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Przemek Karnowski scored 19 points on just seven shots from the field and No. 4 Gonzaga remained the only undefeated team in Division I with an 88-57 rout of Santa Clara at the Leavey Center on Thursday night. Karnowski made six field goals and added seven points from the line to help the Bulldogs (18-0, 6-0) extend the best start in school history with another lopsided win. Zach Collins had 16 points and Nigel Williams-Goss added 11 points and 10 rebounds in Gonzaga’s 11th straight double-digit win. Читать дальше...

Police say they have a suspect in custody.

We don't know each other. But today, on the occasion of Donald Trump's inauguration, there were some things I wanted to say to you as one American to another. (I'm willing to listen, too.)

Let's get this out of the way first: I think Donald Trump is dangerously unstable, morally objectionable, and has tendencies that represent a threat to our democracy. You may be starting to feel the same way, like this Trump voter, but chances are you still feel pretty good about him.

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A hacking trap has been laid in such a manner that even the most tech savvy users might be duped.

Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, the infamous Mexican drug lord, was extradited to the U.S., where he faces six indictments for crimes including drug trafficking, homicide and money laundering.

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De winst van farmaceutische bedrijven moet aan een maximum worden gebonden om dure medicijnen betaalbaar te houden. Dat zegt bestuursvoorzitter Wouter Bos van het VU medisch centrum in een vrijdag gepubliceerd interview met Het Financieele Dagblad.

India’s bold move to invalidate much of its cash and issue new bills to fill the void within two weeks may have come at a cost. SEE ALSO: Paytm outage, internet shutdown give India a reality check on its cashless dreams The newly issued Rs 500 bills are losing color when they are washed, according to reports. Some people are advising to not leave any bills in their pockets before handing them out to laundry as a brief encounter with water and detergent is suffice to turn them look like counterfeits. Читать дальше...

About 200,000 demonstrators are expected to march on the National Mall on Donald Trump's first full day as president. Organizers say they want the rights of all women to be expanded and protected.

Waratahs captain Michael Hooper is unfazed by the prospect of filling the void left by a number of veterans following the end of last season.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 37 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Timberwolves past the Clippers 104-101 in Los Angeles on Thursday night.

A water park has been evacuated after a wind change shifted the focus of fire fighting efforts.

PEKING (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - De groei van de Chinese economie is afgelopen jaar afgezwakt tot het laagste tempo sinds 1990. In de laatste drie maanden van het jaar lag de groei voor het eerst in twee jaar wel iets hoger dan in het voorgaande kwartaal, bleek vrijdag uit eerste schattingen van de Chinese overheid.

Classrooms across the state have been hit by a shortage of textbooks as the Assam State Textbook Production and Publication Corporation (ASTPPC) has not received enough paper from paper mills to print them.

Boeing aircraft and U.S. soybeans may be among U.S. goods targeted by China if trade tensions escalate.

A national watchdog group advocating for separation of church and state this week caused a Belle Plaine, Minn. war veterans group to remove a cross from a memorial on city owned property.

Watch the full speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May on the UK's strategy for exiting the European Union.

Barnaby Joyce's electorate is among the biggest beneficiaries of additional "Gonski" funding and among the likely biggest losers under the Coalition's school funding plan, a Herald analysis can reveal.

For the second straight Grand Slam tennis event, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has sent Lincoln native Jack Sock home.

Bradley Cooper has been working with personal trainer Jason Walsh for years now and he often has him by his side for workouts. The 42-year-old actor was spotted in his sweats while going for a jog with Jason on Thursday afternoon (January 19) in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Bradley was wearing a Williamstown Theatre Festival sweatshirt. [...]

It's been a momentous week for rugby league. Whether it's good or bad depends on who you speak to.

Former teammates Stephen Larkham and Andrew Walker will get a chance to relive their Brumbies wizardry when they make rugby comebacks in February.

News outlets limited to state media content as testing time looms for bilateral ties

John Tavares scored two goals and Thomas Greiss stopped 23 shots for his second straight shutout as the host New York Islanders beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 on Thursday night in their first game under head coach Doug Weight. Tavares, who scored three times Friday, nearly had another hat trick but his shot at an empty net in the closing moments deflected wide. Mike Condon stopped 42 shots for his third shutout of the season as Ottawa won for the fourth time in five games by handing host Columbus its fifth loss in eight games. Читать дальше...

TOKIO (ANP) - De aandelenbeurs in Japan is vrijdag met een kleine winst het weekeinde ingegaan. Daarmee was Tokio een positieve uitzondering in het Verre Oosten, waar graadmeters verder vooral in de min doken. Beleggers in Azië reageerden onder meer op de groei van de Chinese economie. Die is het afgelopen jaar afgezwakt tot het laagste tempo sinds 1990.