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'I would say that our lives are more difficult, but simpler in Papua New Guinea.'

"We want to make transportation available for everyone and cabs may not always be the most affordable option for all segments," said Amit Jain, VP, Uber India.

The Italian government moved ahead with a privately funded investment vehicle aimed at shoring up weak banks and reducing bad loans.

Greg Gianforte, the Republican running for Montana governor, is poised to launch a major ad blitz that could begin airing across the state as soon as Tuesday. … Click to Continue »

BELGIAN authorities have charged two more men with offences related to the Brussels bombings that killed more than 30 people.

Belgian authorities said Tuesday that two more men were charged in connection with the March 22 Brussels bombings, alleging they were involved in renting an apartment in the Etterbeek area of the city that served as a hideout for the bomber who attacked a subway station.

It has taken a classy reaction to a public humbling for James Magnussen to be re-admitted to the national good books. Four years after a difficult Games in London, he's man worth worth getting to know.

An "implosion of the EU" would be triggered should voters back the Vote Leave campaign in the June 23 referendum for Britain’s membership in the bloc, European Parliament President Martin Schulz said.

Gauteng's online applications system aimed at getting rid of long queues at schools collapsed on its first day, leaving parents frustrated.

Claire Danes bundles up while heading to a performance of her off-Broadway play Dry Powder during a rainy Saturday afternoon (April 9) in New York City. The 36-year-old actress recently appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and opened up about her bohemian upbringing. Claire‘s parents were artists and their apartment in the Big Apple [...]

– Fresh reports say Nigerian pop veteran 2baba is allegedly in a secret romance with Nollywood actress Rose Benson – The entertainer has a history with women and this is not the first secret relationship he’s been embroiled in The story of Nigerian pop icon Innocent ‘2baba’ Idibia is incomplete without a look at things from […]

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy officer in charge of a flight crew that located three castaways on a remote Pacific island said Monday he has never seen or heard of another rescue quite like it.

HONOLULU - The U.S. Navy officer in charge of a flight crew that located three castaways on a remote Pacific island said Monday he has never seen or heard of another rescue quite like it.

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy officer in charge of a flight crew that located three castaways on a remote Pacific island said Monday he has never seen or heard of another rescue quite like it.

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy officer in charge of a flight crew that located three castaways on a remote Pacific island said Monday he has never seen or heard of another rescue quite like it.

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy officer in charge of a flight crew that located three castaways on a remote Pacific island said Monday he has never seen or heard of another rescue quite like it. Harkins' crew was searching an area given to them by the U.S. Coast Guard when Petty Officer 3rd Class Garrette Odor noticed a strong return on his infrared camera. "Fortunately for them, they were all wearing life jackets and were able to swim to the deserted island," U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman Melissa McKenzie said. Читать дальше...

Chief Minister Andrew Barr says new direct international flights by Singapore Airlines will open up Canberra to the world.

A Russian Aerospace Forces Mi-28N Havoc helicopter crashed near the city of Homs in Syria, killing both pilots, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service reported Tuesday.

Most Ukrainian politicians agree that Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s resignation as Ukraine’s prime minister won’t solve numerous problems that the country is currently facing. Here is what well-known Ukrainian officials, as well as some foreign politicians, had to say about the changes in the Verkhovna Rada.

Nhlanhla Nene says he knew nothing of Jacob Zuma’s plan to fire him as finance minister until the day of the announcement.

Action sports retailer Billabong International is confident of recouping money owed by one of its largest wholesale customers, PacSun, which has filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors.

More than 5000 victims have now told their stories to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Australian investors are becoming more comfortable backing the float of technology firms earlier in their life cycle, according to UBS, as they chase structural growth in the market.

One North Korean who worked abroad says that as a waitress in China, she was forced to put up with male customers who groped her and tried to get her drunk. Two others recall the frozen bodies of their countrymen stored in Russian logging camps. Another says he toiled for up to 16 hours a day at a Kuwaiti construction site surrounded by wire fences. As difficult as those lives were, the four workers told The Associated Press, it beat staying in the North.