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Royal Visit For Harlow School

Kate refused to let the bad weather dampen her fashion choices as she stepped out in a playful polka dot dress for the occasion. If you're ever in need of a knight in shining armor, here's proof Prince William is your man. "By encouraging children ...

On stump for Clinton, Sanders will try to rally young voters

In an interview Friday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" , Sanders acknowledged that he has always been a third party candidate, and had no negative words for Johnson or Stein. "What every American - Democrat, Republican, independent - has got to ask themsel...

Global oil glut set to last until '17

The International Energy Agency slashed its consumption growth forecast for this year by 100,000 barrels per day and sees an even weaker expansion in 2017. OPEC said oil markets would remain heavily oversupplied next year if the group maintains i...

Brazilian ex-President Silva charged in corruption probe

The former Brazilian president and his wife were also charged with receiving a luxury apartment at a seaside resort in Sao Paulo from a major construction company involved in the Petrobras corruption scandal. The two-year-old Operation Carwash inve...

New note from doctor says Trump's health is excellent

This was perhaps an acknowledgment that Trump's "manliness" has come up before, particularly when the candidate defended the size of his hands , among other things, during a primary debate in March. The two-page letter by Dr. Lisa Bardack notes the ...

13-year-old with BB gun killed by police in Columbus, Ohio

The incident began just before 8 p.m. EDT when police responded to reports of an armed robbery. This morning, Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs gave the officer's name, adding "Officers at the scene were very disturbed about the fact that here we ...

Snowden not a whistleblower, congressional report says

The programs collected the telephone metadata records of millions of Americans and examined emails from overseas. He then fled to Russian Federation via Hong Kong . Snowden was charged by USA federal prosecutors in 2013 with theft of government pro...

United Kingdom jobs market shakes off Brexit jitters as employment hits fresh high

The employment rate in Scotland now stands at 74.1 per cent, which remains behind the UK-wide record average of 74.5 per cent. Some 31.8 million people were in work - up by 174,000 from the previous quarter. However, wage growth in the United Kingd...

Philippine President seeks arms from China, ends joint patrols with U.S.

Navy, to avoid upsetting Beijing . "China said they are anxious about me. That's besides my point", he said , referring to a Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling that said that Beijing's claim to areas of the South China Sea had no basis.

United States woman arrested for having incest sex with her married son

A mother and her son are both facing incest charges in North Carolina for allegedly engaging in sexual relations. While it is unclear whether Kitchens is single, it appears her son is married with a toddler son of his own, and that his wife, Shanno...

Cauvery row: CM Siddaramaiah assures protection to Tamils in Karnataka

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police arrested almost 400 people for looting and vandalism in India's information technology hub of Bangalore after a curfew was imposed to quell violence set off by a court ruling over a disputed water source, a police officer sa...

Shivpal Yadav will resign from Uttar Pradesh government tomorrow

While Akhilesh stayed away, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Shivpal Yadav, along with Singhal, attended the party. Governor Ram Naik accepted the chief minister's recommendation to sack them, a Raj Bhawan communique said. Prajapati began as Minister of State ...

Supreme Court Denies Early Voting in Ohio

With no published dissents, the justices said they wouldn't block an appeals court decision that allowed the elimination of Golden Week under a Republican-backed law. The Supreme Court denied the Democrats' request to put that decision on hold while ...

New Hampshire Ranked Happiest State in New England

The same held true for Arizona's rankings under those three categories, as they were ranked 28th under "Emotional and Physical Well-Being", ranked 31st on the "Work Environment" list and the state was named 38th on the "Community and Environment" lis...

Six workers safely rescued from South African abandoned gold mine

This latest incident comes with Zimbabweans still having fresh memories of over twenty Zimbabweans who died in a similar incident in another SA mine in 2014. "So far we don't know how many people are trapped underground but we believe that we will be...

