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Fresh attacks by suspected killer herdsmen for a second night in a row has left at least three people dead and several others injured in Plateau state according to the police spokesman in the region ASP Tyopev Matthias Terna.

Simona Halep saved three match points in her exhausting, nearly four-hour match against Lauren Davis in the third round and then another two match points in her gutsy, come-from-behind semifinal win over Angelique Kerber at the Australian Open.

Arab media, quoting family members, is reporting that top Saudi financier Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal was released by the government Saturday, after being held for several months.  Terms of any eventual financial settlement between the prince and the Saudi government were not immediately known. Alwaleed, whose Kingdom Holdings owns shares in a number of large U.S. corporations, including Twitter and Citigroup, was held along with others in Riyadh's luxurious Ritz Carlton Hotel. Arab media reported... Читать дальше...

Essie Grundy has found the store’s policy on African-American goods racist, making her feel that she is being treated like a thief. Walmart says additional security is implemented on a store-by-store basis and only when needed.

Patience Ibrahim had a secret — she was pregnant. The 17-year-old Nigerian woman and her husband had conceived just before Boko Haram militants had raided her village in the summer of 2014, kidnapping the women and slaughtering many of the men. Ibrahim, a Christian, wasn’t showing yet, but it was only a matter of time....

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – According to new updates by local sources and media, the number of victims killed in the Saturday terrorist attack of Taliban on Kabul reaches nearly one hundred while 158 are announced wounded.

Addressing the fact that no Republican had commented on allegations that RNC Finance chair Steve Wynn reportedly paid out $7.5 million to ensure a woman whom he allegedly raped would keep quiet, a former adviser to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stunned MSNBC host Joy Reid by stating that the RNC doesn’...

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – The Iranian Leader’s Aide on International Affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati said that the US has dispatched its troops to eastern Euphrates and wants to break up Syria.

Jeremy Toljan rescued a last-gasp draw on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's return to the Borussia Dortmund fold against Freiburg.

Ein Podestplatz für die ÖSV-Athleten beim Nordic Combined Triple in Seefeld ist kaum noch machbar. Lukas Klapfer liegt vor dem Schlusstag auf Rang sieben, sein Rückstand auf Rang drei beträgt rund eine halbe Minute. An der Spitze hat der Japaner Akito Watabe vor den zwei Sprüngen und 15-km-Langlaufen am Sonntag eine komfortable Führung inne.

The news comes after legal documents revealed Thursday that two additional, unnamed women accused the rapper of sexual assault.

Goals from Robert Lewandowski, Jerome Boateng, Kingsley Coman, Arturo Vidal and Sandro Wagner saw Bayern Munich to a comeback win.

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Americans should start to see the impact of the Republican tax law next month. The Internal Revenue Service has directed employers to update their income-tax withholdings to reflect the new law by February 15.

UBS thinks certain parts of the economy will disproportionately benefit from consumers' bigger paychecks.

"We find that lodging, entertainment, housing, other transport (i.e. air) should benefit most, with incremental growth of ~3% above prior baseline levels... Читать дальше...

Abingdon rugby club sevens is the longest running annual sevens tournament in the country. We welcome 2018 with some changes.

The Real Madrid superstar scored two first-half penalties against Valencia, thus bringing up his 100th and 101st spot-kick strikes

Only 15 percent of the “missing,” text messages between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page have been handed over to Congressional investigators, reports Byron York of the Washington Examiner. The Justice Department says roughly 85 percent of the texts are still in the process of being retrieved. However, as York tweeted Saturday, Congress still […]

Only 15 percent of the “missing,” text messages between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page have been handed over to Congressional investigators, reports Byron York of the Washington Examiner. The Justice Department says roughly 85 percent of the texts are still in the process of being retrieved. However, as York tweeted Saturday, Congress still […]

A key Liverpool target will cost Liverpool €50m as the Reds look for reinforcements in-between the sticks.  Liverpool have been linked to Roma’s Alisson Becker who has been valued at €50m.  The Reds have also been linked to Atletico Madrid’s Jan Oblak as Jurgen Klopp increases his pursuit for a new ‘keeper.  READ ALSO: Done deal: Liverpool announce […]

On Friday Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent a batch of letters to DNC leaders demanding information regarding their interactions with dossier author Christopher Steele. The Senate Judiciary Committee is investigating the FBI’s involvement with dossier author Christopher Steele. It is being reported the FBI relied on the phony, […]

Production on “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” was delayed last summer after Tom Cruise broke his ankle performing a rooftop-to-rooftop jump stunt. Now, sadist readers can watch the exact moment his bone snapped — in super-slow motion and from multiple angles. Cruise and the latest “M:I” gang dropped by “The Graham Norton Show” to tell tales from the action shoot. The grossest story among them came with lots of footage — the kind that could even make an emergency room podiatrist squeamish. For those with a strong stomach... Читать дальше...

This is just the latest moment in their petty relationship

Kevin Love grabs a lot of rebounds and normally hands them off to whoever the ball handler is. Sometimes it’s a toss, sometimes it’s a simple exchange, and sometimes it’s a crazy outlet pass.

But it’s never this.

RT @skalakattack: Kevin Love just grabbed that rebound and handed it to IT like a toddler, and I am howling pic.twitter.com/yfjQD07qWN

Love bent over in... Читать дальше...

The world has another ally in the war against microplastics. Just before Christmas, the Italian government voted to ban the tiny beads that show up primarily in beauty products by 2020. Italy joins a growing list of countries, the United States included, that have banned microplastic products. VOA's Kevin Enochs reports.