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Welcome to Haiti’s dysfunctional democracy, where few people think there will be voting anytime soon.

Kenny B heeft zich niet schuldig gemaakt aan plagiaat. Zijn hit Parijs is volgens de plagiaatcommissie van Buma/Stemra niet gebaseerd op een nummer van de Eindhovense zanger Quincy Cardinal, meldt het Eindhovens Dagblad.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Once dismissed as a fringe contender, businessman Donald Trump now is all but certain to lead the Republican Party into the fall presidential campaign against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton — a stunning political triumph for a first-time…

TOKYO - About 20 percent of Japanese men in their 20s did not eat rice during the previous one-month period,...

LUXEMBURG (ANP) - De winkelverkopen in de eurozone zijn in maart met 0,5 procent gedaald ten opzichte van de voorgaande maand. Dat maakte Europees statistiekbureau Eurostat woensdag bekend.

– Governor Ayodele Fayose has instructed his people to poison water with a particular brand of chemical used against fungal attacks in the event of any herdsmen attack in Ekiti – The governor says the time has come for Nigerians to defend themselves in the face of unwarranted attacks and killings by suspected herdsmen across […]

The Sarmat ICMB is due to replace RS-20V "Voyevoda" at some point

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Opera Software has officially launched the new version of its web browser and "mini" browser for Android smartphones that both come packed with an in-built ad blocker.

Rather than downloading a browser extension or app, Opera users can now activate ad blocking in the settings of their browsers (ad blocking isn't on by default.)

However, there are four sites Opera has deliberately chosen not to block ads on: Google, Facebook, Chinese search engine Baidu, and Russian search engine Yandex. Читать дальше...

Fast & Furious 8 is the second U.S. movie, and the first big-budget Hollywood film, to be shot in Cuba since the recent improvement of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Donald Trump won decisively on Tuesday. NPR's Mara Liasson reports on the GOP turning point. And, Rachel Martin talks to Democratic pollster Margie Omero and Republican pollster Jim Hobart.

The first blockbuster since the U.S. embargo is filming in Cuba: Fast & Furious 8. Filmmakers are rushing to take advantage of the island's distinctive look and feel — and its relatively cheap labor.

The U.S. and Russia are working on details of a more durable cease-fire in Syria that would include Aleppo. Rachel Martin talks to Jan Egeland, an adviser to the U.N.'s special envoy for Syria.

Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary in Indiana. It wasn't a big enough win to erode Hillary Clinton's massive lead in pledged delegates, but it was a win. Sanders vows to fight on.

The GOP primary race is all but over. After losing in Indiana, Sen. Ted Cruz suspended his campaign. That leaves Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Trump has a commanding lead over Kasich.

Steve Inskeep and Rachel Martin talk to Rep. Tom Marino, R-PA, who says now that the primary contests are winding down, wounds will have to heal, and then the party can coalesce behind Donald Trump.

Put on your waders and foam-soled boots — we're about to adventure into a shallow creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park which straddles the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.

President Obama visits Flint, Mich., on Wednesday for the first time since the water crisis began. Flint residents are still relying on bottled water and faucet filters to get safe drinking water.

For more than 2 years, Flint residents have had unsafe drinking water. Steve Inskeep talks to Bishop Bernadel Jefferson of Faith Deliverance Center, a church in Flint, who's fighting for clean water.

One of Ted Cruz's most important constituencies in the contest for the presidential nomination was religious conservatives. Rachel Martin talks to Ron Johnson, head of the Indiana Pastors Alliance.

MADRID - Spain's second-largest newspaper, El Mundo, has not appeared in news kiosks owing to a strike over planned layoffs. It is the first time the newspaper's publication has been hit by a stoppage since its foundation in 1989.

MADRID (AP) — Spain's second-largest newspaper, El Mundo, has not appeared in news kiosks owing to a strike over planned layoffs. It is the first time the newspaper's publication has been hit by a stoppage since its foundation in 1989.

MADRID (AP) — Spain's second-largest newspaper, El Mundo, has not appeared in news kiosks owing to a strike over planned layoffs. It is the first time the newspaper's publication has been hit by a stoppage since its foundation in 1989.

MADRID (AP) — Spain's second-largest newspaper, El Mundo, has not appeared in news kiosks owing to a strike over planned layoffs. The newspaper, which has daily sales of some 120,000, was not in media outlets Wednesday due to the 24-hour strike begun Tuesday over proposals to lay off 224 employees at the Unidad Editorial parent group.

1) For God's sake, don't fight them