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During a secretive off-the-record meeting last week with more than 20 Australian media companies and news publishers, top Facebook executive Campbell Brown reportedly warned that refusal to cooperate with the social media giant's efforts to "revitalize journalism" will leave news outlets dying "like in a hospice."

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Aretha Franklin's death is reportedly "imminent," sources say following reports that the legendary singer is "gravely ill."

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Nearly 140 aid workers were killed last year, a 23 percent rise on 2016, according to data released Monday that showed South Sudan was the most dangerous country in which to deliver aid for the third year running. The figures revealed a dramatic increase in aid worker kidnappings and fatal shootings in South Sudan — the world's youngest country — and a trebling of attacks in Central African Republic (CAR). South Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan and CAR accounted for two-thirds of 158 major incidents targeting humanitarian operations last year... Читать дальше...

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Following a ProPublica investigation that outlined transphobic practices in police investigations, Laverne Cox took to social media to...

Marseille were offered the chance to sign Fernando Llorente from Tottenham Hotspur, but rejected any move.

Even if “Location History” is off on your phone, Google often still stores your precise location. Here are some things you can do to delete those markers and keep your … Click to Continue »

• On Monday, Farrah Abraham was charged for allegedly attacking a security guard at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced.
• The "Teen Mom" star faces one misdemeanor count each of battery and resisting, delaying, or obstructing a peace officer.
• The charges stem from a June 13 incident in which Abraham allegedly got into a "scuffle" with a security guard after she refused to leave the hotel's Polo Lounge, according to prosecutors. Читать дальше...

AMMAN — The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) has called on Tawjihi students to give priority to university majors most demanded in the local market and refrain from stagnant and saturated ones as the Unified Admission Unit on Monday started receiving Bachelor Degrees' applications for public universities. 

On Monday, reality contestant and former Trump White House official Omarosa Manigault-Newman continued her book publicity tour by releasing a recording of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly firing her. She also publicized a recording where the President asked her what happened and why she was lea...

Landry said Bryant's attitude and talent would be a welcome addition.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by phone on Monday to discuss the situations in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen, the U.S.

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By Hamid Shalizi and Rupam Jain KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces backed by U.S. advisers and air strikes fought on Monday to drive Taliban fighters out of the flashpoint city of Ghazni, where hundreds of people have been killed or wounded during four days of fighting. The Taliban attack on Ghazni, a strategic centre on the main highway linking the capital Kabul with southern Afghanistan, is a blow to President Ashraf Ghani weeks before a parliamentary election is due and dampens hopes... Читать дальше...

ANDY MURRAY slumped to a comeback defeat against a player he had never lost to. The below-par former world No 1 lost 1-6 6-1 4-6 to Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the first round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Murray, who pulled out of the Citi Open in Washington earlier this month, was […]

Former federal prosecutor Gene Rossi, who has tried cases before Judge T.S. Ellis, the judge presiding over Paul Manafort’s trial, sits down with Katy Tur. He says that new details from the Manafort trial prove that Mueller has discovered more than the

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(Reuters) - A furore over alleged anti-semitism in Britain's main opposition party widened on Monday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn exchanged accusations on Twitter over Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed. Labour has been wrestling accusations of anti-semitism for months, and Corbyn has previously apologised for what he has described as "pockets" of anti-semitism in the organisation. Britain's right-leaning Daily Mail on Friday reported that Corbyn... Читать дальше...

Winning two Grand Slam doubles titles and almost winning a third in the past 15 months have without doubt generated positive attention for Gabriela Dabrowski’s hometown. Perhaps the best thing Dabrowski has done for tennis in Canada, though, may have been leveraging her newfound celebrity to persuade the City of Ottawa to arrange for much-needed […]

By Jeff Mason FORT DRUM, New York (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed a $716 billion defence policy bill on Monday that authorizes military spending and includes watered-down controls on U.S.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings have placed guard Nick Easton on injured reserve with a neck injury that required surgery and has likely ended his season.