Feb. 6 1964 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Kenya. 1972 -- The Cheongryong unit, one of the main South Korean contingents that participated in the Vietnam War at the United States' request, returns home. 1996 --
The deep-pocketed foreign real estate buyers Vancouver has become famous may be gone. According to the latest numbers, foreign transactions above $3 million are dropping fast. No, foreign buyers didn’t disappear. They’re buying lower priced units, and it has more to do with China than BC’s tax.
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In 2016, Cleveland Basketball great LeBron James made over $77 million between his pay ($23 million) and endorsements, Forbes reports. New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning made $45 million, and LA Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw made $32 million.
There's no question being an elite pro athlete pays very, very well.
But consider this: The career span for an athlete is short and the rank-and-file pros don't get paid nearly so much as the top players. In the NFL... Читать дальше...
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Luke Bryan is busy getting ready to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the 2017 Super Bowl tonight. The 40-year-old country singer will belt out the National Anthem before the New England Patriots take on the Atlanta Falcons – and he’s been practicing a lot. “I’ve kind of just been hanging around the house, singing,” Luke [...]
ENSCHEDE – Voorafgaand aan het duel tussen FC Twente – Feyenoord, zondagmiddag, hield Vak-P een reusachtige sfeeractie. The combeback tour, luidde de boodschap van de harde kern.
The potential revision or dissolution of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Washington's possible noncompliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules could spell trouble for the global free trade, Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexico’s economy minister, told the Financial Times newspaper on Sunday.
Even when ads aren't overtly partisan, they can still kick up controversy.
The Commissioner opted to completely avoid politics in his pre-Super Bowl press conference. One of the Commissioner’s bosses has opted to speak out against the most controversial issue to arise in the past 16 days since the new administration acquired power. Jaguars owner Shad Khan, an immigrant and a Muslim, has concerns about the travel…
Where does your garbage end up? Hopefully, it is recycled. But this relatively new tradition has not yet reached many places around the world, where hundreds of hectares of land are swallowed up by landfills and waste dumps.
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Commenting on the recent intensification of fighting in southeast of Ukraine and Poroshenko's explanations, Russian political analyst Vladimir Lepekhin has explained why the "room to manipulate the opinion of western politicians" is drastically shrinking for Poroshenko and why Ukraine has become a 'poisoned arrow for European unity.'
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Lonzo Ball and Markelle Fultz played to a statistical draw. Their teams did not.
NASA's Robonaut 2 is used to working with astronauts on the International Space Station. Now, however, it has applied its skill to refereeing American football.
India thus set up a second round meeting with Uzbekistan, scheduled for April 7-9.
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Top-ranked Gonzaga won its 24th consecutive game to start the season despite missing injured starting guard Nigel Williams-Goss and rolled to a 90-55 victory over Santa Clara on Saturday night in Spokane, Wash.
Hillary Clinton is working on a new book. The 69-year-old former Presidential candidate will release a book of personal essays this fall via Simon & Schuster, according to the Associated Press. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Hillary Clinton Still untitled, the book will feature some of her favorite quotes and reflect on her [...]
New York subway riders have banded together to remove Nazi swastika symbols scrawled across a Manhattan train after the city’s transit system was once again defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti.
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Could the Argentinian depart, or is talk of Aguero's demise premature?
On football's biggest stage, fractions of a second can make the difference between victory or defeat. Quarterbacks and receivers spend countless hours timing and coordinating routes so that the pass is thrown at the precise speed and at the exact spot for a catch to be made. But that's simple stuff when you compare it to the spectacle that occurs before a Super Bowl.
Robust demand for compact utility vehicles like Maruti's Vitara Brezza and Hyundai Creta is driving up overall passenger vehicle sales in India even as those of cars continue to be in a slow lane.
Rugby union referee Nigel Owens speaks to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs about coming to terms with being gay.
Mikael Granlund – older brother of Canucks forward Markus Granlund – had three goals in a game for the first time in his career while also adding an assist as the Minnesota Wild defeated Vancouver 6-3