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SEATTLE, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Microsoft founder Bill Gates is forming a $1 billion fund with other investors in a quest to fight climate change with clean energy innovation.
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Nintendo and Apple are working closely together, for the first time in memory, to launch a new game called "Super Mario Run" that's coming out for the iPhone later this week.
So Mario inventor and Nintendo senior executive Shigeru Miyamoto has been doing a lot of publicity for Mario's first mobile game lately.
In one recent interview with Glixel, he gives an outsider's perspective on Apple, and underscores what fan boys have known for years: the quirky game maker from... Читать дальше...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief and former French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde went on trial, December 12, over her role in a controversial settlement with a businessman involving a French bank.
Raiders owner Mark Davis still hasn’t dismissed the formal Oakland proposal aimed at keeping the team in town. Maybe that’s because Davis needs the proposal, as leverage at a minimum. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Davis and Sands casino owner Sheldon Adelson (pictured) continue to have a difficult time striking a deal…
American Mixed Martial Arts fighter Andrew ‘The Beast’ Whitney was waiting for the fight result to be announced, fully confident in his victory – but the outcome was just the opposite. What happened after that can be seen in the shocking post-fight video.
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UNITED NATIONS — Former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the ninth U.N. chief in the body’s 71-year history.
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Donald Trump again tested the strength of US-Chinese relations when he questioned the ‘One China’ policy in a discussion of Taiwan. A government-run newspaper in Beijing again responded with a scathing editorial stressing Trump’s diplomatic inexperience.
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Serbia seeks to boost economic cooperation with Russia in various spheres, the country's prime minister said.
NEW YORK (AP) — In this era of so-called Peak TV, the tally of scripted series aired in 2016 is closing in on 500. No wonder it's so hard to pick the best 2 percent of the crop. But that…
NEW YORK (AP) — In this era of so-called Peak TV, the tally of scripted series aired in 2016 is closing in on 500. No wonder it's so hard to pick the best 2 percent of the crop. But that…
NEW YORK (AP) — In this era of so-called Peak TV, the tally of scripted series aired in 2016 is closing in on 500. No wonder it's so hard to pick the best 2 percent of the crop. But that…
NEW YORK (AP) — In this era of so-called Peak TV, the tally of scripted series aired in 2016 is closing in on 500. No wonder it's so hard to pick the best 2 percent of the crop. But that…
Kendall Jenner has once again been spotted out with rapper A$AP Rocky, and it’s beginning to seem like the two are more than just friends. On Sunday, the 21-year-old model was photographed with the 28-year-old rapper eating dinner at the California Japanese restaurant, Nobu Malibu. The two weren’t alone though, as some of Rocky’s friends were also spotted at the restaurant.
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has turned down former-Prime Minister Tony Blair’s bid for extra resources as his total cost to the taxpayer hits almost £3 million a year, it has been reported.
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The man plummeted from his eighth-floor pad at 308 W. 103rd St. just after 8:50 a.m., according to witnesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away appeals from death row inmates in four states that raised different questions about the fairness of capital punishment.
Читать дальше...A pedestrian was hit and killed by an SUV on Sunday night while crossing Flamingo Road near Pecos Road, according to Metro Police. A 34-year-old Las Vegas man was crossing the street outside of ...
AMES, Iowa — The governing board of Iowa’s public universities is expected to decide Monday whether to take action against Iowa State University’s president for his use of school planes. The Board of Regents will hold a special meeting in which it will get the summary of an audit of Steven Leath’s use of the planes during his five years as president. It is then expected to go into closed session to review Leath’s job performance.
Читать дальше...Cardinals General Manager Steve Keim won’t be doing any planning for the postseason in the next few weeks, which means that his attention can start to shift to the work that needs to be done for the 2017 season. He does not appear to have finding a new quarterback or top wide receiver on his…
An almost-perfect dinosaur skeleton has sold at a French auction house for more than €1 million to an unnamed buyer.
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Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Silver City Brewery is closing out 2016 by releasing an epic beer: The post Silver City Brewery releasing Time Traveller Imperial Stout this week appeared first on Washington Beer Blog.
"Out of Bounds" (Grove Atlantic), by Val McDermid