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Entertainer, producer and reality television star David Gest dies in London hotel aged 62, statement from friend says.

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In honor of Equal Pay Day, jobs site Glassdoor hosted a roundtable discussion on pay equality featuring Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in New York City on Tuesday.

In her opening remarks, the Democratic presidential candidate said: "Occasionally, when I give a speech like this — which I do practically every day — people will say, 'Oh, there she goes, she's playing the gender card.'"

Clinton continued: "What I say to that is, if talking about equal pay... Читать дальше...

Construction of a quarantine centre and an exhibit for bringing in the much-awaited Humboldt penguins at Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and zoo in Byculla will begin next week.

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Mark Zuckerberg had a big Oprah moment at today's Facebook F8 developer conference:

All of the 2000-ish attendees are getting a brand-new Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset, and a Samsung phone to power it.

A Gear VR headset is $100 on its own; the current Samsung Galaxy S7 flagship phone starts at around $700. So figure it's about an $800 value in total.  

The asking price for an F8 ticket is $595. It may not be a brand new car, Oprah-style, but that's still a pretty good savings. Читать дальше...

The move would help thousands of PhD holders who had been affected by a UGC guideline that came in 2009 making NET and PhD a minimum eligibility criteria for applying for assistant professor in colleges and universities.

The move would help thousands of PhD holders who had been affected by a UGC guideline that came in 2009 making NET and PhD a minimum eligibility criteria for applying for assistant professor in colleges and universities.

Russia has created a working group of experts to evaluate the condition of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, following its liberation from the terrorists, and ready to send it to the Middle Eastern nation, Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky said Tuesday.

It’s official: Two hotel towers at the shuttered Riviera will be subject to separate implosions in June and August, more than a year after the historic resort closed its doors. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority today approved paying $42 million to ...

Sit-stand desks are all the rage in the office place. An analysis of 20 different studies concludes that they might not be so helpful after all.

A state department-commissioned Tiss research document on Muslim girls’ education and their aspirations has revealed good and bad news for the minority community.

BEIRUT (AP) — Indirect peace talks between Syria's warring parties are scheduled to resume in Geneva on Wednesday, the third round this year. There are two main groups at the negotiations in Switzerland, in addition to others that were invited…

 – The federal government has clarified its position on the Calabar-Lagos project  – A spokesman said the project was in fact captured in the 2016 budget  – The news comes amid growing calls for the resignation of transport minister Rotimi Amaechi In what appears to be a rebuttal to the National Assembly’s position that the […]

Leaving Ken Hitchcock with a bunch of lineup decisions to make.

More families have dropped their home landline and rely on cellphones. That means fewer opportunities to learn phone manners, sharing and other grown-up skills.

Western Cape police have announced the establishment of a “high-risk” task team to tackle gang violence on the Cape Flats.

Airlines are beneficiaries of cheap fuel but consumer goods groups are not getting a big boost

Airlines are beneficiaries of cheap fuel, but consumer goods groups are not getting a big boost

A Pentagon spokesman says the U.S. conducted airstrikes Monday and Tuesday in Somalia that killed an estimated 12 militants affiliated with the al-Shabab Islamic extremist group.

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WHITEWATER, Wis., April 12 (UPI) -- Bail jumping isn't often a trait valued by NFL scouts.

The incident occured at Nantes racecourse in France

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LONDON, April 12 (UPI) -- BAE Systems says a new, modified strain of the Qbot malware virus is being used to attack public organizations such as hospitals and police forces.

Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy are known to the world as the "Slow Mo Guys," with a following of over 7.6 million subscribers on YouTube. In this video, they film a flamethrower shooting flames 50 feet in the air, all in slow motion.