Donald Trump closes gap with Hillary Clinton in new Reuters/Ipsos poll

The intensifying political combat came as Clinton's lead in opinion polls has slipped in recent days. The current average of polls from website RealClearPolitics puts her at 45.6 percent support, compared with Trump's 42.8 percent. Some of Trump...

Turkey can resettle Syrian refugees

Three Turkish soldiers have been killed and one wounded during clashes with Islamic State fighters in northern Syria, according to Turkey's armed forces. "They are still present in the area", he said. The people who left came back. Even though both c...

Korea Launches Yet Another Missile, UN Reacts With Same Old Statement

South Korea in July announced the deployment of the advanced anti-missile system in the southern part of the country. Bolstering the sanctions will involve closing loopholes in existing measures, the Wall Street Journal quoted Obama as saying af...

Mild tremors shake Delhi-NCR

According to a tweet by Indian Meterological Department (IMD), the epicentre of the natural disaster was Jhajjar in Haryana. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage to property. Jhajjar is located some 120 km from the national cap...

New law allows female WWII pilot to be inurned at Arlington

But as NPR's Susan Stamberg has reported , they were regarded as civilians. The WASPs paid for their own room and board during training. The government neglected to provide financial benefits and gave no military honors to WASPs who flew during the ...

Putin's spokesman does not respond to Trump's accolade

Trump also brought up Putin's praising the GOP candidate earlier in the campaign, when he reportedly called Trump a "bright and talented person". Putin is "very much of a leader", Trump said in a televised interview, where he and Democratic...

Sissoko in contention for Spurs debut

The Dane has been in contract negotiations with Spurs since September previous year and signed a deal believed to be in the region of £75,000-a-week. Christian Eriksen is backing Tottenham to become a major force in English football after the pla...

Hanjin says has cash to begin unloading four US-bound ships

The ocean freight industry has never seen a container carrier of Hanjin Shipping's size go under before. The global shipping disruption comes just as companies are sending off merchandise to fill shelves and warehouses for the year-end holiday se...

Minnesota Democrats attempt to strip Trump from ballot

The Minnesota constitution states electoral college delegates and their alternates must be elected at the party's convention. State law says that electors and alternate electors must be nominated at an official state convention. He said the party h...

Russian Mideast push could hurt US influence, if talks occur

The report comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to organize a face-to-face meeting between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Vasiliy Mitrokhin, a senior archivist in the KGB's foreign intelligence archive from 1972 to 19...

Helicopters rescuing at least 100 people trapped in French Alps cable cars

The cable cars were stuck at about 3800m, initially with 110 people on board, Haute-Savoie region prefect Georges-Francois Leclerc said. Forty-five lucky souls are spending the night in these tuna cans of doom, equipped with blankets, food and water....

Duterte skips summit meets because of migraine

But on Thursday, Philippine foreign secretary Perfecto Yasay told The Associated Press that the leaders had met. Obama has repeatedly warned against the perils of the Trump presidency, suggesting the Republican nominee would be woefully unprepare...

Delta: 5-hour computer outage cost us $150 million

In other Delta Air Lines news, CFO Paul A. Jacobson bought 25,000 shares of Delta Air Lines stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 25th. The share price is trading in a range of $66.98 - 67.57. Analyst's mean target price for CF Industries Holding...

Obama, Putin, agree to continue seeking deal on Syria

But U.S. was wary of enter a deal that would not be effective. While Vladimir Putin-led Russian government has backed Assad in the conflict, USA backs opposition forces that are up against Assad. "Clearly, he's a colorful guy", Obama said. Putin ...

Rescuers: 2 dead in Tel Aviv building collapse

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the site Monday night to inspect the search operations. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known, and several hours after the structure came down in a plume of dust, police said about four people...

Obama, Duterte meet despite Filipino leader's crude language

I can't say how long they met. While this colonial legacy (and the bloody war that severed it) has done little to endear Americans to the Philippines, a close military relationship has developed over the years and the two nations have been close alli...

Mother Teresa: 'Saint of the gutters' canonized at Vatican

Born Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, Teresa came to India in 1929 as a sister of the Loreto order. Teresa's most famous critic, Christopher Hitchens, has accused her of taking donations from dictators - charges church authorities deny.

