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Shocking video shows a huge fire in a street where neighbours said a man was seen on fire after a series of explosions in a village near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

New York prosecutors seeking to revive state mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort say their case is distinct from one that sent President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman to federal prison and should not have been thrown out on double jeopardy grounds.

Disgraced Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee Inc. disclosed Thursday afternoon that the board of directors' attempt to oust its chairman had failed. The board announced the previous Thursday that it would hold a vote to dismiss Charles Zhengyao Lu as a member of the board and the chairman, but said the vote failed to hit the two-thirds threshold needed to actually take the action. Luckin said at the time that the effort was a result of its investigation into the company, which has already dismissed... Читать дальше...

While attempting to clarify comments he made a day earlier that caused a bit of a stir, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday admitted the league will "be lucky" to play a full 60-game abbreviated

A worker in one of the UK processing plants hit by coronavirus outbreaks lifts the lid on how staff are crammed together and face £94 a week sick pay if they catch the deadly illness

COSTA COFFEE is one of the nation's favourite coffee shops but has faced months of closures amid lockdown. Will Costa Coffee reopen?

This week, Epic's free game is a fast-paced experience that, like the Wizard of Oz, starts in black and white and transforms into technicolor.

The U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a bipartisan bill to impose sanctions on Chinese officials who threaten Hong Kong’s limited autonomy, as well as the banks and firms that do business with them, sending the legislation to the president’s desk.

Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER; US-OTC: EANRF) has resumed exploration across its three properties in Quebec’s James Bay region. The company will focus on expanding the...

A Virginia woman said an argument with her boyfriend turned out to be a lucrative disagreement when it led to winning a $177,777 lottery jackpot.

Assam's Covid-19 death toll reached 14 on Thursday even as the ministry of health and family welfare ranked the state among the top 15 states in terms of absolute number of recovered cases.

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Those of you hoping to see more Anthony Davis at center minutes for the Lakers shouldn’t hold your breath. That also isn’t necessarily something to freak out about... yet.

Coronavirus will continue to spread at an alarming rate until "most of the world is infected" as it is now almost impossible to contain in many nations, according to infectious disease experts. Already ...

Former Liverpool star John Barnes returned to take on contestant  Dr Ranj Singh in the sixth episode and semi-final of ITV's new 'Britain's Brightest Celebrity Family' tonight.

The NFL is developing safety protocols ahead of training camps opening later this month. But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, notes the unpredictability of the virus poses a significant challenge in planning.

Chris Wilder was happy that a controversial call went Sheffield United's way for once.

The arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday on charges that she recruited underage girls to be sexually abused by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has brought renewed attention to his relationship with Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, who has been accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl trafficked by Epstein. Audrey Strauss, the…

More than three months into the pandemic, we check in with Chicago musician Seth Shulman.

The efforts to keep college football on track to play as close to a normal season as possible this season are a farce showing just how much schools value the “student” part of “student-athlete” at a time when many schools are bringing football players back to campus while planning to keep academics online in the face…

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SEBASTIAN Kurz has hit back angrily after a Germany politician criticised his opposition to the £675billion package of measures aimed at mitigating the continent-wide impact of the coronavirus pandemic - prompting the Austrian Chancellor to declare: "We are not worse Europeans".

Sheffield United v Tottenham Hotspur – Coverage of the top-flight clash, which comes from Bramall Lane Pre-match