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ZURICH — Reveling in his international-diplomacy role, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has revealed he was asked by Switzerland’s foreign ministry last year to help persuade an African president to leave office. Blatter offered Pierre Nkurunziza, the Burundi state president and a soccer fan, an ambassador’s role with FIFA as the nation fell into violent turmoil, according to his new book, which was launched Thursday. The diplomatic intrigue unfolded one year ago just as the U.S. Department of... Читать дальше...

B.C. Compassion Club Society faced potential closure as new City of Vancouver licensing rules for marijuana stores come into effect later this month

A Florida man who landed a one-person gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington in 2015 as a stunt to protest the influence of money in politics was sentenced Thursday to spend four months in jail. In sentencing 62-year-old Douglas Hughes, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said he displayed ...

More than 100 people came out Thursday to see Republican presidential candidate and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz during his first visit of the campaign to Indiana. … Click to Continue »

CHICAGO - Jered Weaver received plenty of scrutiny as hip, neck and flexibility problems lowered his fastball velocity to 78 mph during a miserable spring training.

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Medium has raised a new round of funding, bringing in $50 million in a deal led by Spark Capital. The company sought the investment as a way to “bolster our resources…given the demand we’ve seen for the vision we are building toward.”

Existing investor Andreessen Horowitz returned to put in a “significant amount”, as did GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Medium chief executive Ev Williams.

Coinciding with the funding announcement, Medium also added... Читать дальше...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Minnesota Twins finally won a game on the road this season.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Minnesota Twins finally won a game on the road this season.

MILWAUKEE - The Minnesota Twins finally won a game on the road this season.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Minnesota Twins finally won a game on the road this season.

N'DJAMENA, Chad - Chad President Idriss Deby has won a fifth term in office, soundly defeating more than a dozen challengers to remain leader of a country that is central to Africa's fight against Islamic militants, the national election commission announced late Thursday.

Rumors have swirled that US President Barack Obama received a chilly welcome from his Saudi Arabian hosts during this week’s GCC summit. The President claims those reports are overblown, but few are buying it.

Arsenal's resurgent Alexis Sanchez scored twice to help ease their top-four jitters in a 2-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion in the English Premier League.

dining06_ph6Tony Gemignani. Photo: The Chronicle Related Links Doughnut Dolly coming to Mid-Market Former Betelnut chef Mario Tolentino named culinary director for The Market Earlier this week, a certain celebrity pizzaiolo was spotted behind the pizza counter at The Market. Turns out there was a good reason for this appearance at the Twitter Building’s marketplace — Tony Gemignani is opening another outpost of Tony’s Slice House. According to the World Pizza Champ (who just won a 12th World Championship... Читать дальше...

Sanders spent the day campaigning in Pennsylvania.

BILLINGS, Montana - A federal judge demanded that a jailed former billionaire reveal what happened to hundreds of millions of dollars he diverted from a luxury mountain resort, raising the prospect that a decadelong legal saga could be coming to an end.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge demanded that a jailed former billionaire reveal what happened to hundreds of millions of dollars he diverted from a luxury mountain resort, raising the prospect that a decadelong legal saga could be coming…

Co-founder and executive chairman Alain Bouchard has suggested he might sell the multinational if the company’s founders can’t retain control

The numbers don’t lie: The wave of new hotel construction in New York – which peaked in 2014 – is finally crashing as dozens of new hotels come online and developers shy away from planning new properties.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - The company that owns an Arkansas funeral home where bodies were found stacked on top of each other in unrefrigerated areas pleaded guilty Friday after felony charges were dropped against the father and son who own the business.

Four games, two of the possible elimination variety.