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Ticket applications for 2018 FIFA World Cup begin on Thursday morning

Another phase begins on December 5 after the group stage is made and there is also a "last-minute" sales phase from 18 April to 15 July - which is the day of th...

Terrorism arrests soar by two thirds in a year

The figures include the dozens of arrests that took place following terrorist attacks in London and Manchester this summer. A right-wing terrorism killed a ma...

US Congress urges Trump to condemn white supremacists

But framing it as a joint resolution ensures it will land on the President's desk. The Congressional resolution calls on Trump to condemn hate groups and wh...

Anthony Scaramucci just dropped a teaser for something called "The Scaramucci Post"

His tenure as White House comms chief may have only lasted 10 days - but that doesn't seem to have put off Anthony Scaramucci from having a career in the media....

Secretary of Education DeVos to visit two Lincoln schools Thursday

DeVos will visit St. Mary's Catholic School from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and the Science Focus Program at the Lincoln Childrens Zoo - better known as "zoo school" - fr...

As Irma moves away, sunshine and warmer temperatures return

Showers and thunderstorms will be abundant over the mountains west of our area for Thursday , with a chance for a few of those to push east during the second h...

Advisors Asset Management Inc. Sells 3971 Shares of Molson Coors Brewing Company

The dividend payment will be $0.410 per share for the quarter or $1.64 annualized. (ETG) has risen 16.67% since September 13, 2016 and is uptrending. Advisors...

Senate passes Hatch bill to create human trafficking advisory council

One of the things holding back serious research on marijuana and its impact on helping chronic pain and other chronically ill patients has been the federal gove...

Marlins move weekend home series against Brewers to Milwaukee

The move isn't because of the condition of Marlins Park, but instead because the team doesn't want to further burden public resources while the city recovers fr...

World's oldest captive panda dies in China aged 37

Journalists then gave Basi dozen of epithets among which were "unique panda", "angel of friendship" and "envoy of peace". Basi, whose age equated to about 100...

Standpoint Research Lowers United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X) to Reduce

Deutsche Bank AG raised shares of United States Steel Corporation from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $30.00 target price for the company in ...

Roanoke city school leaders celebrate accreditation gains

For a school to earn full accreditation, students must achieve adjusted pass rates of at least 75 percent in English and at least 70 percent on assessments in m...

Missouri senator censured for calling for Trump's assassination, won't lose seat

That basically consists of a formal reprimand. If Sen. Chappelle-Nadal was doing the right thing for her constituents, she would have resigned. Make no mistake;...

United Nations envoy welcomes Palestinian efforts for reconciliation

Currently Hamas is still ruling Gaza since its coup against the Palestinian government in 2007, while Fatah continues to rule in the West Bank. That the Hamas...

Catalonia, Kurdistan 'defending democracy': former Catalan leader

Like Kurds, the people of Catalan are eagerly waiting the referendum date. So far 712 mostly smaller municipalities have agreed to participate, according to a...

Joint military drills begin in Ukraine as Russian war games loom

The annual Rapid Trident military maneuvers commenced on Monday, involving an "unprecedented" number of 2,500 troops from 15 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ...

Jemele Hill Speaks On Calling Donald Trump A White Supremacist

ESPN's Jemele Hill has commented on the controversy surrounding her tweets calling Donald Trump a white supremacist . "We have addressed this with Jemele and...

Independence referendum move will have a cost, Turkey warns KRG leader Barzani

On June 7, the Kurdish President Masoud Barzani announced his intention to hold a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region from Iraq on September 25...

Vandals scrawl 'Racist Anthem' on Francis Scott Key monument

Police responded to a report of vandalism at 6:30 a.m. and found the 106-year-old statue splattered with red and pink paint and the words "Racist Anthem", and "...

Third council to dump Australia Day celebrations

A local authority in Melbourne has become the latest to abandon Australia's national day, with one of its councillors saying that celebrating the arrival of Bri...

South Yorkshire cash machines 'not ready' to dispense new £10 note

The new £10 note was released on 14 September but it could be a few days before one is handed to you as change or dispensed from an ATM. But the Bank of Engla...

Accountability Court summons Sharifs on 19th

On the submission of prosecutor NAB Judge Mohammad Bashir of the Accountability Court Islamabad issued notices to the accused to appear before the court on 19...

UN Security Council unanimously steps up sanctions against N.Korea

Textiles are North Korea's main source of export revenue after coal, iron, seafood and other minerals that have already been severely restricted by previous Un...

Sean Spicer to make late-night debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live

The list of political fellows coming to Harvard University now includes former White House press secretary Sean Spicer and former Army intelligence officer Ch...

Irma's winds blow tree on road in driver's path

Dash cam footage from the truck behind her shows the tree collapsing and landing directly in front of Ms Baxter. "It started falling and I closed my eyes and ...

The experts assessed the capacity of the DPRK tested a nuclear bomb

After responding with rage, to North Korea previous five nuclear bomb tests, the world responded to the defiant regime's sixth and most powerful nuclear bomb te...

Hillary Clinton: Comey action 'determining factor' in loss

Clinton said she does agree that President Donald Trump should have fired Comey, but she thinks he was sacked for the wrong reasons. "It drove voters from...

UN Security Council steps up sanctions on defiant North Korea

The proposal included a ban on oil and textile exports to North Korea and prohibited North Korean citizens from working overseas. The measures were approved...

UN Security Council votes to increase sanctions on North Korea

The draft also imposes a ban on the exports of condensates and natural gas liquids to the country as well as on the member countries' imports of North Korean te...

19 dead in tragedy, CM Yogi Adityanath announces compensation

So far, at least 12 people have been rescued and admitted to hospital for treatment. One team of National Disaster Response Force has been mobilised to Katha ...