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If any symbol captures the anger of rich and upper middle-class Brazilians who have taken to the streets to protest against President Dilma Rousseff, it might be a giant, inflatable yellow duck. Brazil's business leaders have adopted the duck to fight against what they describe as the economic quackery of Rousseff,

If any symbol captures the anger of rich and upper middle-class Brazilians who have taken to the streets to protest against President Dilma Rousseff, it might be a giant, inflatable yellow duck. Brazil's business leaders have adopted the duck to fight against what they describe as the economic quackery of Rousseff,

Bumblies roept de Bumblies-tandenborstel bestemd voor kinderen van 0 tot 3 jaar terug. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat kinderen de zuignap op de achterkant eraf kunnen bijten en inslikken.

De hervatting van grenscontroles door de zogeheten Schengenlanden zou behoorlijk nadelig uitpakken voor de Nederlandse economie. Dat stelde het Centraal Planbureau (CPB) maandag.

Coldplay-frontman Chris Martin (39) was een jaar lang depressief nadat zijn huwelijk met actrice Gwyneth Paltrow (43) in 2014 na elf jaar op de klippen liep. Dat bekent hij in zijn eerste persoonlijke interview sinds de breuk. ,,Ik word nog vaak down wakker.''

The New Horizons space probe has revealed new information about Pluto, the beloved but relatively unknown dwarf planet.

The current reception conditions and systems for assessing asylum claims and dealing with refugees in Greece were in need of urgent strengthening, according to an advocacy officer with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on the Greek island of Chios.

Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly Kurds, have been displaced by eight months of fighting between the Turkish military and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the country's southeast. As the situation continues to deteriorate, some observers have begun comparing the situation to the brutal war that engulfed Syria five years earlier.

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Boston's millennials are dominating their city's housing market.

According to a new study released by online loan marketplace LendingTree, over half of home-loan requests in Boston — 52.5% — are made by people under 35. That percentage is higher than all of the other 58 major US cities analyzed in the report.

"The growing technology sector is likely attracting many millennials to the city, and with real estate in high demand, young professionals may see a Boston-area home purchase as a sound investment... Читать дальше...

But daaaaad.

The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie has everyone picking sides between the two superheroes.

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But when Batman is your dad, you best be siding with him.

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At the Batman v Superman premiere on Sunday, Ben Affleck, who plays Batman in the new movie, told Entertainment Tonight that his three kids have no choice.

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When polls on the internet are 'hijacked'

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The high-school coach of former Yale men's basketball captain Jack Montague publicly expressed his support for his former player and lashed out against the university, which he accused of conducting a "witch hunt."

Montague was expelled from Yale in February in connection with a sexual-misconduct accusation, sources have told Business Insider.

Dennis King, who coached at Brentwood High School in Tennessee for 28 years, wrote a letter to the editor in brentwoodhomepage.com.

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Bengaluru, Mar 21 () Karnataka government today clarified that no powers of Karnataka Lokayukta will be curtailed with the creation of a separate Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), even as opposition demanded its immediate withdrawal.

Ahmedabad, Mar 21 () A woman principal of a private school in Modasa town of Arvalli district was arrested along with a school clerk for allegedly demanding fee from the parents of a girl, who had taken admission there under the Right to Education (RTE) quota, ACB officials said today.

Look how Preity reacted when asked about working with Varun Dhawan!

The world's former tennis king Bjorn Borg is launching a new collection of skin-colored underwear targeting racism.

Adviser to Mayor of London Boris Johnson steps down from Tungsten, the company he founded

DURHAM, North Carolina - The Latest on the shooting of a North Carolina police officer by a suspect (all times local):

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a North Carolina police officer by a suspect (all times local):

Thirty years ago this week, the sitcom 'Perfect Strangers' premiered. To celebrate, we're counting down the Best Bad Shows to hit TV since.

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni security officials say a local photojournalist was killed and three other reporters were wounded by sniper fire in the war-torn city of Taiz.

Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart on Monday became the second Fed official to float the idea of a rate hike as early as April.

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SAN DIEGO, March 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Navy amphibious warfare and surface combatant ships home-ported in San Diego are to receive support services from General Dynamics NASSCO.

Prices for metal have slumped almost half from peak at over $10,000 a tonne in early 2011