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Donald Trump has criticised North Korea’s “belligerence” in a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid escalating tensions between the US and the North. Mr Trump told Mr Xi that North Korea’s actions are destabilising the Korean Peninsula, according to a White House readout of the call. The White House says both leaders “reaffirmed the urgency of the threat” in North Korea, and pledged to strengthen their coordination on this issue.

EX-SHOCK jock Derryn Hinch used Monday’s Q & A to say it was “too easy” to become an Australian citizen. And he should know — he’s an immigrant.

In his letter to Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated New Delhi’s support to Kabul in fighting terror. Experts said India should scale up its contribution to Afghanistan and actively engage with Russia, which has upped the great game in the country.

A 51-year-old textile dealer who attempted to jump into the lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, has appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court

Thousands of people from around the world, many of them young Israelis, paid homage Monday to the millions who perished in the Holocaust at the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz. The event, the March of the Living, is a somber memorial march of about three kilometers (two miles) from the original Auschwitz camp to Birkenau, a much larger death camp where Jews and Roma were murdered in gas chambers in German-occupied Poland. Participants gathered under and near the main gate with the... Читать дальше...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova has been stripped of her 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medal for doping with an anabolic steroid. Chernova’s urine sample revealed traces of turinabol in a retesting program of Beijing and 2012 London Olympics athletes, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. In a previous doping case involving the

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Former President Bill Clinton is showing his humorous side... and perhaps his sarcastic one as well.

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According to a Vanity Fair report detailing Donald Trump's relationship with his wife, Melania Trump, an insider claimed that the couple hit a rough patch about six months into their marriage.

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Few students and families pay the full price for private colleges and universities. These online tools can help.

Jimmy Butler has to be the best player in the Bulls' NBA playoff series for Chicago to beat out the Celtics.

The World Schools opened in Iasi, Romania with an Opening Ceremony and speeches by the Mayor of Iasi, Mihai Churidar, FIDE Deputy President Giorgios Makropoulos, the President of the Romanian Chess Federation, Spring Jacobson and FIDE Executive Director, Nigel Freeman amongst others.

A mischievous panda at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China bit the hair of someone who wanted to take a selfie with him.

Runway work causes delays at SFO After a weekend with dozens of flight delays and cancellations, problems spilled into Monday morning at San Francisco International Airport, with 100 delays and 53 cancellations reported as of 7:30 a.m. Delays range from 15 to 90 minutes, although the longest delays are affecting “just a handful” of flights, he added. The airport announced the plan to repave Runway 28L in February, warning that the runway would be closed for nine weekends through June 9, potentially causing delays. Читать дальше...

It comes a month after a BBC debate asked, 'What is the right punishment for blasphemy?'

CHICAGO — Former President Barack Obama is using his first public appearance since leaving office to talk with students about his experiences as a community organizer in Chicago and how that laid the foundation for his political career.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova has been stripped of her 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medal for doping with an anabolic steroid.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee local official has been arrested after police said he choked his girlfriend at a fast food restaurant. Memphis police said Monday that Shelby County Commissioner Justin Ford has been charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment. Police said Ford’s girlfriend told officers he physically assaulted and choked her during an

SALT LAKE CITY — What began as a Sunday evening walk in a Salt Lake City park turned tragic when a woman drowned while trying to save her two dogs after they jumped into the fast-moving, icy waters of a creek, police said. While out with her husband, Liudmilla Feldman, 58, plunged into the high

Published reports indicate that cable channel ESPN is preparing another round of cuts to its on-air talent, as parent company Walt Disney Co (ticker: DIS) continues to try to right the ship at the popular network. Traditional cable TV viewers have flocked to cheaper alternatives, and Disney is still trying to solve its ESPN problem. ESPN is expected to cut 40 jobs starting on May 1, including radio hosts, on-air personalities and writers.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Global warming's milder winters will likely nudge Americans off the couch more in the future, a rare, small benefit of climate change, a new study finds....

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