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Government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said Wednesday that both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been invited to come to France after the conference to be informed of its conclusions. Independence Party leader Bjarni Benediktsson will become prime minister in the new administration, state broadcaster RUV reported. Authorities dug out stranded residents as heavy snow blanketed Eastern Europe Wednesday and people struggled with travel delays, power outages and subzero temperatures. Читать дальше...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The front lines of the battle against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline are shifting away from the dwindling encampment in North Dakota, with main opposing groups asking for activism to be spread around the U.S., a call heeded when a banner was unfurled during an NFL game on New Year’s Day. The message also has evolved from a struggle against a single four-state pipeline to an effort to advance the rights of American Indians, the leader of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe says. Читать дальше...

'Why so many hedges?' and nine other oddities that make visitors to Canberra scratch their heads.

New products and heavy spending were supposed to drive growth. They didn't.

The Argentine scored a free-kick for the third game running as the Uruguayan reached 100 goals and the Brazilian ended his scoring drought

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Despite the acrimony around many of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet selections, the confirmation hearing for one of them, Homeland Security Secretary candidate Gen. John Kelly, appears to be going smoothly.

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates introduced Kelly, saying the former general was "a man of great moral authority" who Gates would trust with his life.

During the "lovefest," as Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp called to it, Kelly was asked... Читать дальше...

Patriots wide receiver Michael Floyd has had a strange season, and as Floyd awaits the start of the playoffs for his new team on Saturday he told reporters that he’s waiting quietly — and alone. Floyd, who was claimed by the Patriots after being cut by the Cardinals following a DUI arrest in December, said…

‘Prison Break’ Creator on Limited Series Revival: ‘No Time for Bulls—‘ [...] he sees that as a preferable way to write a series: There’s really no time for bulls—. Executive producer Dawn Olmstead of Universal Cable Productions agreed, saying that even though the show has been a massive success overseas, the only way she was going to even consider a revival was if the entire cast returned. Read original story ‘Prison Break’ Creator on Limited Series Revival: ‘No Time for Bulls—‘ At TheWrap

A father who watched an aircraft carrying his son crash in central Queensland on Tuesday has spoken of how he had to cut his son free from the plane.

Horizon Zero Dawn's latest trailer is amazing.

Selena Gomez's kiss with The Weeknd may have just cost her one famous follow. Earlier today, photographs surfaced of the singers enjoying a three-hour long date night at Santa Monica...

Oh, that Donald is a devil, isn't he? Or maybe he isn't.

A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl raped, tortured and killed at her adoptive mother's home had been abused or neglected in at least three homes during her short life. A lawyer for Grace Packer's birth parents told The Associated Press they lost custody of the toddler over allegations that other adults were sexually abusing their young children. [...] when that failed, they plotted to kill her, said Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Schorn, who oversees major crimes prosecutions in Bucks County. Читать дальше...

After trading the once golden boy to the now lagging Devils, the Oilers have been on an upward climb

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Instagram has introduced the first ads within its Stories product, but initially publishers that produce content for this platform will not share in any ad revenue.

You are responsible for reporting your cost basis information accurately to the IRS.

Donald Trump didn't address tax reform in his news conference, and that means cuts may be slow to come, Henrietta Treyz says.

Bombs detonated in the center of Boston are disarmed by bonds of family and community in Peter Berg’s “Patriots Day,” a stirring ode to civic life in the age of terrorism. “Patriots Day,” which recreates the 2013 Boston Marathon and the subsequent four-day manhunt, is the third in a string of docudramas for Berg, following

Ed Sheeran's song "Shape of You" already has a live acoustic version, thanks to Capital FM. When the British singer-songwriter stopped...

The president-elect held his first news conference since July. Hear the “Playing Politics” analysis from WCCO Radio’s John Williams and the Star Tribune Editorial Board’s John Rash and Patricia Lopez.