De 45-jarige Australische Daniel Miller heeft uren in een sloot in New South Wales vastgezeten. Hij overleefde het maar net: hij kon zijn neus precies boven water houden. Uiteindelijk werd hij gevonden doordat een buurvrouw hem om hulp hoorde schreeuwen, schrijft 9News.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Sven Kramer of the Netherlands acknowledges the crowd after his victory in the men's 5000 meters at ...
The first Test begins in Pune on February 23.
The Cowboys knew when they drafted linebacker Jaylon Smith last year it was a long-term investment. But he’s showing signs that he may be close to providing a return. Via Todd Archer of ESPN.com, the former Notre Dame linebacker posted some workout videos that show some good progress from the knee injury and nerve damage…
The Greens-European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament has published its resolution calling on the controversial Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which they say may "undermine European democracy."
Tempur Sealy International Inc. said Thursday it has adopted a stockholder rights plan, a tactic often used by companies to stave off a hostile takeover. The news comes just weeks after the mattress company's stock suffered its biggest one-day selloff in nearly nine years on the news that it had terminated all contracts with major customer Mattress Firm. That came after Mattress Firm and its South African owner Steinhoff International demanded significant changes to supply agreements. With its stock so low... Читать дальше...
BRUSSEL (ANP) - De auto-industrie en de lidstaten hebben hun houding niet gewijzigd sinds het dieselschandaal. Verschillende landen weigeren emissiegegevens te delen met Brussel, dat opheldering eist over het falen van de nationale toezichthouders om gesjoemel met dieselauto’s boven water te krijgen.
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s justice minister resigned Thursday following mass protests over a law that would soften the corruption fight in the country. Florin Iordache defended his tenure, saying all his initiatives were “legal and constitutional,” but had failed to placate “public opinion.” Romania’s two-month-old government withdrew the contentious decree this week, crafted by Iordache,
Concerns centre on German group’s ability to increase expenditure despite net profit
The Ivorian government planned Thursday to pursue talks with elite troops responsible for President Alassane Ouattara's security in a bid to end a revolt by the special forces, a defence ministry official said. "Normally the discussions should resume this morning," the source told AFP after the mutineers began talks with top military staff following armed protests this week in their barracks town of Adiake, 90 kilometres (56 miles) east of Abidjan. Inhabitants of Adiake returned to business as usual on Thursday morning... Читать дальше...
Wing George North and fly-half Dan Biggar winning fitness battles and are named for Wales against England on Saturday.
The U.K. government has set its sights high with a new £10 million ($12.5 million) investment in commercial spaceflight.
A trip to an operating theatre offers hope.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Forecasters say the Southern High Plains will have elevated fire danger conditions Friday and Saturday before a cold front approaches and brings higher humidity levels.
BRUSSELS — Belgium is organizing an international conference next month to finance access to birth control, abortion and sex education for women in developing countries in an attempt to make up for President Donald Trump’s ban on U.S. funding. The government said Thursday that it will host the “She Decides” meeting on March 2, and
HOCHFILZEN, Austria — The Austrian federal criminal agency said Thursday it raided the lodgings of the Kazakh national biathlon team on the eve of the world championships on suspicion of doping. Police said they seized medical equipment, drugs and mobile phones late Wednesday, adding that criminal authorities were investigating whether Austrian anti-doping laws have been
For thousands of years, sugar has caused political and health problems, reports Amanda Foreman.
Bartholomeo Joly de Lotbiniere tells jurors both parties felt "disappointment and regret".
WILBER, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested two Lincoln man suspected of setting fire to a trailer in Saline County.
Alpo Martinez, who also went by the name RICO, was an infamous Harlem dug lord/hitmn. He was made famous by the rapper CAMRON who played him in the hit movie Paid In Full. The police finally caught up with Alpo – and he was arrested charged with conspiracy to commit murder, various drug charges, and […]
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Een account op Snapchat waarop naaktfoto's gedeeld zouden worden van Nijmeegse studenten is vanmiddag offline gehaald.
De Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) heeft in december voorkomen dat een radicale Koeweitse sjeik wederom zou spreken op een conferentie in de omstreden moskee Al Fourkaan in Eindhoven. De komst van sjeik Al-Mutairi werd als ongewenst beoordeeld en daarom werd zijn visum ingetrokken, schrijft het gemeentebestuur van Eindhoven vandaag in antwoorden op raadsvragen.
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to prison for his role in the 2015 death of his girlfriend’s toddler. Diquan Williams learned his punishment Wednesday after earlier pleading guilty murder and neglect in the October 2015 death of 2-year-old Cameron Parks. Authorities say he pushed and punched the child until the toddler was