U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to ignore any rulings by the World Trade Organization that it sees as an affront to U.S. sovereignty, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
(AP) — Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, killing at least two people, as a spring-like storm system posed a risk to 45 million people. At Ottawa, Illinois, state Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Patti Thompson said a tornado victim was killed by an uprooted tree. While weather conditions typically improve after nightfall, as the atmosphere cools, the Storm Prediction Center posted tornado watches late Tuesday for the area from eastern Kansas and Oklahoma to near Cincinnati. Читать дальше...
Oliver Bierhoff believes Mesut Ozil was unfairly made a scapegoat by Arsenal after their 5-1 mauling in the Champions League by Bayern Munich.
Scamp was found under a mound of earth by a couple walking through woodland.
Germany's finance minister opposes an international cooperation which has to have winners and losers.
The UK government's most senior adviser on Scots law is fined £1,000 after admitting a firearms offence.
German government spokesman said that Angela Merkel appreciates the work European Council President Donald Tusk is doing.
Best Buy Co. Inc. shares sank 8.6% in Wednesday premarket trading after the consumer electronics retailer reported fourth-quarter sales that missed expectations. Net income was $607.0 million, or $1.91 per share, up from $479.0 million, or $1.40 per share, for the same period last year. Adjusted EPS was $1.95, beating the $1.67 FactSet consensus. Sales totaled $13.48 billion, down from $13.62 billion last year, and below the $13.62 billion FactSet consensus. Domestic same-store sales fell 0.9%... Читать дальше...
CAIRO — Egypt’s flagship state newspaper, Al-Ahram, has accused the country’s parliament speaker of making “inappropriate” comments and borderline abuse of authority. The quarrel — a rare public spat between two of Egypt’s leading institutions — began this week when Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel-Al criticized the paper’s coverage of the legislature. He said the 141-year-old
Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) meets his father in the latest trailer for Marvel's upcoming sci-fi epic, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2."
Senior IAS officer Ajay Tyagi on Wednesday took charge as the Chairman of markets regulator Sebi.
GENEVA — Jihad al-Makdissi was once the mouthpiece for the Syrian government. A familiar face at the front lines of spin, he defended the heavy-handed approach of state security and military forces as Arab Spring-inspired protests swept the nation and then degenerated into a horrific civil war. Now, the former government operative and career diplomat
FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Tomoyuki Sugano delivers a pitch against Taiwan in Game 2 of their two-game World Baseball C...
Trump signed two executive orders: one calling for a review of the Waters of the U.S. Rule and one shifting the federal authority on HBCUs to the White House.
The summer signing from Juventus is the first player in the Premier League to get to 1000 passes in the opposition half this season
MEXICO CITY — Golf’s two governing bodies released a draft of modern rules on Wednesday aimed at bringing common sense to what can be a complicated sport. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association spent more than five years trying to simplify the Rules of Golf without stripping the centuries-old game
Labour and Lib Dem peers backing an amendment protecting EU citizens in the UK
Running back Chris Johnson got off to a great start in 2015 by running for 814 yards on 196 carries in the Cardinals’ first 11 games, but a leg injury sent him to injured reserve. That opened the door for then-rookie David Johnson to take on a bigger role and it proved to be a…
CNBC's Diana Olick reports a dip in mortgage rates was enough to bring borrowers back to the market.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said President Donald Trump did not endorse a proposed border tax system in his first speech to Congress on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — Twitter says a record 3 million tweets were sent about President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. The top tweeted moment of Trump’s speech was the Republican’s call to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. That was followed by Trump’s salute to Carryn Owens, the widow
Not long ago, I went to the Manhattan outpost of the Dover Street Market, situated on a quiet stretch of lower Lexington Avenue. The store is an unexpected oasis of high style, where seven floors of Comme des Garçons and Thom Browne keep company with an ever-shifting selection of avant-garde up-and-comers. It all takes place within the gutted shell of a bank, a detail you may make as little or as much of as you like. On the ground floor, you can have cakes and tea, or soft-scrambled eggs, or an array of Bonnard-hued salads... Читать дальше...
Ankara could forbid Washington from using its Incirlik airbase if the United States cooperates with the Kurdish forces, such as the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Popular Defense Units (YPG).
ROTTERDAM (ANP) - De pensioenfondsen hebben hun positie afgelopen maand verder weten te verbeteren. Stijgende koersen van aandelen en obligaties en de toenemende waarde van vastgoed zorgden voor een groter vermogen, stelde onderzoeksbureau Aon Hewitt woensdag.