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Brice Ramsey: Ramsey will stay at Georgia, won't transfer

Ramsey initially announced his intention to transfer before spring practice began. Quarterback Brice Ramsey will stay at Georgia for his final season, his m...

They're Making A Studio Ghibli Theme Park In Japan

The prefecture is aiming to open " Ghibli Park " in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture's Expo Memorial Park in the 2020s. The goal is for Ghibli Park to open in ear...

Apple, Microsoft and others urge Trump to keep Paris climate pact

But since coming into office, Trump has already signed executive orders to make it easier to mine coal as well as removing Obama's 2013 Climate Action Plan. T...

LIRR faces backlash from riders over 'covfefe' tweet

ET (1009 GMT) that sought to put a playful tone on the misfire, saying, "Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe"??? ". Trump has been known to twe...

Trump to announce decision on climate change today

Speaking in Berlin about the Paris climate change accord, he said that "China in recent years has stayed true to its commitment". The Kremlin says Russian Fed...

WOW Air is offering $55 flights to Europe today, so act fast

Time to make those trans-atlantic travel plans. "Our expanding network of United States and Canadian destinations have a wealth of things to offer United King...

U.S. and Japan throw down gauntlet days after North Korean missile test

Amid repeated military provocations by North Korea , the US made the unusual decision to dispatch two aircraft carriers to the Sea of Japan this week, while al...

No deal in Brexit talks an option: UK's May

The CPS Economic Bulletin argued it was " mistaken to take the EU's negotiating position at face value while criticising the UK's position as being weak and vul...

Putin says Russia never involved in hacking

Speaking at a meeting with senior editors of leading worldwide news agencies, Putin insisted that "we never engage in that at the state level". USA intelligen...

Trump rejects moving Israel embassy to Jerusalem _ for now

After months of fierce debate within his administration, Trump chose to continue his predecessors' policy of signing a six-month waiver overriding a 1995 law re...

Woods appears unsteady, disoriented in police dash-cam video of DUI arrest

Woods was unable to tie his shoes, police said, and opted to perform the sobriety tests barefoot. This image provided by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Offic...

Vice Admiral Syring: 'Confident' Military Can Handle NKorean, Iranian Missile Threats

The Pentagon says its first-ever missile defense test involving an ICBM was a success. James Syring said Wednesday that the successful intercept of an i...

Trump signs waiver keeping US embassy in Tel Aviv - for now

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump vowed to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the embassy there. A senior administration official said ...

GST from July 1, to create many jobs for youth: Adhia

The construction sector is likely to benefit from the availability of input tax credit under the goods and services tax ( GST ) despite falling under the high...

Relief Supplies from India reaches flash flood-hit Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka issued an global appeal for help as reports came in from areas which had been inaccessible earlier in the day, with neighbouring India sending two ...

FxWirePro Pound suffers as YouGov predicts hung parliament

Labour could win 257 seats, an improvement over 2015's 232 seats, according to the YouGov poll. Sterling rallied in April when May called the vote as invest...

Man charged after cinderblocks tossed into traffic from Highway 401 overpasses

The first incident was reported at around 10 p.m. on Sunday night near Progress Avenue. 401 when all of a sudden he heard a "big bang". On Wednesday, another ...

Top Trump aide exiting: Part of a wider shuffle?

The daily cited an email to friends by Dubke in which he wrote: "It has been my great honour to serve President Trump and this administration". Urban is...

UK Labour chief Corbyn challenges Theresa May to debate as race tightens

May refused from the start to take part in any head-to-head debate, and opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had said he would not take part without her. "I t...

Finals of National Spelling Bee begin with 40 elite spellers

While in Washington D.C., he said he visited many fascinating places including an air and space museum. Maia and her mom will attend the spelling bee finals o...

Slain Vic girl scared of Iraq bomb attacks

At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad , security and medical officials said on Tuesday. "We stand w/Iraq agains...

Tory lead slashed to record low of three points

The headline figures certainly stand out given previous assumptions and polling data pointing to the Conservatives securing a majority. There's more bad news...

Trump tells Muslim leaders to 'drive out' terrorists

The Iranian president championed a nuclear deal with the United States and five other major powers in 2015 that led to the lifting of most sanctions against Ira...

World Health Organization to be headed by an African for the first time

Paul Spiegel, the director of the Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, says the health challenges facing the world...

Trump administration notifies Congress of intent to renegotiate NAFTA

He says the USA manufacturing industry has been decimated by NAFTA, a deal the White House considers deeply unfair. President Trump had announced US' intention ...

Hillary Out Again to Whine, Point Fingers, Blame the World

Clinton also threw Netflix under the bus yesterday, claiming its conservative documentaries undermined her campaign. "I think it's pretty hard not to". "I nev...

French Socialist President Really Proud of Shaking Trump's Hand

Emmanuel Macron has declared last week's "death grip" handshake with Donald Trump intentional. In a bitter irony Trump's rebuke to North Atlantic Treaty ...

Trump Expected To Withdraw US From Paris Climate Deal

After returning from his first official overseas trip last weekend, President Donald Trump said he would announce this week whether the USA would continue in ...

Iraq Forces Launch Broad Attack on ISIL Holdouts in Mosul

In Syria, Assad's forces and their allies have also been on the offensive, moving toward the Iraqi and Jordanian border, but are still far from reaching it. Des...

Series of bombings kill nearly 40 people across Baghdad

A suicide bomber has killed at least 16 people at an ice cream parlour in Iraq's capital Baghdad . Other videos of the attack posted on social media show wound...

British PM May could lose majority

That could leave the Conservatives 16 seats short of the overall majority of 326 needed to govern without the support of other parties, the newspaper said. Wh...

Sean Spicer's simple response to Trump's 'covfefe' tweet

President Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton engaged in a Twitter skirmish Wednesday night that saw the President revive his "Crooked Hillary" moniker. Other...

Kathy Griffin's Gory Trump Photoshoot Cost Her A Network Job

CNN called the picture "disgusting and offensive" in a statement, adding that it was "evaluating our New Year's coverage". As of now, it seems like Cooper wi...

Soros says Brexit talks could last five years, risks distracting EU

Soros said on June 1 that a combination of external and internal threats have brought the 28-member bloc to a "tipping point" between further integration or dis...

France's Macron to meet Italian PM on Sunday

French Chieff of Staff Gen. Pierre de Villiers arrives at the Elysee Palace, Thursday, May 18, 2017 in Paris as French President Emmanuel Macron chairs his fi...