальше...

Despite their off-field turmoil the Eels have been among the best backed teams in the competition.

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BRASILIA, Brazil, April 12 (UPI) -- The impeachment movement against Brazilian President Rousseff has strengthened after a congressional committee recommended she be removed from office.