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Brazil’s Lava Jato corruption probe has brought most of the nation’s parliamentarians under suspicion – and the list of those whose reputations are still intact is very, very short. Stephanie Nolen and Elisângela Mendonça set out on a journey to see who’s still clean and how they work with dirty politics

Avustralyalı madenci işadamı Andrew Forrest ve eşi, hayır işlerinde kullanılmak üzere 400 milyon Avustralya doları (298 milyon ABD doları) bağışta bulundu. Bu miktarın ülke tarihindeki en büyük bağış olduğu...Devamı için tıklayınız

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as the next ambassador to China. The confirmation came by a bipartisan vote of 82 to 13 Monday, with all 13 of the votes against the Republican president's nominee coming from Democrats. Washington has been trying to persuade China to agree to new sanctions on Pyongyang, which has conducted dozens of missile firings and tested two nuclear bombs since the start of 2016. President Donald Trump has warned that a "major, major conflict"... Читать дальше...

The White House and a federal ethics watchdog agency are in a standoff over ethics waivers for executive branch officials.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities found one shell casing after a man tried to shoot and kill himself but the bullet passed through his head and took the life of his girlfriend, a prosecutor said Monday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities found one shell casing after a man tried to shoot and kill himself but the bullet passed through his head and took the life of his girlfriend, a prosecutor said Monday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities found one shell casing after a man tried to shoot and kill himself but the bullet passed through his head and took the life of his girlfriend, a prosecutor said Monday.

Number of visa overstays was about 200K higher than previous 12-month period, largely because this year's report adds students

Courtesy of Claudio Piron and Athanasios Vamvakidis, FX strategists at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BAML), here are the bank's FX forecasts for G10 and emerging market currencies over the next 18 months.

Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard was ruled out for Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Golden State Warriors in San Antonio, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich announced pregame Monday.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic have reached for an unknown to fill the role of president of basketball operations. A person familiar with the negotiations says the Magic have agreed to hire Toronto general manager Jeff Weltman to head up the basketball operations. The person, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the deal

1985 best picture ‘Out of Africa’ screens at Balboa Theatre Many were surprised that “Out of Africa” swept the best picture and director Oscars over “The Color Purple,” which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards but was shut out, tying a record. Working with screenwriter Kurt Luedtke, producer-director Sydney Pollack (“The Way We Were,” “Tootsie”) captured the essence of Danish author Isak Dinesen’s distinctive prose, and Meryl Streep is spot-on as the writer in this epic. “The Way We Were” and... Читать дальше...

The Hollywood actor alleges she lost film roles after magazines portrayed her as a liar.

Baidu could miss out as Chinese tech majors try to build up their online video content.

A video of ISIS claiming responsibility for the Manchester bombing on Monday just emerged. In the video, the man covers ...

Oil prices were firm on Tuesday on the expectation that an OPEC-led production cut would be extended to next March.

Ottawa is sending military assistance to help the displaced residents of a flooded-ravaged town in central Labrador.