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KUWAIT: Farwaniya Food and Nutrition Authority inspectors launched their first inspection campaign targeting various foodstuff stores and outlets in Khaitan, Ardiya industrial area and Riggae. The campaign resulted in filing 30 citations for various violations including hiring unlicensed workers, having no health certificates and opening unlicensed stores. Demonstration A number of legal affairs department employees […]

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Cristiano Ronaldo is the top goalscorer in Club World Cup history, taking the record away from Lionel Messi. Ronaldo beat Messi to the Ballon d'Or crown last week, proclaiming himself the best player in history - ahead of Messi - after picking up his fifth Golden Ball. And Ronaldo was in the mood to justify his own hype with a decisive goal in Wednesday's Club World Cup semi-final against Al Jazira, hauling his side level after they had surprisingly fallen behind. Ronaldo was played through on... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — Actor Mark Ruffalo says he is disgusted with President Donald Trump's plan to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments by nearly two-thirds. The "Avengers" star told The Associated Press in a recent interview that Trump's decision was a "slap in the face" to Native Americans. Last week, the president signed two proclamations to reduce the Bears Ears National Monument by nearly 85 percent and cut Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by almost half. Ruffalo says Trump's decision... Читать дальше...

Loyal customers gathered early Wednesday outside of John's Space Age Donut Shop in Overland Park, to get a few apple fritters before the shop closes its' door for good after 50 years in business. The shop, which opened in1967 at 8124 Floyd St., will close permanently after their baking supplies run out, which likely will be sometime in the next week. The owners John and Brenda Taylor are "hanging up the towel and heading to the next phase of their lives," according to their son, Josh Taylor, who grew up in the donut shop. Читать дальше...

Politically, Meghan McCain and Joe Biden have a lot to argue about. But emotionally, they're on the same page.

The Muslim colonists and settlers who claim to be an imaginary "Palestinian" people (a word they can't even pronounce) in order to justify colonial violence against the indigenous Israeli Jews appropriate a lot of Jewish things. 

The UN patron of the ocean Lewis Pugh, a swimmer who is best known for swimming long distances in order to draw attention to fight global environmental problems. Now he has announced his new endeavor that will take place in 2018.

An Egyptian pop star is headed to jail because she appeared in a music video wearing her underwear and suggestively eating a banana, reports said. Shaimaa Ahmed, 25, known as Shyma, was arrested last month after the video caused an uproar in the conservative northeastern African country, BBC reported. On Tuesday, Ahmed was found guilty...

Nine European press agencies, including AFP, called Wednesday on internet giants to be forced to pay copyright for using news content on which they make vast profits.

Rock grass quartet Hayseed Dixie taker their good times music to Europe again. Lots of irreverent covers plus not half bad originals.

He better make good use of that private plane while he can!

Roger Goodell recently overcame Jerry Jones’ best efforts to prevent him from getting his extension. “If not for Jerry,” one person familiar with the contract negotiations told ESPN in September, “this deal would be done.”

Goodell and the NFL owners agreed on a five-year extension, that could pay him up to $200 million if bonuses are met. His contract guarantees $4 million a year.

However, we won’t be having the same discussion in five years... Читать дальше...

SOOKE, British Columbia (AP) — Another human foot has been found on British Columbia's coastline. It's the latest in more than a dozen such grim discoveries over the past decade. British Columbia Coroners Service spokesman Andy Watson said Wednesday foul play isn't suspected. Police say a man was out for walk on the beach in Jordan River on Vancouver Island when his dog found the foot in a shoe with part of the leg attached this month. The body part was seized and the area searched. The investigation... Читать дальше...

News of the Dec. 12 death of The Smithereens founder and singer Pat DiNizio came as a shock to fans and the music community, particularly as the band had announced they were about to head out on a tour in January. On Dec. 12, Smithereens singer Pat DiNizio passed away at age 62. Back in the mid-to-late ’80s, the Smithereens had a string of rock hits, including “Blood and Roses,” “House We Used to Live In,” “A Girl Like You,” and yes, “Only a Memory.” So it’s appropriate that the band headlined... Читать дальше...

News of the Dec. 12 death of The Smithereens founder and singer Pat DiNizio came as a shock to fans and the music community, particularly as the band had announced they were about to head out on a tour in January. On Dec. 12, Smithereens singer Pat DiNizio passed away at age 62. Back in the mid-to-late ’80s, the Smithereens had a string of rock hits, including “Blood and Roses,” “House We Used to Live In,” “A Girl Like You,” and yes, “Only a Memory.” So it’s appropriate that the band headlined... Читать дальше...

Israeli soldiers ordered a falafel stand in downtown Hebron to close as customers waited nearby on December 13. Protesters met outside the local municipality offices in Hebron in the morning of December 13, local media said. Later in the day, protesters against US president Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel clashed with Israeli soldiers, according to local reports. In this footage, a soldier orders a falafel stand to close, though the employees protested. Credit: Facebook/Youth... Читать дальше...

All football clubs have issues, all managers are one-eyed, all those who take money from the game are keen to protect their own interests but the sheer amount of bare-faced lying in football really does my swede in tbh. It's so prevalent that for someone to tell the truth (or at least their version of it) they have to do it anonymously or in 'an explosive tell-all' autobiography written well after they've left the game. I don't really understand how or why fans can remain loyal to a sport that constantly bullshits them.

Microsoft is doing some very compelling work infusing its various productivity tools with artificial intelligence. But the audience for all that work has been limited by the small number of email and calendar services Cortana could talk to. Now Microsoft has announced that it has extended its personal digital assistant to Gmail (available next month) …

One researcher says with virtually no snow and above-average temperatures — the warm, dry conditions could combine with powerful Chinook winds to create a disaster in southern Alberta.

Rashaan Salaam's Heisman Trophy will be sold in an online auction next month with a portion of the proceeds benefiting research into a degenerative brain disease found in nearly 200 football players

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte called for the hearing after recent media reports revealed the political motives of Special Counsel Mueller’s staff. Trey Gowdy (SC) went off on Rosenstein in an epic 6 minute tirade about the conflicts of interest and […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Highway Patrol says it launched an internal investigation after a trooper accidentally fired a shot during a search of a vacant building. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the trooper fired after he and several St. Louis police officers entered a vacant home to look for two carjacking suspects in August. No one was struck, but it's unclear how the shot was accidentally fired. Interim St. Louis Police Chief Lawrence O'Toole has said all he knew of the... Читать дальше...

Hurricane Harvey, the historic behemoth that killed dozens and drenched Texas in rain, was made far worse by climate change, scientists said in two separate studies released Wednesday.

A concerned UK citizen called an ambulance from their car after spotting a person covered in snow, sitting stone still on a bench in the middle of a park. The ambulance rushed to the scene, only to find that the "person" was sitting stone still for a reason – she was actually a statue.