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Monthly Archives: April 2015

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Michele Marie Leonhart, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will resign following allegations that agents attended parties funded by cartels. Michele Leonhart’s retirement...

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John Hinckley Jr.’s lawyer has told a court his client should be permanently released from his mental health facility. John Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald...
Housing Markets

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Ever since the global financial crisis hit in 2007, the housing market in the UK has been in somewhat of a slump. As most...

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Russian energy giant Gazprom has been charged by the European Commission with abusing its dominant market position in Central and Eastern European gas markets. The...

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Joan Collins has denied that she was arrested in the Republic of Ireland. Irish politician Joan Collins was arrested at a protest against new water...

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Gwyneth Paltrow and her estranged husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, have filed for divorce. The actress cited irreconcilable differences in the documents, which were filed...

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Jeremy Clarkson will return to the BBC", Kim Shillinglaw, the head of BBC 2 and BBC 4, has said. Kim Shillinglaw, who has the task...

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Rolls-Royce chief executive John Rishton will be replaced by Warren East after his retirement on July 2. John Rishton, who has been at the company...

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British retailer Tesco has reported the worst results in its history with a record statutory pre-tax loss of $9.5 billion for the year to...

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New Zealand PM John Key has apologized to an Auckland cafe waitress for repeatedly pulling her hair. According to the unnamed waitress, the prime minister...

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The Earth Day is observed in more than 190 countries on April 22 each year. The annual event is celebrated with outdoor performances, where individuals...

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A flawless white 100-carat diamond has fetched $22.1 million at Sotheby's auction house in New York. The emerald-cut diamond, originally mined by De Beers in...

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New York City's buses must display a controversial advertisement that refers to Muslims killing Jews, a judge has ruled. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)...

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Oil prices will rise further, say industry leaders at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Indonesia. Industry leaders at the meeting in Jakarta...

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Blue Bell has decided to recall all of its products because of a potentially lethal listeria contamination. In a statement, the Texas-based company said its...

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Serbia's presidential jet went into a sudden plunge on a flight to Rome last week when the co-pilot tried to mop up a coffee...

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Bitcoin has been shaking up the tech and finance worlds ever since it was first introduced in 2009 as the world's first cryptocurrency created...

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Solar Impulse 2 has taken off in its sixth flight from Chongqing in western-central China to Nanjing in the east. The zero-fuel airplane started to...

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Former Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters during his rule. It...

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Bobbi Kristina Brown has "opened her eyes" nearly three months after being found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home, a statement released by...

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Lelisa Desisa has won the men's race at this year’s Boston Marathon and Kenya's Caroline Rotich came first in the women's race. Kenya’s Caroline Rotich...

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Japan’s Maglev train has broken its own world speed record, hitting 603km/h (374mph) in a test run near Mount Fuji. The magnetic levitation train beat...

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South Korean PM Lee Wan-koo has offered to resign after facing accusations of accepting bribes. President Park Geun-hye has not said if she will accept...

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AC/DC’s former drummer Phil Rudd has changed his plea to guilty on a charge of a threat to kill, at a court in Tauranga,...

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Cirque du Soleil has sold a majority stake to US and Chinese private investors, valuing the company at $1.5 billion. Guy Laliberte, who founded the...