(ATTN: UPDATES with details of hearing in paras 1-4, 6, 8, 10-13; CHANGES headline) By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- A presidential official said Thursday he met President Park Geun-hye's friend at the center of a political scandal "dozens of
Ahead of her forthcoming album, Cuban songstress Diana Fuentes premieres her new single and music video "La fortuna," featuring Tommy...
Gurpreet Singh, member of the managing committee of Khanna wrestling center, said, "DSP Mukesh Kumar runs Miri Piri Akhara with the help of other wrestling enthusiasts. We have produced many national and international level wrestlers. However, no aid is given to us, which is sad."
The Serbian republic in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has severed all ties with the international envoy to the Balkan state over his controversial remark about a national holiday.
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On Thursday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson spent an hour in Trump Tower, the day after President-elect Donald Trump trashed CNN, which AT&T wants to buy as part of its proposed $85 billion merger with Time Warner.
Trump is said to still oppose the deal, which he slammed on the campaign trail.
Trump's negative view of the merger comes "partly from his frustration with CNN, which is owned by Time Warner," according to Bloomberg.
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According to DC Comics lore, the Green Lantern Corps includes the green-clad, power-ring-wielding superhero as well as an intergalactic police force sent by the Guardians from the planet Oa. With a reported production budget of $200 million, the film opened to $53 million and has grossed just $219 million globally. “We’ve been to the bottom of the oceans, we’ve been to ancient Greece mythology, we’ve been to the past and future Flash, into the digital world with Cyborg, we still got to go to space,”... Читать дальше...
If brunch-time has you wondering about maple syrup packaging, you're not alone. Who is Mrs. Butterworth anyway? What are all these waffle holes for? And perhaps most perplexing, what's up with the teeny-tiny handle on the side of a maple syrup bottle? It's called a skeumorph, and here's why it's there.
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Shunning the conformist suits of his peers, Rafael de Cárdenas drafts a defiantly casual—but discreetly dark-hued—wardrobe.
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Thursday vowed to promote venture startups as part of a concerted effort to shore up the economy suffering from weak exports, flaccid domestic consumption and other challen
Confirmation hearings kick off today for Defense, CIA and HUD Jan. 12, 2017, 9:52 a.m. This is our look at President-elect Donald Trump's transition and the outgoing Obama administration: A breakdown of what Trump revealed to the media today, from business conflicts to Obamacare What does Trump's...
Confirmation hearings kick off today for Defense, CIA and HUD Jan. 12, 2017, 9:52 a.m. This is our look at President-elect Donald Trump's transition and the outgoing Obama administration: A breakdown of what Trump revealed to the media today, from business conflicts to Obamacare What does Trump's...
The Atalanta defender will stay with his current club on loan until 2018 before linking up with the Bianconeri on a contract running until 2021
Unlike last week, the second round of the 2017 NFL playoffs is expected to feature a few competitive games. Opinions appear to be split regarding which teams will emerge victorious in the Divisional Playoffs.
PRAGUE (AP) — Nearly 30 years ago, Donald Trump was confident he would win the U.S. presidential election — as an independent in 1996, according to recently uncovered files from Czechoslovakia's Communist-era secret police.
Goa's ruling BJP and opposition Congress on Thursday declared their first lists of candidates for the February 4 Assembly polls.
(AP) — More than 40 percent of California has emerged from a punishing drought that covered the whole state a year ago, federal drought-watchers said Thursday, a stunning transformation caused by an unrelenting series of storms in the North that filled lakes, overflowed rivers and buried mountains in snow. Just 2 percent of the state, a swath between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, remains in the sharpest category of drought that includes drying wells, reservoirs and streams and widespread crop losses. Читать дальше...
UBI Banca is buying three failed lenders for just one euro.
Syrian Minister for National Reconciliation Ali Haidar said that the vast majority of Syrians support reconciliation processes on the local level.
Republicans in the Senate spent the night — and early morning — taking the initial steps to repeal the Affordable Care Act. If that news has you waking up on the wrong side of the bed, grab your phone: You have options for taking action.
Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that it will create more than 100,000 full-time, full-benefit jobs across the U.S. over the next 18 months. The new additions will take the U.S. full-time workforce from 180,000 in 2016 to more than 280,000 by mid-2018. The new jobs will be nationwide and cut across functions from software developers and engineers to entry-level positions, the company said. Most will be in fulfillment centers currently under construction in states including Texas, California and New Jersey. Читать дальше...
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea may make surprise proposals to South Korea this year including reunions of separated families in a bid to break up the united international sanctions front, a report showed Thursday. In 2017, North Korea would
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LONDON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Scientists at King's College London have found a link between early schizophrenia and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in patients.