After a year of driving global temperatures to unprecedented warmth, the giant El Nino weather event in the Pacific is officially over, raising hopes that drought-hit regions may be in for some relief in Australia and elsewhere.
It wasn't these emergency service teams' finest hour.
Fists flew when the FDNY took on the NYPD in a family friendly charity football game in New York City on Saturday.
US President Barack Obama called on all parties to South China Sea dispute to come to a peaceful solution.
Van Gaal felt he was hard done by after United suffered injuries to several key players and he couldn`t hide his anguish at his premature exit.
Het is dinsdagochtend een komen en gaan bij de Harmony of the Seas: veel mensen nemen op de Erasmusbrug, de Wilhelminapier of de Willemskade even de tijd om een foto te maken van het grote cruiseschip. De één legt het schip vast met een telelens, voor de ander volstaat een kiekje met de mobiele telefoon.
De Shell-raffinaderij in Pernis wordt waarschijnlijk alsnog aangesloten op het Rotterdamse warmtenet. De onderhandelingen tussen Shell en het Warmtebedrijf zijn ver gevorderd.
Het gerechtshof behandelt dinsdagmorgen het hoger beroep dat de nabestaanden en het Openbaar Ministerie instelden tegen de agent die in 2013 Memphis van Veen (18) uit Eindhoven doodreed. De man werd vorig jaar veroordeeld. De zitting is live te volgen op Twitter.
Eurozone finance ministers are expected to approve Tuesday the reforms Greece proposed to unblock 10 billion euros ($11.2 billion) in new loans after a six month delay, according to media reports. However, Athens is unlikely to get debt relief because of the bloc's differences with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne will miss her debut at Royal Ascot next month after abdomen surgery following a fall.
The chief executive of Clydesdale Bank says its Australian shareholders shouldn't fret about Britain leaving the European Union.
A US boy is in an “extremely critical condition” after he was allegedly stabbed by his friend with a samurai sword during a sleepover.
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AGL boss says he worried about Trump
The speaker of the Alabama House is set for trial on felony charges that could result in his removal from office
AGL Energy chief Andy Vesey has singled out the advance in battery storage as the factor that will "change the world" of energy investment.
Australian shares closed lower, after a brief afternoon surge following remarks from RBA chief Glenn Stevens gave way to a late sell-off.
Will Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, ever join active politics? There are no clear answers yet.
ATLANTA (AP) — Starting next month, anyone who accidently brings a gun to the security checkpoint at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport will not be protected by a state law and could instead be facing up to a year in jail…
A Georgia law passed two years ago says permitted gun owners could take guns discovered in their carry-on luggage back to their cars or give them to someone for safe keeping, without facing criminal charges.
Ri Guang (日光) shares her impressions of life in Russia
A PARLIAMENTARY committee will investigate how ride-sharing services like Uber could be regulated as the Andrews Government sits on its hands about the issue.
Greek authorities have begun an operation to gradually evacuate the country's largest informal refugee camp of Idomeni, on the Greek-Macedonian border, where more than an estimated 8,400 people have been living for months
Half of the EU’s children aged under three are cared for only by their parents. The proportion is higher in eastern Europe and Germany, and lower in Denmark, Portugal and the Netherlands, where formal childcare is more common.
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Hawaii could become the first state in the United States to enter gun owners into an FBI database that will automatically notify police if an island resident is arrested anywhere else in the country