Bayern Munich will take a slender lead into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Benfica after Arturo Vidal's early goal earned a 1-0 win over the resolute Portuguese side on Tuesday.
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The story of a Sumatran rhino took a dark turn this week when the mammal died weeks after a rare sighting. The female Sumatran rhino was caught in a pit trap last month, the first time in 40 years the species was seen in Kalimantan, the Indonesia part of Borneo. Now conservationists say the female rhino, which raised hopes that the species still roams the forests, has died. Sumatran rhinos ...
Canberra continues to be one of the country's most expensive cities in which to rent a home, according to the latest Domain data.
More than 1,600 people were executed in 2015 as Iran, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia drove a surge in the use of the death penalty, an Amnesty International review has found.
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More than 1,600 people were executed in 2015 as Iran, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia drove a surge in the use of the death penalty, an Amnesty International review has found.
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Chelsea’s new manager Antonio Conte was introduced to his squad yesterday and will hold a series of individual meetings with those who want to leave.
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As big data moves from novelty to table stakes, companies at the forefront are finding creative ways to act on the insights it can provide
FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Julie Porter's kindergarten class at Adams Elementary School in Fort Wayne has a new love seat with cushions, a couple of chairs and a little table.
(AP) — Julie Porter's kindergarten class at Adams Elementary School in Fort Wayne has a new love seat with cushions, a couple of chairs and a little table. Backed by high-profile celebrities including Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks and actor Ashton Kutcher, the website encourages teachers to post their needs, big or small, and wait for someone or some organization to finance it. On March 10, Porter's $348 project and all other Hoosier teacher requests on the website were flash funded by... Читать дальше...
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined jewellers protesting against the imposition of excise duty on non-silver jewellery, saying the government's proposal was to crush small businessmen in India. "It's not your fight alone, it's ours too," he said.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined jewellers protesting against the imposition of excise duty on non-silver jewellery, saying the government's proposal was to crush small businessmen in India. "It's not your fight alone, it's ours too," he said.
Here's a downside to the internet of things — companies like Nest can potentially disconnect your smart devices and leave them essentially useless, as a man who bought a $400 smart home hub recently learned.
South Africa's Navanetham Pillay has been conferred upon the highest French civilian honour. Pillay, 74, was the first non-white woman judge of the high court of South Africa and has also served as president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Writing her own story, with support from peers, helped Cassandra Steptoe shed the shame she felt in her diagnosis and find psychological healing instead. Now she's inspiring others to do the same.
Government on Tuesday congratulated the South African Revenue Service (Sars) on a job well done as it “has never had to collect R1-trillion before”.
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Conservatives need to stop thinking about women using the left's paradigms.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly said that Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is overrated and treated him unfairly at the first GOP presidential debate last August. Yet with the exception of Trump’s most die-hard supporters, few on the right agree. This is a sign of Trump’s problems with women (73 percent of them currently have an unfavorable view of him)... Читать дальше...
As Canadian police forces complete pilot projects assessing whether officers will wear video cameras, experts in both civil rights and policing say they see value in the practice but urge proceeding with caution.
The reverberations from the Saskatchewan election won't be felt so much in how the results have changed things, but rather in what they have confirmed. Brad Wall's third consecutive majority victory keeps the Saskatchewan premier at the forefront of the conservative movement in Canada.
Apologists say the rich people who avoid taxes aren't breaking any laws. True or not, the move by corporations and the rich to pay low taxes means governments seeking revenue find it easier to target the ordinary wage-earner, who will eventually end up paying a bigger share.
