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Schools to Close, Strikers Ready Ahead of A Day Without A Woman

Empowering women to allow them to participate fully in the economic sector and across all sectors is essential in order to build stronger economies, achieve int...

Law Passed By Knesset Banning Israel Boycotters Entry to the Country

Such a process is required by Palestinians seeking right of abode with their Israeli-Arab spouses. " Israel has an obligation under worldwide law to protect ...

Colerain house fire reminder to check smoke alarm batteries, officials say

Test your smoke alarms monthly. "Now is the time to add safety to the home and family", member of the Newtown Square Fire Company said. According to the Na...

ACC Tournament 2017: Preview and Predictions for Every Team

Jim Christian was a high school senior on Long Island when the Big East basketball tournament first played Madison Square Garden. North Carolina State's Dennis ...

Eurovision 2017: Isaiah Firebrace revealed as Australia's contestant

The 17-year-old singer will perform new number Don't Come Easy . A teenager will represent Australia at the Eurovision Contest - and he's already one of the...

Panama ex-dictator Noriega in critical condition after surgery

Noriega has been serving a lengthy prison sentence since returning to Panama in 2011 and has been under house arrest since his health took a turn for the worse ...

Talks resume to restore the North's power-sharing executive

A state of affairs complicated by DUP leader Arlene Foster's refusal to stand down over heating policy, Unionist parties no longer enjoying a majority and forth...

Lindsey Graham gave Donald Trump his new number

That's particularly true for issues covering defense, foreign policy and immigration. Sen. Graham's lunch with Trump comes less than a week after Graham and R...

CONCACAF announce full Gold Cup schedule

Honduras is the top seed in Group A with Costa Rica, French Guiana and Canada for doubleheaders in Harrison, N.J., Houston and Frisco, Tex. "With the groups n...

'Big tusker' elephant known as Satao 2 killed in Kenya

Satao II's tusks weighed about 112 pounds each, according to AFP . There may be as few as 15 tuskers left in Kenya and just 25 worldwide, the Guardian report...

House Intel Chair Announces Open Hearing On Russia Probe

Nunes said Tuesday that the committee will investigate the claim, but that he has no evidence to back-up the president's assertion. "But we also don't have any ...

Trump, Netanyahu talk Iran 'dangers,' need to 'work together'

During Monday's call, Netanyahu also thanked Trump for taking a strong stand in his speech to Congress last week against a string of anti-Semitic incidents in t...

AG Sessions Caught Lying About Russia Correspondence

I don't know what that that investigation is now ongoing within the departments though. if I were confirmed . In the mid-1990s he was part of independent couns...

Philippines edges closer to death penalty return for serious drug offences

The law initially allowed 21 crimes, including rape and treason, to be punishable by law but after the eighth reading, the House of Representatives made a decis...

Barca looking for miracle against PSG

There are 95 minutes left and lots of things can happen. The Andres Iniesta-Xavi midfield magic belongs to a bygone era, and evidently the work of those two men...

Deaths Reported After Train Collides With Vehicle In Mississippi

The bus was heading north when it collided with the CSX train, which was headed east, according to the station. The ambulance company Acadian tweeted that the...

'UK could exit EU without paying up if there's no deal'

The Government could still kill both amendments when the Bill returns to the House of Commons as part of parliamentary "ping-pong". The committee noted that t...

New Orleans Confederate monuments can come down -US court

Brossett, James Austin Gray II and Nadine M. Ramsey. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the city of New Orleans in its desire to remov...

At Least 2 Tornadoes Touch Down In Missouri

Severe storms rumbled across Iowa on Monday, March 6, causing damage in many communities. The National Weather Service was assessing the exact number and stre...

Local agencies participate in tornado drill

Winter said the drill is the flawless opportunity for businesses, schools and families to test their own severe weather procedures . According to the Associa...

Credit Suisse Group AG Reaffirms Hold Rating for The Coca-Cola Co (KO)

Barclays has been covering shares of KO, so it is most recent view is worth a look. Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. On ...

Mattis's Proposal to Recapture ISIS Capital Requires More US Troops in Syria

On Monday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advanced south from their positions in the sparsely populated eastern Raqqa countryside and severed the road that ...

Study Finds Black Americas More Likely To Be Wrongfully Convicted Than Whites

For example, in the case of murder, black defendants make up 40 percent of convictions but 50 percent of wrongful convictions, as opposed to 36 percent of white...

Malaysia team barred from playing N Korea in Asian football qualifier

Since then, FAM have made requests from AFC to reschedule the match at a neutral venue, considering the escalating tension, but there was no news from AFC up un...

Trump signs new travel ban order targeting Muslim countries

Trump also was lobbied by Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster to remove Iraq from the list of countries covered by the ...

US Justice Nominee Pressed to Back Special Prosecutor for Russia Affair

But the Washington Post reported Sessions met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak twice prior to the election. That, he claimed, was because he was refer...

Western Kentucky Football Players Under Investigation For Attacking Pike Frat Members

The member whose name was redacted from the report said he wasn't involved in a fight but told the officer some of the teammates had been jumped at a Pike party...

Scottish firm BrewDog to open a beer-themed hotel

So far, they have achieved more than 70 per cent of their final target so it looks like BrewDog's Doghouse could actually happen. Brewery-themed amenities at ...

Brexit bill defeated for second time as Lords call for 'meaningful' vote

But Tory former cabinet minister Lord Heseltine, a Government adviser, said the United Kingdom is facing "the most momentous peacetime decision of our time " a...

Happy International Women's Day

The Parliament will also organize a seminar for journalists and the speakers will include the chair and the members of the gender equality committee. There wi...

Unanimous Senate calls on Trump to act on threats to Jewish centers

In addition, bomb threats were reportedly called in or emailed to JCCs or day schools in at least five communities in Milwaukee, Chicago, Davie, Florida, and th...

College student proves sobriety by juggling during traffic stop

But not careful enough for UCA police Sgt. Keith McKay. He told Arkansas Matters that he was driving really carefully home from the library because he knew his ...

United States air strike kills former Guantanamo detainee in Yemen

The area was the scene of a US commando raid in January against al Qaeda in which one serviceman and about 30 Yemenis, including women and children, were killed...

Isis leader al-Baghdadi's cousin arrested in west Mosul says Iraqi military

The alleged attack occurred this week in eastern Mosul, an area declared fully liberated by Iraqi forces in January. Jawdat said the troops were now meters aw...

KHP: Driver dies from smoke in Kansas wildfire

The Laverne fire moved into Woodward County, and the fire line is about 25 miles in length. Crews are still working to assess damage and have estimated up to ...

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