It might just be a crackle and a hiss but to many in eastern Afghanistan, it’s a sign that ISIS is back.ISIS FM was for months how the militants reached out to local Afghans. But then the United States bombed it, as part of a broader campaign to dismantle ISIS, and the radio broadcast went silent. Yet in the past week, according to several locals, the signal has, occasionally, returned. ...
As the debate on nationalism continues to rock the country, Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has said that he has no problem in chanting Bharat Mata ki jai.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for resolving the water crisis in the drought-hit Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
No, the A’s players weren’t upset, embarrassed or complaining, according to right fielder Josh Reddick. Reddick tweeted a picture of the plane, with a Giants logo, and heard back from not-too-thrilled A’s fans. Just not as nice, Reddick and other A’s said, as the plane the A’s generally use — the Dallas Mavericks’ plane, which wasn’t available Sunday. [...] Eastern Airlines had the A’s use the one chartered by the Giants, who wouldn’t need it until flying to Denver Monday. Eastern reconfigured... Читать дальше...
Last week, some UTPs, arrested on charges of Maoist-related activities, launched hunger strike."We have filed a petition in the Orissa high court about delay in completion of trials in different courts.
HENGELO - Bij het Hengelose Seahorse-terrein is een verhuisdoos gevonden. De doos werd gedumpt bij een oude aanhanger vol snoeihout. De doos zat amper halfvol met cd’s, bijzondere enveloppen en een stapel e-mails over een beladen ‘geheim’ onderwerp.
Chinese investments in U.S. businesses hit a record $15 billion last year, with California remaining a top destination, but the money increasingly is being spread throughout the nation as investors expand their spending into hospitality, auto parts and other industries.
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Rivers across the United States are being threatened by pollution.
Corporate computer systems are increasingly vulnerable as attackers look to hold them hostage
Katie Holmes dresses down while doing some grocery shopping at a local supermarket on Sunday afternoon (April 10) in Calabasas, Calif. The 37-year-old actress recently made her directorial debut on the movie All We Had and the film will debut at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month. Katie chatted with Variety about how she [...]
TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito (front) visits the Musashino Imperial Mausoleum in Tokyo on April 12, 2016,...
Moderne auto's sturen via internet continu data naar de fabrikant. Snelheid, route, brandstofverbruik, rijstijl, toerental, telefoongegevens, alles wordt opgeslagen. Van wie is die informatie? De Bovag en de ANWB willen dat automobilisten bepalen wie inzage krijgt in de data die hun auto's verzamelen.
New crash tests of full-size pickup trucks are raising troubling questions about the safety of the popular Ram 1500.
Website administrators have failed to "patch" the codes leading to cyberattacks, according to Symantec.
Proving the relative safety of self-driving cars could take tens and sometimes hundreds of years of test drives.
De crimefighters van premier Rutte likten in 2010 de vingers af bij de oprichting van het 'superministerie' van Veiligheid en Justitie. Sindsdien regent het vooral affaires, denk aan de bonnetjesaffaire die Opstelten en Teeven de kop kostte en de problemen die van Van der Steur nu heeft. Maar wat kwam er nu eigenlijk terecht van de 'keiharde' bestrijding van criminaliteit? Het AD maakte de balans op in een internetspecial: ad.nl/superministerie
The former President Bill Clinton apparently was not expecting, when he appeared last week at a campaign event in Philadelphia on behalf of his wife, the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to be confronted by Black Lives Matter protesters over the consequences, intended and not, of one of his Administration’s signature bills—the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Clinton, his voice raised, wanted protesters to believe that it was thanks to this bill that the nation’s crime rate went down... Читать дальше...
Goddammit.
The second Game of Thrones trailer for Season 6 is here, and goddammit.
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Jon Snow is still, per usual, dead.
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Arya is still, per usual, super blind.
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Dany is in captivity and things are looking very, very bad for her.
Girl.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - After 36 years teaching English at a Roman Catholic school near Puerto Rico's capital, Norma Cardoza planned to retire with a modest pension she trusted she would get from the Archdiocese of San Juan.
The church noted in the letter that its contract with employees allows it to terminate the pension plan at any moment and said the remaining money would be distributed among retired teachers. Many financial experts here and on the U.S. mainland say underfunded public pension obligations totaling more than $41 billion will likely wind up on the chopping block. If the money runs out, public school teachers, police officers, firefighters and thousands of other government employees could have their pensions cut, too. Читать дальше...
In the western suburbs, the real estate boom can be partly attributed to the rise in car sales, say experts.Easy availability of bank loans and nuclear families preferring cars for weekend travel are also reasons.
Vata Ngobeni believes Allister Coetzee is the right man to take charge of the Boks. He explains why the former Stormers boss can succeed.
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