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Kent will not support the ECB's controversial plans for the new city-based franchise T20 competition.

Q: Why is the grass wet in the morning, when it didn’t rain?

Panera Bread is working to expand delivery services to more of its cafes, adding 10,000 more jobs by the end of 2017.

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Typically Apple campaigns focus on what people can do with the devices the company sells, but for Earth Day on Saturday April 22nd, the Cupertino-based company created a series of animated videos, unlike any other Apple ad created to date.

Apple put its own employees, who talked up the different ecofriendly initiatives the company is running, at the center of the campaign, which has very un-Apple like humor and self-mockery.

One of the spots, titled "Why does Apple make its own sweat?" (watch it in full below)... Читать дальше...

THE three-hour bus-ride to Ambo from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, offers a glimpse into the country’s future. The road is well paved; irrigation ditches and polytunnels criss-cross commercial farmland; electricity lines leap over forested hills. The signal granting access to mobile internet is clear and constant. As the bus pulls into Ambo, a trading centre in Oromia, the largest and most populous of Ethiopia’s nine ethnically based regions, the street is bustling.

North Korea, long a thorn in the side of America — a thorn that sharpened considerably under the "strategic patience"-slash-do-nothing leadership of Barack Obama — has seized a third American citizen.

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron took first place in the first round of the French presidential election, according to the French Interior Ministry; he will face off against populist leader Marine Le Pen in May.

Batteries deployed at solar farms in Britain could add reliability to the renewable energy portfolio in the country, developers said.

Catch up with the weekend's scores in the Medway Messenger Youth League.

Fox News’ Sean Hannity has come under the scanner after a former contributor for the network said the host invited her back to his hotel room after an event in Detroit. However, some other contributors who have appeared with Hannity rubbished the allegation. Debbie Schlussel, during an appearance Friday on the Pat Campbell Podcast, did not specify when the incident took place but said she was never invited back to the channel after she turned down Hannity’s advances.

Reliance Communications (RCOM) has received 99.99 percent shareholders approval for merger of its wireless business with Aircel, a company statement said here on Monday.

These days, bursts to the upside in the U.S. are typically met with raised eyebrows by bears waiting to pounce on a blow-off top they’ve been waiting for during every leg up in this relentless market. Will this one disappointment like so many before?

These days, bursts to the upside in the U.S. are typically met with raised eyebrows by bears waiting to pounce on a blow-off top they’ve been waiting for during every leg up in this relentless market. Will this one disappointment like so many before?

President Trump says companies import low-wage workers on these visas.

[Monitor] All that glistens lustrously is not gold. For Issa Ssekatawa, who was nominally likened to the precious metal when he was at the peak of his powers, that dictum rings ever so true.

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Political opinion polls have taken a bit of a battering in the past few years. There was wide agreement on the eve of the last UK general election that the outcome would be a hung parliament. Few pollsters saw Donald Trump winning the 2015 presidential election in the US. And almost everyone agreed that Brexit would not happen. So are opinion polls worth the paper they’re written on any more?

Boxing in India has for many years been one of the most popular sports and with the launch of Super Boxing League (SBL) with participation from top pugilists from India and abroad, the stage is set for some exciting ring action. This unique concept was born thanks to British businessman Bill Dosanjh, also the founder and promoter of successful Super Fight League held recently in New Delhi, India.

Militants in Iraq ambushed a convoy of off-duty soldiers near a town in the country's sprawling western desert, killing at least 10 and wounding 20, officials said on Monday.   Iraqi Maj. Emad al-Dulaimi said the attack took place the night before near the town of Rutba. The militants were armed with assault rifles and rockets. Al-Dulaimi said he blamed the Islamic State group. The Islamic State group later in the day took responsibility for the attack. A statement on the IS-affiliated Aamaq... Читать дальше...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could discuss acquiring Russian S-400 air defense systems during his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 3, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said Monday.

A Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli guard at a key crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem today before being arrested, the police said.

Joshua Burke believes his battle for the belt with Dilly Singh in Birmingham on Friday is “one not to be missed.”

[Monitor] Kampala -Stephen Kiprotich is widely credited for having revamped marathon running in Uganda after clinching the 2012 Olympic and 2013 World titles.

A deeply divisive figure, he lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton and had one of the narrower Electoral College victories in history. Since taking office on Jan. 20, his approval rating has hovered around 40 percent in most polls. Trump's early presidency has been dogged by FBI and congressional investigations into whether his campaign coordinated with Russians to tilt the race in his favor. Furthermore, his three months-plus in office have amounted to a swift education in a world... Читать дальше...