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The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to encourage the people to opt for electric crematorium.

By looking at a collision between a blaster bolt and a storm trooper, I can estimate the mass of the bolt.

The prospect of a U.S. interest-rate rise has heaped pressure on metal prices since the summer, but an increase this week won’t spell the end of the pain being felt by gold, copper and other metals.

Butterfly Conservation vice-president Chris Packham said the plight of the UK's winged insects was one that "should shame us all"

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Isso que fazem com o sushi e temaki no Brasil é desrespeito ou gastronomia?

Eles sempre ligam pedindo ajuda na hora mais imprópria. SEMPRE.

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1. Tudo começa quando uma amiga ou tia ou colega do trabalho ganha um aparato eletrônico.

2. Aí vem a clássica frase: "Fulana ganhou um celular todo moderno, acho que vou comprar".

3. Seguida de "qual você acha que é melhor?", e você explica que vai depender do que ela prefere fazer com o aparelho.

4. "Quero ter esse negócio de Facebook e o tal zapzap". Читать дальше...

Syrian troops and allied militiamen seized control of a sprawling military air base near Damascus on Monday, bolstering the government's presence in a key area overwhelmingly controlled by opposition forces.

Syrian troops and allied militiamen seized control of a sprawling military air base near Damascus on Monday, bolstering the government's presence in a key area overwhelmingly controlled by opposition forces.

The last time the Supreme Court heard cases on patents covering the appearance of a product instead of the way it works was in the late 1800s, when the court battles concerned designs of spoon handles, carpets and saddles. The legal battles between Apple and Samsung have cooled recently, but this case could attract the justices' interest, said Michael Carrier, a professor at Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey, who has followed the lawsuits closely. Samsung is not challenging the design patents themselves at the Supreme Court... Читать дальше...

Adele’s North American tour will kick off at Xcel Center on July 5 and 6, while AC/DC will play there Feb. 14.

Are Dr. Ben Carson's 15 minutes over? Two new polls show Carson fading badly in Iowa, whose caucuses mark the start of the primary voting. Because evangelical Christians are legion among caucus voters, Iowa is a state Carson should do well in, given his campaign themes. But as the election turns...

Sotheby's auction house teamed up with Nigo, a Japanese designer and entrepreneur, to stage its first auction dedicated exclusively to 'Star Wars.'

Komiek Bill Cosby (78) zou de aanvallen op zijn karakter zat zijn en sleept een aantal vrouwen voor de rechter die hem hebben beschuldigd van seksueel misbruik. Dat beweert TMZ. Volgens Cosby zijn de aantijgingen onzin en zitten de vrouwen alleen maar achter zijn geld aan.

Oil rebounded after prices dipped below $US35 a barrel for the first time since 2009, prompting traders to buy back some of their record bearish bets.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Monday it has not yet found any sign of terrorism in the deadly Oct. 31 crash of a Russian passenger jet in the Sinai desert, a preliminary finding that conflicts with Russian, U.S. and British statements that they believed a bomb on the aircraft probably was to blame. The vaguely worded Egyptian statement reflected the deep reluctance among government authorities to point to the possibility of a bomb, and the implication of lax security at the Sharm el-Sheikh airport, where the Metrojet plane took off. Читать дальше...

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EU foreign ministers backed the directive to explicitly label goods originating in Israeli settlements beyond the country’s 1967 borders, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday.

Chaotic saga hurts president after huge miscalculation

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unusual thing happened in Hollywood on a recent weekend: Director Alex Proyas and Lionsgate apologized for ethnically inaccurate casting in "Gods of Egypt" — a full three…

LOS ANGELES - An unusual thing happened in Hollywood on a recent weekend: Director Alex Proyas and Lionsgate apologized for ethnically inaccurate casting in "Gods of Egypt" - a full three months before the movie is set to hit theaters.

Director Alex Proyas and Lionsgate apologized for ethnically inaccurate casting in "Gods of Egypt" — a full three months before the movie is set to hit theaters. The fantasy epic stars Scottish actor Gerard Butler and Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as mythological Egyptian gods, and a recently released trailer renewed concern about Hollywood's long tradition of casting against race. While some praised the preemptive mea culpa, including "Selma" director Ava DuVernay and the Casting Society of America... Читать дальше...

Younger and older Americans suffer from the same lack of savings.

Younger and older Americans suffer from the same lack of savings.