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Russia has planted a titanium flag on the North Pole. It's crucial now for the US to reassert its leadership in the Arctic, these two former NATO generals say.

So much discussion of the new “Ghostbusters” has centered on the Ghostbusters themselves, and particularly on their gender, that we have forgotten about the ghosts. And yet ghosts are so rich in metaphorical significance. In the reboot, Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig’s characters have co-authored a book called “Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively.” The title invites us to ask: What fears and desires do the ghosts represent? What spaces do they haunt? What is signified by their eventual bustedness? Читать дальше...

She was rushed to hospital with head injuries and stab wounds.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A $9 million project to renovate the Des Moines Water Works Park includes an amphitheater with space for 25,000 people.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The United States has deployed three B-2 stealth bombers to the U.S. territory of Guam as tensions with North Korea increase.

The Mumbai Police Tuesday arrested the Chief Executive Officer and four other doctors of the L H Hiranandani Hospital here in connection with an alleged kidney racket which came to light last month.

Soon, ad-blocking software won't be enough to stop you from seeing ads on Facebook, the company says.

Ben Hooper
MADISONVILLE, Ky., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Police in Kentucky released video of a bungling arsonist whose Molotov cocktail ricocheted and lit him on fire.

RIO DE JANEIRO — A judge has ordered organizers of the Rio Olympics to allow peaceful protests inside venues after several fans were escorted out of stadiums for holding up anti-government signs. As Brazil’s political crisis has deepened, with the Senate taking up impeachment proceedings Tuesday against suspended President Dilma Rousseff, many are increasingly voicing

ISLE OF WIGHT, Va. — Authorities say several cars of a CSX train derailed in southeastern Virginia without apparent injuries, leaks or spills. CSX spokeswoman Laura Phelps said in an email that five well cars carrying 11 shipping containers derailed Tuesday morning outside the International Paper mill near Franklin. She says the train was traveling

US Republican lawmakers, governors, advisors and former officials have come out against GOP nominee Donald Trump, saying he lacks the judgment, character and experience to be president.

Was that Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton on a bike? Some people had to do a double take when they saw France’s Pauline Ferrand-Prévot race Sunday at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Of course, it wasn’t the British royal, who is rumored to be pregnant, they saw, but her French doppelganger.

RIO DE JANEIRO — The U.S. women’s gymnastics team is golden once more. Tennis star Serena Williams is headed home. The top-seeded player in the women’s tennis tournament at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics got upset on Tuesday by Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, deprived of a chance to defend the gold medal she won four

A mob of "gau rakshaks" allegedly beat up two Dalits in East Godavari district after they skinned a cow which had died due to electrocution, police said on Tuesday.

Everton are in talks to sign Yannick Bolasie and Lamine Kone, as they close on a deal for Swansea's Ashley Williams.

You never know what you'll find washed ashore on a beach. But a giant oil rig?

Fifty prominent Republican national security officials, including a former CIA director, on Monday (August 8) called party nominee Donald Trump unqualified to lead the country and said he would be "the most reckless president in American history." The statement was the latest repudiation of Trump's candidacy by veteran Republican national security specialists, and was remarkable for the harshness of its language.

A Chinese tourist who was robbed in Germany unknowingly applied for asylum when the language barrier prevented him from communicating what had happened. The man, known only as Mr. L, … Click to Continue »

The parents of a brain-dead Georgia infant were granted the chance to say goodbye to the child they allegedly brutalized.

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CHARLES CITY, Iowa, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- An Iowa bar by the name of "DeRailed" was met with an ironic fate after it was struck by a derailed train on Tuesday morning.

The top-seeded player in the women's tennis tournament at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics got upset on Tuesday by Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. Simone Biles and her acrobatic teammates had a much better day in gymnastics.

The Americans' second straight Olympic triumph was never in doubt, their score of 184.897 at the Rio Games more than eight points clear of the field.

What the hell is Season 6 of “American Horror Story” going to be about?

Adele might be saying hello to the 2017 Super Bowl. According to British tabloid newspaper The Sun, the National Football League is eyeing the...