New York City is known for path-blocking, slow-moving tourists and cursing city-dwellers trying to get past. Despite the tightness of the avenues and squares, every year on the city street corners you’ll see guys parked all week long, selling Christmas trees of various shapes and sizes on the footpath.
Walter Mazzarri: Premier League stint the same as those I had in Italy
Walter Mazzarri has discovered the Premier League’s competitive nature means managing Watford is no different to taking charge of Napoli or Inter Milan. Walter Mazzarri has discovered the Premier League’s competitive nature means managing Watford is no different to taking charge of Napoli or Inter Milan.
Guardiola fanfare shows how times have changed, says Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger believes there are similarities between him and Pep Guardiola but insists the Manchester City boss has had it easy compared to his own arrival into English football. Arsene Wenger believes there are similarities between him and Pep Guardiola but insists the Manchester City boss has had it easy compared to his own arrival into English football.
Baloch cry for Bangla support
Dec 16: Around December 16 festivities to celebrate Bangladesh’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war of independence, two exiled Baloch leaders are participating in seminars in Dhaka and meeting prominent members of the civil society to seek support for their struggle for an independent Balochistan. Mir Suleman Dawood Jan Ahmedzai, the Khan of Kalat, a title meant for former rulers of Kalat which is part of Balochistan, said from Dhaka that he wanted to remind the people that Pakistan’s action in Balochistan was similar to what Bangladesh had to face before its independence.
Turks and Caicos to be led by first female premier after opposition win
The Turks and Caicos Islands will be governed by its first female premier after the main opposition party dealt a major upset to the ruling party in Thursday’s general elections. The People’s Democratic Movement , led by Attorney Sharlene Cartwright Robinson, won 10 seats including four at-large seats, while the ruling Progressive National Party won five, outgoing Premier Rufus Ewing confirmed to the Miami Herald.
Obama says partisanship in U.S. greater threat than Russian hacking
President Obama Friday said he is deeply frustrated by “hyper-partisan” attitudes that have left some Republicans more trusting of Moscow than Washington, calling such attitudes a greater danger to America’s national security than Russian hacking of U.S. elections. Obama reiterated his contention that “the Russians were responsible for hacking” the Democratic National Committee, starting in mid-2015, and that the U.S. will retaliate against Moscow for the meddling.
Santa Claus and Rudolph Spotted Riding Motorcycles in Dublin, Ireland
Martha Hudson filmed Santa and Rudolph on their joy ride as she was driving with her sister. Her 5-year-old daughter and her 7-year-old nephew were in the backseat.
Salon raided for A 1,500 worth of hair products
Victoria, Alex and Sandra Stevens, owners of Tops Salon, were shocked to discover the shop had been ram raided over the weekend AN EARLY morning ram raid on a hair salon in Melksham was just one of a spate of car crimes at the weekend as west Wiltshire experiences a mini crimewave. Alex Stevens and her family were woken by a phone call from Wiltshire Police in the early hours of Saturday alerting them to a break-in at Tops salon on the High Street.
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Regional Storm Update: Schools, roads, hockey cancelled: ‘It’s a corker’
Atlantic Canadians like newspaper publisher Paul MacNeill were hunkering down at home on Friday as a storm shut large parts of the region down. HALIFAX – Atlantic Canadians like newspaper publisher Paul MacNeill were hunkering down at home on Friday as a storm shut large parts of the region down.
Executive Turntable: Departure at Sony Music Nashville, New President at WEA Corp. and more
Dominique Kulling is the new Managing Director of BMG’s operations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Kulling will lead a team of 33 based in Berlin.
‘Bold’ final route for Edinburgh’s A 5.5m cycle superhighway
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IOC chief Bach feels ‘inner rage’ at Russian doping scandal
IOC President Thomas Bach said he feels “shock” and “inner rage” at the extent of Russia’s doping scandal detailed by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren. “But neither anger nor fear are good advisers.
St. Nicholas to Santa Claus: The birth of an icon
The character of Santa Claus has come a long way over the years. We know him today as a jolly, magical elf who brings goodies and toys for good girls and boys across the world.
Trump’s pick for Israel envoy signals break on US policy
Donald Trump’s selection of a hard-line pro-Israel advocate as his U.S. ambassador to the Jewish state could signal the end of decades of American support for the establishment of an independent Palestine. The president-elect’s transition team already has asked the State Department to assess how to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, according to one official, underscoring Trump’s commitment to back Israel in ways no American leader has before.
