“WITHOUT the cat, Istanbul would lose a part of its soul,” explains one resident in “Kedi” (“Cat”), a charming new documentary. In Turkey’s sprawling cultural capital, cats are a feisty symbol of the city’s 16m strivers. Hundreds of thousands of strays, neither feral nor tame, live among the denizens of Istanbul.
Steve Ballmer shares with CNBC's "Squawk Box" his views on government transparency and his investments.
Warning: This recap for the “Bratva” episode of Arrow contains spoilers. Most of the team head to Russia because Gen. Walker — who’s been taken into custody — escapes and flees to sell his nuclear trigger to terrorists. Oliver tries to enlist Anatoly, but he’s not having it because he abandoned Bratva.
Warning: This recap for the “Bratva” episode of Arrow contains spoilers. Most of the team head to Russia because Gen. Walker — who’s been taken into custody — escapes and flees to sell his nuclear trigger to terrorists. Oliver tries to enlist Anatoly, but he’s not having it because he abandoned Bratva.
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Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Scarlett Johansson stunned in a black and white suit at the amfAR New York gala following her split from husband Romain Dauriac.
Nintendo’s upcoming Switch console will come with a handful of games at launch, but one title looks to be more distinct — to put it mildly — than the rest. From Reddit via The Verge, clips for several of the games in the minigame collection 1-2-Switch have been uploaded to YouTube.
The international community is currently facing big changes. US protectionist policy and China's desire for a dominant role in global trade gradually lead to a new geopolitical order.
De Spaanse regisseur Pedro Almodóvar gaat mogelik een film maken over Romano van der Dussen, de Nederlander die twaalf jaar onschuldig vastzat in Spanje. De advocaat van Van der Dussen is hierover benaderd door de productiemaatschappij El Deseo van Almodóvar, meldt ABC.
WASHINGTON — Stockpiles held by U.S. wholesale businesses increased by a solid amount in December, while sales at the wholesale level rose at the fastest pace in more than five years. Both are good signs for future growth. The Commerce Department says inventories held by wholesalers rose 1 percent in December, matching the November increase,
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But the timing could not have been any worse.
The intense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union pushed the two countries to compete, not only on Earth but throughout the solar system. Good ideas, or perhaps more accurately good ideas at the time, were frequently imitated as long as they garnered prestige for Washington or Moscow. Of all the ideas that were copied during the Space Race, none were as curious—and blatant—as the Soviet Space Shuttle. Читать дальше...
As expected, the Universal Music Group has announced a multi-year agreement with Prince's estate and NPG Records, granting the major label...
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to Sputnik that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over an accidental Russian airstrike that had killed Turkish soldiers in Syria.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday it was unlikely that the situation in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists are ranged against the Ukrainian army, would be part of any deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.
When asked how preparations for a meeting between Trump and President Vladimir Putin were progressing, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call: "Right now, it's not clear what we are preparing for."
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The woman made a hasty retreat once she'd rescued her dog.
Cops busted a 30-year-old woman for stealing cash from a donation box at a Bronx church, police said Thursday.
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He's young, he's Republican, and he was seen a key steward of the Federal Reserve's financial crisis, Chairman Ben Bernanke's right-hand man.
It's only natural that the name of Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor who is now a fellow at the Hoover Institution, would come up as a potential replacement to Janet Yellen, whose term as Fed chair expires at the end of next January.
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RIJSSEN - Aan het Hogepad in Rijssen komt, ter hoogte van de Van den Broekestraat, een matrixbord die de snelheid weergeeft van langsrijdend verkeer.
IT IS a sign of the anxiety in foreign policy circles in Washington, DC that the possible elevation of one of its most controversial members is being lauded as a return to sanity.
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Stephen Colbert slammed President Donald Trump for his comments about Nordstrom after the department store dropped Ivanka Trump's clothing line last month due to declining sales.
"Evidently, not a lot of women wanted to buy clothes that made them attractive to their fathers," CBS's "Late Show" host said on Wednesday's episode.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Stockpiles held by U.S. wholesale businesses increased by a solid amount in December, while sales at the wholesale level rose at the fastest pace in more than five years. For much of the past year, businesses at all levels have been struggling to work down excess inventories, an effort that has been a drag on overall economic growth.
NEWARK, Del. — B.F. Rich Windows & Doors is shutting down, laying off all of its roughly 130 workers. The News Journal of Wilmington reports (http://delonline.us/2k6PARX) the Ogletown-based business that manufactures energy-efficient doors and windows told employees and customers this week that it plans to close later this month. Company officials said in a statement
*WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE* A shocked passerby has made the harrowing discovery of a dead Jack Russell which was blackened and charred.
With the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea set to begin one year from today, here's a look at some of the sites and venues of the Games.
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