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A heatwave has killed at least 45 people in Pakistan`s largest city of Karachi, officials said Sunday, as residents grapple with frequent power outages and water scarcity during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

GENOA -- This year’s Pawnee Days has Genoa focused on getting its Demo Derby back into tip top shape.

Interview: Martin Whitmarsh believes striking new headquarters can help America's Cup challenge

Parties have a tradition of vowing to slash spending on bureaucracy and benefits in election campaigns before quietly sheathing their swords once the heat of battle is behind them. It is a tradition that our would-be Iron Chancellor, George Osborne, seems determined not to follow. Having signed up the sometimes prickly Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, Mr Osborne has made it clear that the plan to cut another £12bn from welfare is going ahead, in order to restore what the two of... Читать дальше...

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Angelique Kerber beat sixth-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (4) Sunday in the final of the Aegon Classic to clinch her first grass-court title.

ORLANDO, Florida - A man accidentally shot himself during a gun safety class at an Orlando pawn shop.

NEW YORK - Yankees right-hander Sergio Santos is going to have season-ending Tommy John surgery, and left-hander Jacob Lindgren is set to have a bone spur removed from his elbow.

The giant reptile was taken from Isabela Island in Ecuador's Galápagos archipelago as part of an early effort to sustain the species, which is native only to the remote Pacific island chain.

Thousands of people formed human chains in cities across Spain's wealthy northern Basque Country on Sunday to call for the right to hold a regional referendum on independence.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man accidentally shot himself during a gun safety class at an Orlando pawn shop.

Egyptian-British Ahmed Mansour, one of the best-known journalists on the channel's Arabic service, says Germany has dragged itself into Cairo's dirty game

Egyptian-British Ahmed Mansour, one of the best-known journalists on the channel's Arabic service, says Germany has dragged itself into Cairo's dirty game

Egyptian-British Ahmed Mansour, one of the best-known journalists on the channel's Arabic service, says Germany has dragged itself into Cairo's dirty game

Solicitors warn they will mount multiple legal challenges against their rivals if proposals for expanded BBC Studios production arm goes ahead

Amanda Seyfried takes her dog Finn out for a walk around the neighborhood in New York City on Friday afternoon (June 19). The 29-year-old Ted 2 actress recently opened during the press day for the film about how Hollywood is just like Mean Girls. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Amanda Seyfried “This industry [...]

Despite bowing out of the Copa America with zero wins and zero goals, Jamaica's Deshorn Brown was all smiles.

Focusing on eight key stories that helped put Washington on the map globally, "Grand Coulee to Grunge," is a traveling exhibit organized by Legacy Washington and the Office of the Secretary of…

Father’s Day! Regular readers may recall that I never knew my father, Eddie, as he died when I was a 15-month-old baby , aged 41.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Huckabee and other GOP presidential contenders are staying clear of the Confederate flag debate in South Carolina, saying it's an issue that should be decided by the state, not the federal government. Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee for president in 2012, has called for the flag's immediate removal in the wake of Wednesday evening's fatal shootings of nine black people at a Charleston church. The debate over the flag carries political risks for Republican candidates... Читать дальше...

TORONTO - The Baltimore Orioles optioned right-hander Kevin Gausman to Triple-A Norfolk before Sunday's game against the Blue Jays and recalled right-hander Oliver Drake from Triple-A.

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona detectives holding a free trash collection event got more than just garbage. They also got their man.

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona detectives holding a free trash collection event got more than just garbage. They also got their man.

(AP) — Arizona detectives holding a free trash collection event got more than just garbage. Authorities say they saw the same vehicle five days earlier at the home of 20-year-old Trenton Drake White, who is suspected of illegal dumping.

The United States recently signed an agreement with Indonesia to allow joint research for the possible return of Americans missing from fighting in that country during World War II.