The Russian regulations for the business sector have improved, simplifying and speeding up the process of doing business in the country, World Bank Manager Rita Ramalho told Sputnik on the sidelines of Doing Business with the BRICS event in Washington, DC.
Screenwriter Linda Woolverton ("Beauty and the Beast") has again disposed of the source material in favor of something more linear — a story about Alice (Mia Wasikowska) looking for Hatter's (Johnny Depp) family. Director James Bobin's ("The Muppets") film trudges on through the lushly designed world answering questions we never asked, like, "What was the Mad Hatter's childhood like?" And, "why does the Red Queen have such a large head?" In other words, it's an Underland origin story. The nightmarish Hatter... Читать дальше...
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WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Security cooperation is key between the United States and Vietnam, and the two are coordinating on implementing North Korea sanctions.
FOOTAGE of a partially naked handcuffed police officer having her legs stood on has been released during a hearing into police brutality claims in Ballarat. WATCH THE VIDEO
Improper waste disposal methods have a devastating impact on scavenger birds.Many of these birds get hurt and some even die.
Thanks to the initiative taken by residents, a government primary school in Onnathalai village near Kotagiri in the Nilgiris, has reopened after 11 years.
Dozens of firefighters from across the Los Angeles area were battling a wind-whipped brush fire Monday that spread to about 135 acres in the hills above Lake View Terrace, authorities said.
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The national highway's ambitious project of re-designing two major junctions, Sungam junction and Lanka Corner junction at an estimated cost of Rs6.5 crore will begin this week, said officials.
Hectic lobbying has started in BJD for the three Rajya Sabha seats in the state as the tenures of incumbents Pyarimohan Mohapatra, Bhupinder Singh and Baishnab Parida are set to end on July 1.
Aggrieved over prolonged power outage, people in many parts of the city blocked the roads in their areas demanding its immediate restoration.
Napa vintner Donn Chappellet dies at 84Donn Chappellet trademarked the Pritchard Hill area of Napa Valley. Courtesy of Chappellet The Chronicle has learned that Donn Chappellet, founder of Napa Valley’s Chappellet winery, died on Sunday at home with his family. He was 84. Not only did Chappellet and his family create one of Napa’s most iconic Cabernet brands, but they also — in a slightly unusual move — trademarked Pritchard Hill, the subregion in which their property lies, and never allowed it to become an official American Viticultural Area. Читать дальше...
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Three unidentified miscreants allegedly attacked an employee of the sub-registrar office at Jatni on the outskirts of the city on Monday and looted Rs 6 lakh from him.
A tribal leader and former president of Lok Sangram Manch was found murdered at Kumarabandh village, about 80 km from here, under Badagada police limits in the wee hours of Monday.
Deliberate or indiscriminate attacks have decimated health facilities, killed medical workers and patients, and deprived countless civilians of care in 19 countries during 2015 and the first three months of 2016, a coalition of more than 30 health and humanitarian organizations said in a new report released Monday.
Altogether 48 brick-kiln workers and their families were rescued by the district administration from the Berhampur railway station on Monday.
Washington is due for down ballot duels in this year's election, as incumbent retirements have opened up no fewer than five statewide offices. The challenge to office seekers -- get attention.
Today in Stockton, California, President Clinton joined the ranks of his wife
A 32-year-old history-sheeter sustained bullet injuries on his left leg in exchange of fire with police at Tamana on Berhampur-Chikiti road, 15 km from here, on Monday.
Football player Jordan Rodgers, the younger brother of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, is a contestant on JoJo Fletcher‘s season of The Bachelorette! The 27-year-old former pro football player has played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Miami Dolphins. “Sports was everything for me growing up. One of my first [...]
The Federation of Tamil Nadu Agriculturists Association (FTAA) on Monday welcomed the waiver of agricultural loans as announced by Jayalalithaa immediately after assuming charge as chief minsiter.