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Given that the country has had the shock of that Brexit vote, and seen a collapse in business and consumer confidence as a result, Ms May has done well to do as much as she has to calm nerves

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As tweets and headlines skip from crisis to crisis, the largest youth population in human history is coming of age in a steady, unstoppable wave.

While countries across Europe and East Asia are grappling with declining birthrates and aging populations, societies across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia are experiencing youth booms of staggering proportions: More than half of Egypt’s labor force is younger than age 30.

Half of Nigeria’s population of 167 million is between the ages of 15 and 34. Читать дальше...

Ashton Eaton says he’s represented his country well and has the right to wear a Canadian hat in support of his Saskatchewan-born wife, heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton

By Bryn Stole BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - Torrential rainfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast has caused "unprecedented" flooding in parts of Louisiana, Governor John Bel Edwards said on Saturday, while claiming at least two lives across the region. The National Weather Service issued flood watches for parts of eastern Texas early on Saturday and extended its flash flood warning further west in Louisiana, according to its website. It also maintained a flash flood watch and flood warnings for eastern regions of the state... Читать дальше...

HELOTES, Texas (AP) — In a story Aug. 12 about a baby that died after being left in the car, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the child was 7 months old. Officials provided the incorrect age on Friday night. The child is 6 months old, according to the medical examiner's office.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Olympic officials gave up on cleaning the green-tinged water in one of the pools at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center. Instead, they began draining it Saturday and planned to transfer nearly 1 million gallons of clear water from a nearby practice pool in time for the start of synchronized swimming. Mario

HELOTES, Texas (AP) — In a story Aug. 12 about a baby that died after being left in the car, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the child was 7 months old. Officials provided the incorrect age on Friday night.…

HELOTES, Texas (AP) — In a story Aug. 12 about a baby that died after being left in the car, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the child was 7 months old. Officials provided the incorrect age on Friday night.…

HELOTES, Texas (AP) — In a story Aug. 12 about a baby that died after being left in the car, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the child was 7 months old. Officials provided the incorrect age on Friday night.…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman trying to get a soda can she dropped into the water in the Everglades had her hand nearly bitten off by an alligator, authorities said.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman trying to get a soda can she dropped into the water in the Everglades had her hand nearly bitten off by an alligator, authorities said.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman trying to get a soda can she dropped into the water in the Everglades had her hand nearly bitten off by an alligator, authorities said.

Kimberly Ann Sexton, 49, was airlifted to a local hospital following the incident on Friday evening and underwent immediate surgery, according to a report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “She sustained a severe hand injury that was almost a full amputation of the right hand in the wrist,” Broward Sheriff and Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles told the Sun-Sentinel newspaper. A spokeswoman for North Broward Medical Center, where Sexton was taken, said that she was listed... Читать дальше...

An inspector takes a sample from the water polo pool which turned green in color today in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Vitamin-shaped highlighters, a water hammock, and a sound grenade: how far can *you* get without buying something?

Remember when you wanted to go there to get a Kabbalah red string bracelet and a Mrs. Kutcher T-shirt?

North Korea has issued a chilling warning to the US and South Korea threatening “real war” on its enemies “at any moment.” After months of sabre-rattling the threat level from the DPRK is at a three-year high. The Daily Express reports: A threat level indicator by KCNA Watch, an independent website which collates data and information on the maverick nation, is now at its highest since the summer of 2013. The terror index, which measures the level of aggression in North Korea’s state media, will only increase concerns about the volatile leader. Читать дальше...

Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson is facing a 10-game suspension for taking a banned substance that he says was in a supplement that the NFL Players Association had approved for players to take. The NFLPA says that’s not the case. Johnson said the app the NFLPA has for players to get information on supplements had…

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine is urging supporters not to let favorable polling and positive punditry make them complacent on Election Day.

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If you're waiting for a certificate from the government that says, "Congratulations: You are officially an adult," we are sorry to tell you that you will be waiting forever.

But fear not! There are plenty of ways to know if you're a real, live adult — beyond the fact that you've stopped growing and found a gray hair on your head. 

We've rounded up 19 non-obvious signs that you're no longer a kid, based on the Quora thread "What are some of the most useful skills to know?"... Читать дальше...

Billy Corgan has been tapped as president of Impact Ventures, the parent company of TNA Wrestling. The Smashing Pumpkins' 'Gish' at 25:...

Samir Samaan, deputy director of the public assistance department at Aleppo’s Orthodox Sunday schools, said that the Saint Elias Cathedral in the Syrian city of Aleppo tarted receiving aid for Muslim families from the 1070 district who fled severe fighting.

A 31-year-old Brooklyn woman and her two young daughters vanished after dropping off paperwork at a city agency, officials said Saturday.