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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed seven district court judges and several administrative nominees as it whisks through its workload ahead of memorial services for Sen. John McCain. Senate leaders reached agreement Tuesday to vote on the nominees from President Donald Trump. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell kept senators in a rare August session to […]

Government to allocate £92m to design an alternative to the European Galileo system

By Holger Schmieding

German fiscal bliss: Debt to GDP ratio can fall to 60% this year.

German fiscal bliss: Debt to GDP ratio can fall to 60% this year.

The post Germany Finally Fit for the Euro appeared first on The Globalist.

Nobody goes into a grocery store for Tofurky deli slices “thinking they were carved from a slaughtered animal” any more than shoppers are purchasing almond milk “thinking it was squeezed … Click to Continue »

An astronaut candidate for NASA plans to resign Friday, making him the first candidate to resign from the space agency in 50 years, the Houston Chronicle reports.Robb Kulin, a 2017 astronaut candidate, is resigning over “personal reasons,” the...

Recently, a man was arrested for posing as woman for a date.

The modifications may not be as attractive or valuable to a buyer on the open market.

If you’re a Lego aficionado, there’s a good chance you’ve occasionally bought an entire set just to add a single, four-centimeter plastic figure to your collection. Today Lego is officially celebrating the 40-year anniversary of its Minifigures, so now’s as good a time as any to discuss which one is your all-time…

A look at the important aspects of the law related to working women in the UAE.

Cochin International Airport had to be shut down due to the Kerala floods.

City now draws tourists from tier 2 and 3 cities in China and the Subcontinent.

UAE residency visas for several Syrian nationals have been approved last month.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday has confirmed U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter as the first full-time federal judge in Erie since 2013.

Science-fiction filmmaking has become so consumed by “world-building”—that screenwriter buzzword for constructing elaborate and often pointless mythologies—that some big-ticket sci-fi/fantasy movies feel like they’d be better off spinning off some smaller elements into their own, more modest stories. That’s how Kin…

Die Progress Werbung feiert ihr 60 jähriges Bestehen. In Stadt und Land Salzburg werden nun bis Ende des Jahres historische Festspielplakate im öffentlichen Raum ausgestellt.

Spätestens mit Thriller wurde Michael Jackson zu einem der einflussreichsten Musiker überhaupt. Sein Geburtstag jährt sich am 29. August. In Wien und St. Pölten werden Tribute- Shows auf die Bühne gebracht.

PAUL HOLLYWOOD is a British chef and television personality, perhaps most famous for his appearance on the Great British Bake Off. Ahead of tonight’s new series kick off, how much is Paul worth?

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• First-time buyers needed 23% of their income to afford an entry-level home in the second quarter — up from 21% a year earlier.
• Home prices have risen as supply tightens — and rising mortgages aren’t helping.
• In May, the median price of a previously owned homes rose to a record $264,800.

The barrier to entry for homeownership is on the rise.

Starter homes are at the highest prices since 2008, Bloomberg reported. In the second quarter... Читать дальше...

Unter Mittwoch, 29. August, ist im Buch der Geschichte unter anderem verzeichnet:

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest plan to challenge Amazon, along with PayPal’s expansion of its money transfer service. Google also has new plans for digital payments, while Bose thinks bigger about speakers. Meanwhile, Toyota makes a major investment. Rakuten Reveals […]

Neil Young and Daryl Hannah, longtime lovers, may have gotten hitched over the weekend, judging from congrats pouring in on social media.

Former Newcastle United winger Yasin Ben El-Mhanni is reported to have been given a trial by Championship side Brentford.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico governor and current Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Gary Johnson picked up the endorsement of Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Tuesday in his effort to unseat an incumbent Democrat. Paul shunned Republican nominee Mick Rich, an Albuquerque construction contractor and newcomer to politics, in favor of […]

Three birdies helped Robin Webb shoot the low round of 75 on the second day, which propelled her from tied for fifth to tied for first. Webb is no stranger to finishing at the top of IGA Women’s events, coming off of a win in the Open Division of this years Women’s Amateur. Laura Leszcznski […]