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Donald J. Trump has turned the campaign news conference, typically a dreary affair, into a spectacle of self-promotion.

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. (AP) — A judge has dismissed two lawsuits filed against the Nebraska Natural Resources Department by Frenchman Cambridge District water users in southern Nebraska.

The former Clarendon Primary School teacher who was arrested on a rape charge and two sexual assault charges laid by three different plaintiffs last Wednesday is out on R5,000 bail.

Veteran jockey Kieren Fallon is set to ride Across The Stars for old ally Sir Michael Stoute in the Derby at Epsom next month.

LATTROP - De bestuurder van een camper is dinsdagmiddag gewond geraakt bij een eenzijdig ongeval op de Ottershagenweg bij Lattrop. De man raakte bekneld nadat hij met zijn camper tegen een boom was gereden.

Six shortcomings as head of government, in the ANC’s view, prompted its removal of KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu.

A Slovakian model on trial in Spain in the fatal shooting of her millionaire British ex-boyfriend has testified she fled the scene in his vehicle because she was scared after he threatened her and was shot in a struggle over a pistol

Americans are growing increasingly curious about their third-party options, search data and recent polls show, as both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump look likely to reach the general election as the most unpopular presidential nominees in modern history.

At least 12 people have died in a landslide Tuesday in northern Myanmar’s jade mining region. The tragedy hit Kachin state’s Hpakant town just five months after a similar incident there left dozens of people missing.

– Governor El-Rufai paid Senator Shehu Sani a visit over the death of his mother – The duo had been neck-deep in political quarrels – Sani’s mother died at 75 The lasting rift between Shehu Sani, a Nigerian senator, and the governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, may have been resolved as the governor paid […]

By Park Sojung SEOUL, May 24 (Yonhap) -- Now seven episodes in, "Oh Hae-young Again" is gaining momentum as it approaches the 10 percent viewership mark, which is considered unusually high for a cable TV series, data showed Tuesday. The tvN series

Agent of Portuguese coach set for talks with United's directors in London on Tuesday.

Bernie Sanders has outperformed everyone's expectations for his 2016 primary campaign, but he is overwhelmingly likely at this point to lose the nomination. It's a frustrating situation for Sanders personally and even more frustrating for many of Sanders's supporters, who tend to be on the younger side and likely haven't yet had the experience of getting emotionally invested in a campaign that ends up losing.

Combat jugglers attempt to knock or steal each other’s pins out of the air and generally sabotage each other’s juggling.

No more early morning dips for swimmers after Medway Council cut the Strand pools' opening hours.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Riot police have held back striking Lisbon dock workers while port operators remove ship containers stranded for several weeks by the walkout over pay and labor rights.

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EDMONTON, Alberta, May 24 (UPI) -- With wildfires in Canada making their way east, provincial authorities in Alberta said the oil-rich parts of the region are cleared for operations.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Menominee Indian Tribe which sought protection for industrial hemp.

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China's economy is being held hostage.

The so-called zombie companies the Chinese government is supposed to be reforming have hijacked the government's economic policy, and the dangerous bubble forming inside the country stands to grow until this hostage situation has ended.

The zombies are state-owned enterprises mostly in the property, commodity, and industrial sectors. They are carrying a ton of debt, and this year they have started defaulting on that debt for the first time. Читать дальше...

Formerly a common sight in Manhattan.

The Avalanches appear poised for a comeback, but at this point it's just a bit unclear what that will look like. The long-dormant Australian cut-...