Aboriginal woman’s slaying exposes Australia’s racial divide
The life was long drained from Lynette Daley by the time the cops rolled up to the lonely beach where her naked body lay. Her blood was everywhere: It was between her legs and on the remains of the recently burned mattress partly hidden in the sand.
Clinton mega donor George Soros leads line-up of liberal…
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will spend a private Christmas with the Middleton family rather than joining the Queen at Sandringham Michelle bites back: The First Lady steps up the Obamas’ war with Trump as she tells Oprah Americans have no ‘hope’ now that he’s weeks from the Oval Office and suggests a ‘grown up’ should be in charge Russian-speaking hacker known as Rasputin breached US agency in charge of monitoring voting machines and tried to sell the info to ‘a Middle Eastern government’ Prove it or shut up, Russia tells CIA: Putin’s spokesman accuses US of being ‘extremely scurrilous’ over hacking allegations Trump is urged to enact Muslim surveillance program to prevent Islamic terrorism: ‘We can’t worry about political correctness,’ says GOP congressman Republican elector who plans to vote against Trump is a ‘9/11 faker’ whose claim to be a first responder at the Pentagon is FALSE … (more)
US says Chinese warship seized Navy underwater drone
A Chinese warship seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider that was collecting unclassified scientific data in the South China Sea, and the U.S. is demanding its return, the Pentagon said Friday. Navy Capt.
Trump’s pick for Israel envoy signals break on U.S. policy
Donald Trump’s selection of a hard-line pro-Israel advocate as his U.S. ambassador to the Jewish state could signal the end of decades of American support for the establishment of an independent Palestine. The president-elect’s transition team already has asked the State Department to assess how to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, according to one official, underscoring Trump’s commitment to back Israel in ways no American leader has before.
Shipbuilder Ecovix, units file for bankruptcy protection in Brazil
Dec 16 Ecovix Engevix Construcoes Oceanicas SA and five subsidiaries have filed for bankruptcy protection in a federal commercial court, succumbing to a debt burden of 8 billion reais and a plunge in shipbuilding. In a statement on Friday, Ecovix said Banco Brasil Plural SA and law firm Felsberg Advogados will advise it on bankruptcy protection proceedings, which will take place in a court based in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Pentagon demands China return intercepted Navy underwater drone
The Pentagon demanded that China immediately return a U.S. Navy underwater drone that was captured in the South China Sea, in a confrontation certain to exacerbate tensions in a region where the government in Beijing has sought to assert greater control. China “unlawfully seized” the unmanned underwater vehicle Thursday while it was being recovered by a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship during routine operations 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay in the Philippines, according to a Defense Department statement.
Ex-Eastenders star Joseph Shade denies sexually abusing four girls
Joseph Shade, 23, who played Peter Beale in the soap from 1998 to 2004, denied nine counts of sexual abuse when he appeared at Norwich Crown Court on Friday. Wearing a white shirt, dark tie, grey trousers and with an earring in his left ear, Shade spoke in a high-pitched voice to confirm his identity and deny each count in turn.
Pregnant Castle Donington woman tells of M1 closure ordeal
A motorist that uses crutches and is 32 weeks pregnant has spoken of how she has been stuck in M1 traffic all day. The closure of the motorway happened after a collision at about 11.30am between a vehicle and a pedestrian, on the southbound carriageway, near Trowell services.
2016 Re/insurance Industry Disaster Losses Put At $49bn By Swiss Re
Insurance and reinsurance industry losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disaster events during 2016 are expected to come out at around $49 billion by Swiss Re , up by 33% on 2015 but slightly below the 10-year average. The gap between total losses and the amount covered by insurance and reinsurance is again wide, highlighting the much-discussed protection gap, as economic losses from natural catastrophe and man-made disaster events in 2016 hit $158 billion, an increase of 68% on 2015’s figure.
Aboriginal womana s slaying exposes Australiaa s racial divide
The life was long drained from Lynette Daley by the time the cops rolled up to the lonely beach where her naked body lay. Her blood was everywhere: It was between her legs and on the remains of the recently burned mattress partly hidden in the sand.
Military aims to stop ISILa s a spillagea outside of Iraq, Syria
Two Canadian military teams are in Lebanon and Jordan as the international community searches for ways to keep the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from spreading once the city of Mosul falls. Senior military commanders have warned that victory in Iraq’s second-largest city will not mark the end of ISIL as a threat, but that the group will instead go underground and resort to suicide attacks and similar tactics.
