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Goldman agrees to pay $5.06 billion to settle claims it misled investors during financial crisis

​Odds are you've never heard a celebrity say this before.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel thinks that freedoms of opinion and art are separate from politics.

The stench from a fishmeal factory operating in Hout Bay harbour is dividing the community.

Vice President Joe Biden will return to West Point next month to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy. … Click to Continue »

At my day job as an editor at a women’s website, I receive a daily mess of emails promoting random products and activities as “empowering.” Recent offerings include the Pure Barre workout, divorce, Miley Cyrus, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ancient Egyptian sex rites, leggings, sending nude photos, receiving nude photos, declining to send or receive nude photos, doing stand-up comedy and purchasing full-bottomed lingerie. The mix of things presumed to transmit and increase female power... Читать дальше...

BUCHAREST, Romania - Europe's top human rights court on Tuesday ordered Romania to pay compensation to the families of 45 people who died during the country's 1989 anti-communist revolution.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive wants thousands of multinationals to disclose in what countries they make money and pay taxes, an effort to close loopholes and crack down on the use of tax havens.

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton made clear that he's unhappy with the current status of gun laws in America following the shooting death of former Saints defensive lineman Will Smith. … Click to Continue »

Add Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy’s voice to the growing chorus of public figures denouncing and deriding North Carolina’s “bathroom law.”

As if your mates weren't already annoying enough

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North Korea recently resurrected an American hero to blast President Barack Obama over his position on the authoritarian country's nuclear program.

The letter, titled "Advice from Lincoln to Obama" and written in the supposed voice of late President Abraham Lincoln, was posted in Korean on the website of the Hermit Kingdom's state publication DPRK Today. North Korea regularly publishes anti-American propaganda aimed at a domestic audience.

"Hey, Obama," it begins, according to The Associated Press. Читать дальше...

After LG and Samsung, Taiwanese technology brand HTC today launched its flagship smartphone for 2016 called HTC 10, without the usual One or M branding. The 10 is powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB RAM. There will also be 32GB and 64GB versions, with support for up to 2TB microSD cards.

For a long time, we considered salad to be a necessary evil. Yes, it's nutritious, but it's also basically just leaves. That is, until we discovered some of these meal-changing homemade dressings. Pass the arugula, please.

Related: 21 Things You Absolutely Must Eat When You're in New Orleans

Balsamic Vinaigrette
Keep it simple, keep it in your fridge 24/7. Get the recipe.

Homemade Ranch
We won't tell if you use it on wings, too. Get the recipe.

Green Goddess Dressing
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I'm Fred Raillard, CEO, Co-founder and Creative Chief Officer of FF GROUP, a social, content, tech solutions for brands company based in Paris, Shanghai, Beijing and New York. In partnership with FF GROUP, BFM Business launches #FredinChina, a social media podcast in "Chine Hebdo", the weekly radio broadcast of Mathieu Jolivet. #FredinChina is essential to know and understand the world's largest economy.

I fell in love with China, and live in Shanghai with my wife and sons since September 2012. Читать дальше...

Actress Julianne Moore wrote in Lenny Letter about her experience talking with her daughter about the Sandy Hook shooting, and how it changed her views on gun control.

I'm Fred Raillard, CEO, Co-founder and Creative Chief Officer of FF GROUP, a social, content, tech solutions for brands company based in Paris, Shanghai, Beijing and New York. In partnership with FF GROUP, BFM Business launches #FredinChina, a social media podcast in "Chine Hebdo", the weekly radio broadcast of Mathieu Jolivet. #FredinChina is essential to know and understand the world's largest economy.

I fell in love with China, and live in Shanghai with my wife and sons since September 2012. Читать дальше...

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh misses the final black for a 147 for the second time this season during World Championship qualifying.

A vast majority of young Arabs is increasingly rejecting the Islamic State (IS) extremist group and believes it will fail to establish a caliphate, a poll has found.

Shareholders and depositors carry the burden of propping up banks, writes Matthew Lynn.

The memory of the nineteen-nineties has suffused the Democratic Presidential primary from the outset. But until last Thursday, when Bill Clinton was confronted by protesters over his 1994 crime bill, the decade’s main political protagonist had not really been engaged. Clinton was speaking in Philadelphia in front of four hundred people, a crowd small enough both to signify his peripheral status and to invite disruption. The protesters, “who won’t let you answer,” Clinton said, trying to quiet them... Читать дальше...

Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh and comedy actor Charlie Higson will be among new cast members for the final series of Broadchurch.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will return to West Point next month to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will return to West Point next month to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy. On May 13, Biden will speak at Syracuse University's College of Law where he received his law degree.