Israel's Netanyahu bracing for corruption fees
Netanyahu posted a response on Facebook late Wednesday in which he lashed out at the police commissioner, calling suggestions that he sent private investigators on such a mission "ridiculous". As par...
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Northern Irish economy faces 12% hit with no UK Brexit deal
In the event of a limited free trade deal being negotiated, projected growth would be 8% lower in the West Midlands, north-west England and Northern Ireland, by 6% in Scotland and 5.5% in Wales. MEP S...
Yuan falls by most in two years after January trade data
Import growth had been expected to rebound to 9.8 percent, after a sharp deceleration to 4.5 percent in December. China benefited from a global trade boom in 2017, which helped its exports grow at t...
Khaleda lands in Nazimuddin Road jail
Her party boycotted 2014 polls in which Hasina was re-elected but is expected to contest the upcoming general election. Elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and armed police were called out to guard ...
ACA enrollments decline 3 percent
Obamacare advocates had feared that sign-ups would plummet after the Trump administration cut the open enrollment period in half, slashed advertising by 90% and reduced support for enrollment as...
Syrian Kurdish YPG: Turkish army hit school, water plant in Syria's Afrin
A local official, Khalil Aybour, put the toll at 53. It came on the heels of the bloodiest day in months for Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, when 80 civilians were killed in strikes. The commission's...
PM Modi attacks Congress on multiple fronts in Parliament
Replying in the Lok Sabha to the motion of thanks on President's address, Modi also criticised the opposition party over bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh , alleging that it did so only for "politi...
Pence says United States to announce new sanctions on North Korea before Olympics
But here it gets really bad: On Wednesday, it was announced that brutal dictator Kim Jong-un's sister , Kim Yo-jung, and Choe Hwi, another apparatchik of Kim's regime, will also attend the Olympic...
A police officer shot and killed in Texas
The injured officer was taken to Medical City Plano. The conditions of the injured officer and civilian are so far unknown. In Michigan , 25-year-old Detroit Police Officer Glenn Doss Jr. The sus...
Asia University Rankings 2018: Indian universities register decline
Tel Aviv University ranked 25th in Asia, down three spots from last years, making it the highest-rated Israeli institution in the Asia rankings, while the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ranked 27th an...
Comeback-man Razzak leaves Sri Lanka in early trouble
Coming in to open, Dimuth Karunaratne once again got off to a bad start and was dismissed by Abdur Razzaq for 3. He replaced Sunzamul Islam, who played in the drawn first Test in Chittagong. The se...
Israel's police chiefs to recommend indicting Netanyahu
Netanyahu is under investigation in three corruption cases, which have been dubbed case 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 by police. There may be recommendations, or signs saying "Bibi is guilty until proven inn...
Nuclear Doctrine: US Will No Longer Restrain Its Atomic Capability - Scholars
His comments drew rebukes from the North Korean , Chinese and Russian delegations. Although the new NPR says the US will only consider the use of nuclear weapons "only in the most extreme circum...
U.S. and Japan press united front as Seoul wavers on sanctions
Speaking after a meeting Wednesday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Pence said the US pressure on North Korea will continue until it "abandons its nuclear and ballistic missile program once an...
James Bulger killer Jon Venables admits to owning 'paedophile manual'
The court heard that Venables told police he had "stupid urges" and confessed to using the dark web to browse for material when he was arrested past year. "Three years is really a farce because this i...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Says He's Headed 'Home'
He further adds, "i can only say that with the slow withering of my physical forces, interiorly, I am on a pilgrimage towards home". In a note sent to the editor of the Italian news daily Il Corrie...
Pacers 22nd most valuable National Basketball Association franchise
Forbes has the Knicks valued at $3.6 billion, up nine percent over past year. The Golden State Warriors are now worth $3.1 billion according to Forbes magazine . While the National Basketball As...
Israel Strikes Military Targets Near Damascus
In Hammuriyeh, a young man stared at the bodies of five children, including his younger brother, killed in a recent air strike. The Syrian air force responded and the Israelis said their air defense...
Patrick Surtain Jr. picks Alabama on national signing day
While securing two much-needed defensive backs, including Surtain Jr. and promising three-star Louisiana product Eddie Smith, and three-star SC linebacker Jaylen Moody were important, it didn't do muc...
Afghan army destroys Taliban command center, defuses 30 bombs
Each B-52 can carry 70,000 pounds of bombs and missiles, according to the air force. United States Forces-Afghanistan said they have launched a series of precision strikes in Northern Afghanistan ...
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Snow to blanket the South this weekend
December 09, 2018Most areas have seen sleet/wintry mix or a cold rain overnight. It's a storm the Capital Region is expected to miss. Roy Cooper said Saturday that residents in the some parts of the state should be ready for a lengthy fight with the storm, which was beginning to dump sleet and snow across its western mountain areas Saturday night.