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UN rights chief urges Gambian leader to respect results of presidential election
“This is deeply worrying, given the record of human rights violations in The Gambia, including excessive use of force against demonstrators, arbitrary detention and deaths in custody, as well as allegations of torture and ill-treatment of detainees,” Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said . The High Commissioner also urged the Gambian authorities to allow people to exercise their rights to peaceful assembly, association and freedom of expression.
Sundance Screenwriters Lab Unveils 15 Writers It Will Support
Making the cut is Iranian writer-director Massoud Bakhshi true story ‘Yalda,’ which centers on a woman convicted of killing her husband who agrees to appear on a popular TV show to ask her husband’s daughter for forgiveness. The Sundance Institute has selected the 15 emerging screenwriters and their 12 feature film projects that it will support through the 2017 Screenwriters Lab.
Donald Trump picks pro-settlements lawyer as his Israel envoy
US president-elect Donald Trump has picked lawyer David Friedman, a supporter of Israeli settlements and other changes to Washington’s policies in the region, as his ambassador to the Jewish state. Mr Friedman said he looked forward to carrying out his duties from “the US embassy in Israel’s eternal capital, Jerusalem”, even though the embassy is in Tel Aviv.
Donald Trump picks pro-settlements lawyer as his Israel envoy
US president-elect Donald Trump has picked lawyer David Friedman, a supporter of Israeli settlements and other changes to Washington’s policies in the region, as his ambassador to the Jewish state. Mr Friedman said he looked forward to carrying out his duties from “the US embassy in Israel’s eternal capital, Jerusalem”, even though the embassy is in Tel Aviv.
Darian MacKinnon: Four points from six would change the mood at Accies ahead of winter break
HAMILTON midfielder Darian MacKinnon is targeting four points from the club’s next two games as to clear the air before 2017 begins. With the Accies are separated only by goal difference from Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the foot of the Ladbrokes Premiership, there were jeers aimed in the direction of manager Martin Canning in the wake of the 3-0 defeat to a ten-man Celtic side on Christmas Eve.
Car bomb kills 13 Turkish commandos, army says
Security officials and people at the scene of a car bomb attack in central Anatolian city of Kayseri, Turkey, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. A public bus was heavily damaged and dear and injured were reported.
Kiwis’ lives as full-time travellers: How a couple quit their jobs to see the world
Watching the sunset from the crater of a live volcano off the coast of Sicily, swimming in a geothermal waterfall in Tuscany before being offered dinner by Jamie Oliver and swimming with giant Manta Rays in the Maldives are all in an day’s work for Brook Sabin and Radha Engling; a Kiwi couple who have made world travel both a business and a lifestyle. The couple, both originally from Northland, were just a few days away from buying a house when, after a particularly poignant late-night soul-searching session, they did a complete u-turn.
Former U.N. chief Ban unaware of details of U.S. bribery charges against relatives: spokesman
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is unaware of the circumstances surrounding bribery charges laid by U.S. prosecutors against two of his relatives, Ban’s spokesman Lee Do-woon told reporters on Wednesday. Ban’s brother and nephew have been indicted on U.S. charges that they engaged in a scheme to bribe a Middle Eastern official in connection with the attempted $800 million sale of a building complex in Vietnam.
Driver stole A 10,000 worth of goods from passengers’ lost luggage at Stansted Airport
A delivery driver who stole items worth 10,000 from passengers’ lost luggage at Stansted Airport has been spared prison. John Collins, 43, pleaded guilty to the theft of laptops, cameras, perfume and other electrical items at Chelmsford Crown Court.
Driver stole A 10,000 worth of goods from passengers’ lost luggage at Stansted Airport
A delivery driver who stole items worth 10,000 from passengers’ lost luggage at Stansted Airport has been spared prison. John Collins, 43, pleaded guilty to the theft of laptops, cameras, perfume and other electrical items at Chelmsford Crown Court.
Good friends Dickenson, Campbell to square off in 2016 Grey Cup game
Calgary Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson, left, and Ottawa Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell shake hands before they take part in press conferences in Toronto on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. The teams are preparing for Sunday’s Grey Cup.
From troubled past to bright future: A new start for vulnerable adolescents in Kosovo
A 17-year-old boy holds onto a barbed wire fence at Lipjan Correctional Facility in Pristina. The centre was previously the only option for children in conflict with the law.
Correction: Golf Notes story
In a story Dec. 13 about Jack Nicklaus planning to attend the presidential inauguration, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Nicklaus received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He received the Congressional Gold Medal.