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Disappearing-message service Snapchat has started charging users to make their favorite messages reappear.

Two Turkish police officers were killed when Kurdistan Workers Party militants detonated explosives targeting their vehicle.

You might be forgiven for getting the impression, from reading coverage of the refugee crisis, that the refugees are mostly showing up in Europe. But while it is true that hundreds of thousands of refugees have arrived at Europe this year alone, in fact a much larger number — and a much larger share of the refugee burden — are in Middle Eastern countries that are much less capable of carrying that burden.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested last month in Philadelphia for allegedly planning an attack on a "high-profile target", which was reportedly Pope Francis

Short-term Treasury yields jump to four-year highs

Police have so far lodged more than 8,800 cases of violation of law and order and model code of conduct after the announcement of dates for Bihar assembly elections by Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 9.

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Actors and directors from the Marathi drama and film fraternity plan to do their bit for drought-affected farmers of Maharashtra this Ganeshotsav. They will ask visitors to donate money for the cause instead of spending it on garlands and sweets.

A new OECD study says technology has not improved education over 10 years.

A new OECD study says technology has not improved education over 10 years.

Disappearing-message service Snapchat has started charging users to make their favorite messages reappear.

Tahn Donovan tears up as she recalls watching a murder of crows circle above a singing First Nations' man, the birds crowing as he broke into traditional song in the middle of Vancouver's Stanley Park.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Democratic lawmakers on the board of Republican Gov. Scott Walker's struggling economic development agency have proposed a bill that would replace the agency with a ne…

The ninth edition of the Times Green Ganesha (TGG) campaign was launched at Lala Lajpatrai College, Mahalaxmi, on Tuesday.Actors Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty attended the event in the presence of college principal Dr Neelam Arora. Pancholi said, “I live near Juhu beach and see people immerse idols in the sea. It would be nice if we could use artificial water bodies instead.”

I was just in Moss Landing in July, but I didn't get to see anything like this.

The Obama administration does not support a House bill to lift the ban on U.S. oil exports, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday. Earnest told reporters that such a decision is for the U.S. Commerce Department. House Republicans are planning to vote in the coming weeks to lift the four-decade-old ban.

The legal marijuana industry is growing, but faces hurdles in advertising regulations

The legal marijuana industry is growing, but faces hurdles in advertising regulations

The legal marijuana industry is growing, but faces hurdles in advertising regulations

Ever since Donald Trump became a serious candidate for the 2016 presidential election, late night talk shows have enjoyed plenty of fodder for...

A banking ombudsman, a not-so-known service among bank customers, is there in every bank and also in Reserve Bank of India.

Owls are enigmatic birds, by turns mysterious, lovable, or spooky, depending on who you ask. With over 200 species living on every continent except Antarctica, owls have super-tuned senses that help them hunt prey all over the world. And they’re pretty darn cute, too. 1. OWLS CAN TURN THEIR HEADS ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND—BUT NOT QUITE. It’s a myth that owls can rotate their heads 360 degrees. The birds can actually turn their necks 135 degrees in either direction, which gives them 270 degrees of total movement. Читать дальше...

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln creative writing professor is on the short list for the Man Booker Prize, granted annually to the best fiction novel as selected by a panel of five judges.

Move comes as Africa’s top crude producer tries to clean up the sector