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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly higher Tuesday as gains for banks and energy companies mostly cancel out losses for industrial companies and retailers. Automakers are climbing after China said it will reduce auto import duties, another sign the two powers are resolving some of their differences on trade. Chipmaker Micron Technology is surging after it said it will buy back $10 billion in stock. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index gained 4 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,737 at noon Eastern time. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly higher Tuesday as gains for banks and energy companies mostly cancel out losses for industrial companies and retailers. Automakers are climbing after China said it will reduce auto import duties, another sign the two powers are resolving some of their differences on trade. Chipmaker Micron Technology is surging after it said it will buy back $10 billion in stock. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index gained 4 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,737 at noon Eastern time. Читать дальше...

Nach den zuletzt schärferen Tönen zwischen Washington und Pjöngjang schließt US-Präsident Donald Trump eine Verschiebung oder gar eine Absage seines Gipfeltreffens mit Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un nicht aus.

Nach den zuletzt schärferen Tönen zwischen Washington und Pjöngjang hat US-Präsident Donald Trump Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un eine echte Bereitschaft zum Verzicht auf sein Atomwaffenprogramm bescheinigt, zugleich aber eine Verschiebung seines Gipfeltreffens mit Kim nicht ausgeschlossen.

Die USA halten an dem geplanten Gipfeltreffen zwischen Präsident Donald Trump und dem nordkoreanischen Machthaber Kim Jong-un fest. Die Vorbereitungen liefen und die USA seien offen für das Treffen, sagte Vizepräsident Mike Pence am Dienstag dem Rundfunksender Fox News. Zugleich betonte er, dass die USA keine Zugeständnisse gemacht oder angeboten hätten.

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Los precios de las acciones subían levemente el martes al mediodía en la Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York, impulsados por las empresas energéticas y los bancos. También subían los fabricantes de automóviles luego que China accedió a reducir sus aranceles a los vehículos. Fiat Chrysler subió 1,7%. Perdían terreno las cadenas minoristas y las compañías industriales. Boeing perdía 1,1% y Home Depot retrocedía 1,4%. AutoZone cedía 7,8% tras reportar decepcionantes resultados financieros. Читать дальше...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on the Palestinians' complaint against Israel before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (all times local): 6 p.m. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has signaled that she will not be rushed into making a decision on whether to launch an investigation into alleged crimes by Israel in the Palestinian territories. In a statement issued after the Palestinians called for an immediate investigation, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda... Читать дальше...

Napoli are bracing themselves for offers from Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United for defender Kalidou Koulibaly. The 26-year-old has had another storming season in Italy and clubs are desperate to land him. Indeed, according to Tuttosport, Napoli are expecting bids from Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United. The trio are all chasing Koulibaly and the Italian club are bracing themselves for a barrage of offers. Napoli will fight hard to keep the centre-back, though, and will hold out for close to £85m for his signature. Читать дальше...

The discovery of gear meant for protection against chemical weapons was part of a vast stock of NATO weapons found Monday by the Syrian military and members of the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation in territory recently freed from militants.

Sweden is sending pamphlets to every home in the country telling its citizens how to prepare for war. The Nordic nation has begun dishing out the documents to all 4.8 million households as tensions with Russia rise. Along with war, accidents, severe weather and IT attacks are also covered in the in the pamphlet released...

Your mobile phone is giving away your approximate location all day long. This isn't exactly a secret: It has to share this data with your mobile provider constantly to provide better call quality and to route any emergency 911 calls straight to your location. But now, the major mobile providers in the United States -- AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon -- are selling this location information to third party companies -- in real time -- without your consent or a court order, and with apparently... Читать дальше...

Brett Favre says he made three trips to rehabilitation centers during his career to fight his dependence on painkillers and alcohol.

WOLCOTT, Conn. (AP) — Police say a former gas station worker in Connecticut stole more than $25,000 in scratch-off lottery ticket revenue from the business. The Republican-American reports that 55-year-old Juliana Perillo was charged with larceny Monday in connection to lottery revenue that went missing from Petro Pat's in Wolcott. Police say Perillo faked numbers on a store log sheet to make it seem like customers had returned their lottery tickets for a refund. She then used the money from the nonexistent refunds to buy more tickets. Читать дальше...

The move is a reversal of an Obama-era law from 2015, which prohibited some sports hunting practices in Alaska's national preserves.

May marks Masturbation Month so we decided to get a lil' sexy in Lovin HQ.  For this weeks episode of Lovin Dubliners, I met with Shawna Scott, the owner of Sex Siopa. She runs an online website that distributes sex toys all across Ireland and overseas.  The company began when Shawna moved to Ireland from Seattle and struggled to find a place to buy a sex toy. She then took it upon herself to sell body safe toys and create a business model different from the old-fashioned, dark shops that existed here in Ireland. Читать дальше...

How the author’s undergraduate writings on doppelgängers shaped her most famous work, The Bell Jar, sometimes in troubling ways

Bill Belichick has no interest in talking about Tom Brady. And Brady, who is missing the Patriots’ voluntary OTAs, is sending a message of his own. Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski, the practice hold-outs, are spending their time not at the workouts at the TB12 training center, according to the Boston Herald. “I’m not...

Bill Belichick has no interest in talking about Tom Brady. At least as long as Brady is absent from the Patriots’ voluntary OTAs. “I’m not going to talk about the people who aren’t here,” Belichick said when asked about Brady on Tuesday morning, per Boston.com. “The guys that are here are improving, they’re working hard,...

The Nigerian Naira on Tuesday, May 22, slipped against the American Dollar at the parallel market. According to NAIJ.com findings, the local currency dropped one point to close the day at N364/$1 from the previous rate of N363.

According to the faithful, the prophet has turned three wells producing salty water into sweet waters reservoirs lauding the prophet for his mighty ways, terming him as the only true prophet who all Kenyans need to listen to.

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• Meghan Markle's wedding ring was made from Welsh gold and gifted by Queen Elizabeth II, Kensington Palace revealed.
• The tradition of using Welsh gold for royal wedding rings started nearly a century ago.
• In 1923, the queen's mother, then Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, used gold from Wales to form a wedding band when she married the future King George VI.
• Queen Elizabeth followed in her mom's footsteps when she married Prince Philip in 1947... Читать дальше...

1Password for Mac is getting its first paid upgrade in five years with today’s release of 1Password 7, via MacRumors.

Indian police on Tuesday killed 12 demonstrators after opening fire on thousands of people demanding the closure of a copper factory due to pollution concerns, a police officer said.

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) — An assistant high school principal in eastern Missouri has been charged with having sex with a minor. Thirty-nine-year-old Elizabeth Giesler was charged Friday with having sexual contact with a 16-year-old high school student while working at Ste. Genevieve High School. She's also charged with multiple counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and second-degree statutory rape. Giesler has been released on $20,000 bond. No attorney is listed for her in court records. A woman... Читать дальше...