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Parties are scrambling to get their candidates in place before the date of the five by-elections is announced. The daughter of former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Georgina, has nominated for Liberal Party preselection in the seat of Mayo. The Liberal Party has endorsed Brett Whiteley as their candidate to contest the Tasmanian seat of Braddon. Labor's Justine Keay, Susan Lamb and Josh Wilson, and Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie will all recontest after resigning due to citizenship concerns. Читать дальше...

BRIDGEVILLE, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police are searching for a suspect in the shooting death of a man found lying on a roadside suffering from gunshot wounds. Police received a call shortly before 8:30 p. m. Friday about a shooting on Mill Park Drive in Bridgeville. Troopers found 41-year-old Corey Bailey of Bridgeville on the side of the road. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Authorities say investigators were able to identify 28-year-old Mcarthur M. Risper Jr. of Bridgeville as a suspect in Bailey's death. Читать дальше...

Red line service was delayed Saturday afternoon after downed wires caused a fire on the tracks near the Sheridan station.

Red line service was delayed Saturday afternoon after downed wires caused a fire on the tracks near the Sheridan station.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — George Hill has gone from point guard to point grad in the NBA playoffs. Cleveland's starting guard was excused from practice on Saturday to receive his degree from IUPUI. As his Cavaliers teammates got in one last workout before heading to Boston for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, Hill took part in graduation ceremonies at the school in Indianapolis. The 32-year-old Hill received his degree from the School of Liberal Arts. He was one of two student speakers to address the new graduates. Читать дальше...

Die Tschechin Petra Kvitova hat am Samstag beim WTA-Tennisturnier der höchsten Kategorie in Madrid ihren 24. WTA-Titel geholt. Im Finale setzte sich die 28-Jährige nach einem fast dreistündigen Marathon gegen die ungesetzte Niederländerin Kiki Bertens 7:6(6),4:6,6:3 durch.

One person was killed in a knife attack in Paris on Saturday and the assailant was shot dead by police, a police source said. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb confirmed there had been an attack in Paris and said there were victims, without giving any details. The attacker had been overpowered by police, he said....

PARIS – A man attacked bystanders with a knife in the heart of Paris on Saturday before being shot by police, BFM TV said. Four people were injured, including two seriously, BFM said. A police source confirmed there had been a knife attack without giving any details.

Former military head of state, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has said the life of Nigerians was made easier by his administration through the construction of 3 Mainland Bridge in Lagos. He made the statement on Saturday, May 12.

Two families came together after a fire destroyed their home north of Calgary. Not only were they planning to hold a wedding on the property but all the bride's belonging were damaged.

LONDON (AP) — Kensington Palace says the head of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, will speak at the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. Curry will give the address — a sermon — at the May 19 event in Windsor. He will join the dean of Windsor, the Rt. Rev. David Conner, and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who will officiate at the service. Welby has baptized Markle ahead of her marriage to Harry, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, who is the supreme governor of the Church of England. Читать дальше...

A small fire broke out as a propane tank exploded outside of Soldier Field, the home of the NFL's Chicago Bears, on Saturday morning. The explosion caught a tent on fire but authorities quickly put out the blaze. Only one injury was reported.

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WASHINGTON — Senior American, Canadian and Mexican officials ended on Friday a week of talks without a deal to modernise the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Instead, they agreed to resume negotiations soon, ahead of a deadline next week issued by US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan.

Iraq began tallying votes Saturday after its first election since defeating the Islamic State group, with apathy rife for a poll some fear could stir a tug-of-war between the United States and Iran.

Get up to date on the co-main event of UFC 224 between Jacare Souza and Kelvin Gastelum.

Junior Albini went “from heaven to hell” in four months as a UFC fighter.

Two groups of South African trail athletes will be competing against top global competition along Spanish mountain trails within the next two weeks, with the first ASA-supported representative team set to compete in the ITRA World Trail Championships over the weekend.

A thousand people have been invited to attend a June memorial service for theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, whose ashes will forever be interred next to Sir Isaac Newton's in the halls of the 11th century Westminster Abbey church.

A thousand people have been invited to attend a June memorial service for theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, whose ashes will forever be interred next to Sir Isaac Newton's in the halls of the 11th century Westminster Abbey church.

The eastern point of Hawaii's Big Island continued to experience temblors from the Kilauea volcano Saturday as local officials urged residents of lower Puna district to be prepared to evacuate on short notice. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded more than two dozen earthquakes in the area near the east coast of the Big Island on Saturday alone. Most were magnitude 2 and 3, not strong enough to cause damage. USGS scientist Tina Neal at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has been posting regular video updates. Читать дальше...