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BERLIN — The European Aviation Safety Agency on Tuesday proposed tougher medical examinations for pilots, including better mental health assessments, in response to last year’s Germanwings crash. Pilot Andreas Lubitz locked his captain out of the cockpit and flew a plane into a French mountainside on March 24, 2015. All 150 people on board Flight

Kim Kardashian-West recently shared an adorable photo of her daughter North West wearing her thigh-high Balenciaga boots. On her Instagram account, the reality TV star posted a snap of her daughter lying down on the floor and wearing her boots. According to People, the boots cost $1,700.

Ukraine will not be part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) mission at the upcoming Russian parliament elections, the head of the mission said Tuesday.

An uprising in Milwaukee, America's false narrative of racial integration, and community solutions to classism and racism.

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The sun is out. I repeat, the sun is out.

Opera Software agreed to exclude its video-compression and virtual private network business from the sale of the Oslo-based company’s internet browser to a Chinese consortium after earlier failing to secure regulatory approval for a broader deal.

Two Russian Beriev Be-200 amphibious aircraft extinguished two forest fires saving two Portuguese settlements.

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii health officials have ordered several sushi restaurants closed immediately after citing them as a possible source of a Hepatitis A outbreak. The Hawaii State Department of Health said late Monday that the disease outbreak "is likely due to imported frozen scallops served raw at Genki Sushi Restaurants on Oahu and Kauai."

Those who want section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act removed or amended most likely will never experience the type of vilification or abuse the law is designed to prevent.

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Good morning. Here's everything you need to know in the world of advertising today.

1. Snapchat is paying $200 million to buy a search engine that helps people find things to do. Vurb bills itself as an "experience" search engine.

2. Mobile game "Best Fiends" shifted almost all of its ad budget to YouTube influencers. The developer behind the game, Seriously, says this has helped it rack up 2 million daily active users and 5 million fans across all platforms. Читать дальше...

An Iranian dual national has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the British intelligence services, Iran's state news agency reports.

Robin Lindley is a Seattle-based writer and attorney, and the features editor of the History News Network (hnn.us). His articles have appeared in HNN, Crosscut, Salon, Real Change, Documentary, Writer's Chronicle, and others. He has a special interest in the history of conflict and human rights. You can find his other interviews here. His email: robinlindley@gmail.com.

There's an American mythology about Abraham Lincoln that portrays him as saintly and far above the grimy rough-and-tumble world of politics. Читать дальше...

ENSCHEDE - Veel, heel veel wedstrijden in het amateurvoetbal vanaf donderdag. Bekijk het speelschema voor de districtsbeker (poules vanaf de derde klasse). 

In his address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 70th Independence Day, PM Narendra Modi Modi talked about the situation in PoK, Gilgit and Balochistan.

In what is a new dawn at Orlando Pirates, Jackson Mabokgwane is hoping that he can finally get his moment to shine.

He finished fifth in his first-round heat in 21.05 but needed to be 21.02 or better to advance to the quarterfinals.

Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said there is a need to shift loan sanctioning process from the present committee-based approach to single banker taking up the responsibility as well as rewarding the person if the project goes on well.

The Indiana governor this weekend took a break from being Trump’s running mate — trading talk of the Islamic State and Benghazi for chitchat on soccer and raccoons.

Mobile game developer Niantic is taking tough action against cheaters using their popular Pokemon Go app. The company is issuing lifetime bans to cheats and pursuing legal action against Pokemon Go bot developers. Click Online reports: That’s the new rule of law being handed down by developers Niantic as they seek to even the playing field and make their game a fair experience for all. If you are found to be in breach of any part of the terms of service for the game you could find yourself unable to play. Читать дальше...

Chinese government and fishing vessels sail around contested waters near islands disputed with Japan, recent Japanese Coast Guard footage shows. Natasha Howitt reports.

Think he doesn’t represent anything besides himself? Turns out a whopping 65 percent of white Americans say they’d support a nativist third party.

It’s preseason for the officials, too. Rams coach Jeff Fisher says the Cowboys’ touchdown on the opening kickoff in Saturday’s game at the Coliseum should have been called back. Fisher said the Cowboys committed two blocks in the back and two holds. “They weren’t called, and that’s OK,” he said, via the Los Angeles Times.…

From representing Canberra FC to facing them as part of the "biggest club in Australia", Steven Lustica has played all around the world but will play against his boyhood club on Wednesday night.

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