Gerry Sklavounos returning to Quebec Legislature, says he’ll be ‘more careful’
The Crown prosecutor’s officer announced recently Sklavounos would not be charged in sexual assault allegations
The Crown prosecutor’s officer announced recently Sklavounos would not be charged in sexual assault allegations
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean idol group NCT has been hired by Thailand's Singha Corp. to promote the company's popular dried seaweed snack, the group's agency said Thursday. Five of the total 15 NCT members -- Ten, Taeyong, Doyoung, Mark
The United States spends billions of dollars on an air traffic control system that still does not function properly, President Donald Trump said in a meeting with airline industry CEOs at the White House on Thursday.
Värnhem School in central Malmö received a special prize for accepting the most refugees. Today the school is surrounded by ...
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What do you want to learn more about this year? Nanotechnology? Virtual reality? Bitcoin? How to protect democracy?
According to neuroscience professor Ken Kosik, adult education, or specifically engaging in challenging new learning experiences, encourages brain plasticity. And plasticity is associated with flexibility, innovation, and joy.
Equally as compelling, continued learning has been shown to protect your brain from developing diseases like Alzheimer's.
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Workers rifle through muddy leaves to find purple heads of radicchio. California farmers could lose workers, many of whom are unauthorized, if President Trump’s immigration promises come to pass.
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s first large-scale wind farm is fully operational despite efforts by some of the state’s most powerful politicians to shut down the $400 million project as a possible national security threat. Avangrid Renewables said Thursday its 104 wind turbines reaching 50-stories tall are now generating enough electricity for 60,000 homes. Amazon
President fails to lift quarterly results
During the month Donald Trump was sworn in as president, Houston thieves' targets echoed his mantra of "America first."
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Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan typically isn't this accurate from long-range.
A Malaysian ship carrying 2,300 tons of food and medicine to help members of Myanmar's persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority arrived in Yangon on Thursday as rights groups accuse the army of mass killings, rapes and other crimes targeting the ethnic group.
CORYDON, Ind. — A judge has sentenced a southern Indiana man to life in prison in the 2013 slayings of a couple during a robbery. WDRB-TV reports the the judge gave 21-year-old Kevin “Drew” Schuler of Greenville life in prison plus 65 years with no chance of parole. Schuler pleaded guilty in November in the
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Antonov is seen as the top candidate to become Russian Ambassador to the United States, a parliamentary source told Sputnik Thursday.
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Simon Wong has spent the last 20 years learning the hard way how to live with less. Less clutter, less money, and, most noticeably, less space.
Wong, a 61-year-old Hong Kong resident, is one of a growing number of citizens forced into so-called "coffin homes," 20-square-foot cages that offer just enough space to lie down and hang a few shirts and pairs of pants.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian opened fire and stabbed shoppers with a screwdriver near a busy open air market in central Israel on Thursday wounding at least six people, police said.
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Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The issue of North Korea child labor is to be discussed at the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on Friday.
An investigation into the Panama Papers tax avoidance scandal has exposed the deep chasm between EU policymakers and bankers, lawyers and accountants who create increasingly complex structures to reduce company tax liabilities, which Sputnik has been told amounts to "secrecy" and "deceit."
The Senate confirmation process for President Trump's Cabinet picks has been unusually slow. Trump blames Democrats; Democrats say they are pushing back against "unqualified" nominees.