Newton on path toward Mexico's border with Arizona

And despite it now weakening to a tropical storm, USA authorities are preparing for flash flooding and landslides as it today heads to the US state of Arizona. Some 1,500 people took refuge in shelters in the resort town but many returned home, Vazqu...

Oil minister: Iran backs OPEC moves geared toward stability

It would "make oil production cost effective and beneficial for OPEC members", while keeping pressure on the group's rivals. On Monday, Saudi Arabia and non-Opec member Russian Federation signed a pact to co-operate to stabilise markets, saying the...

USA activist found shot dead in burning vehicle

Louis County. Officers responded to a call around 2 a.m Tuesday about a vehicle fire in Riverview , according to a statement from the police. DeAndre Joshua, 20, was also found dead in a torched auto in November 2014, the morning after a grand j...

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USS Mason fired on again

Last Monday, the USS Mason was passing through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. The rockets fired at the USS Mason on Sunday and again Wed...

May accused of cover-up over abuse inquiry chief

She said the inquiry was already extensive and had gathered "numerous accounts of abuse". But Tim Loughton, acting chairman of the committee, said it was "inconceivable" the Home...

Pranksters dressed as 'creepy clowns' scare people across Britain

POLICE are warning people to exercise cautious if they are approached by any clowns in The Hills district. Three cases have so far been deemed criminal offences. A 19-year-old stud...

More than 1 million in Obamacare to lose plans as insurers quit

Despite the skyrocketing premium increase approval, the system still essentially banks on more people using the healthy system than not. Marketplace enrollment grew by about 1 ...

Russian Federation and Syria halt Aleppo airstrikes in 'humanitarian pause'

Spokesman Jens Laerke of United Nations humanitarian coordinator OCHA said in Geneva the agency needs assurances from all sides that fighting will stop before it can provide hum...

Cheer up, Americans, say Canadians _ you're great

A video uploaded on Oct.12 already has more than half a million views and counting. "Don't worry neighbors, if the election goes haywire, you can all come and live up here with...

Pentagon: More than 100 U.S. troops with Iraqi forces retaking Mosul

The Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a much-awaited operation late Sunday to retake Mosul - the last Daesh stronghold in northern Iraq, which was overrun by the t...

Trump might meet with Putin before inauguration if elected

Mr. Trump, who has declined to make his tax returns public, has denied that he has business interests in Russian Federation . In spite of Putin's denial that Russia has been invo...

Kerry welcomes release of United States citizens held in Yemen

Initially, a US defense official said multiple missiles were fired at three ships patrolling worldwide waters at around 3:30 p.m. ET. Those U.S. strikes targeted three radar si...

In Iran: Iranian-US businessman, father given 10-year sentences

Iran Hard-Liners Release Video Showing Detained Iranian-American Businessman - Iranian hard-line media have released a video showing detained Iranian-American businessman Siamak ...

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Poll shows majority in Philippines satisfied with Duterte

He said Washington is focused on ensuring that assistance efforts truly benefit the people and are compliant with USA laws and regulations. The other side also takes our relations...

17 die in major fire at a private hospital in Odisha

17 die in major fire at a private hospital in Odisha

SUM Hospital deputy superintendent Basant Pati said all patients from the ICU were shifted to other hospitals. About seven fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fir...

Defense chief calls Iraqi offensive moment to defeat IS

Mosul's importance in the so-called caliphate makes the battle to reclaim the city unlike any other battle between the Iraqi forces, backed by the USA -led coalition on one side a...

Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante a bargain at £30m - Antonio Conte

Claudio Ranieri's men endured their fourth defeat of the season, and could end the day just one point above the drop zone. The Blues took the lead eight minutes in and never looke...

More women accuse Donald Trump of unwanted sexual touching

These two are just part of what seems to be an ever growing list of people who have accused Trump of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Mr Trump has again insisted all the a...