There are parallels between America’s current political situation and the conditions leading to the collapse of the Roman Republic more than 2,000 years ago, according to an International Business Times commentary published on RawStory.com.Ned Resnikoff, political capital reporter for IBT, writes that the Roman Republic was decaying long before Julius Caesar marched on the city in 49 B.C. and toppled it for good ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
More than a foot of rain in some places flooded low-lying areas across the Houston region on Monday, forcing officials to suspend bus and rail service, close schools and government offices and urge residents to stay home amid what authorities said were extremely dangerous conditions, CNN reported."This is a life-threatening emergency....
A report in the Belfast Telegraph Monday says dinosaurs were already on the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, scientists said.Experts have always believed dinosaurs were flourishing on Earth just before the disaster struck when a huge asteroid or comet hit the planet just off the coast of Mexico, the report said....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingNot only is New York State the future face of the two main political parties, but with 400 delegates at stake in Tuesday’s primary race starring presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, everything can change in a “New York minute.” Indeed, the Empire State is where millions of immigrants suddenly got a new start in life and fortunes made overnight on Wall Street....
Relief efforts continue in southern Japan following back-to-back strong earthquakes that killed at least 42 people last week and left the country in shambles, the Belfast Telegraph reported Monday.The U.S. military will join rescuers as they redouble efforts for 10 missing people on the southern island of Kyushu, where many area were cut off by landslides and road and bridge damage ... The U.S....
NEW YORK, April 18, 2016 - Reuters, the world's largest international multimedia news provider, was awarded today the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking NewsPhotography, for coverage of the refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East. A team of Reuters photographers was recognized for capturing and transmitting images of migrants crossing the Mediterranean and streaming through Turkey and Greece....
NEW YORK - Reuters, the world's largest international multimedia news provider, was awarded today the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking NewsPhotography, for coverage of the refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East. A team of Reuters photographers was recognized for capturing and transmitting images of migrants crossing the Mediterranean and streaming through Turkey and Greece....
The Italian, Greek, and Maltese governments have each provided conflicting accounts relating to a claim that some 400 refugees have drowned in the past few days while crossing the Mediterranean... ....
... broadcast and digital advertising campaign to promote the Mediterranean dish to American consumers, with the help of a Richmond advertising firm....
13 China-Europe freight train governing bodies and companies from 11 province, regions and cities around the country, including Xinjiang, Chongqing, Hubei, Shaanxi and Fujian, formed a national China-Europe freight train platform alliance on April 15, 2016 ... China-Europe ......
Paul Murray has insisted Mark Warburton will be given the money he needs to go head to head with Celtic next season. And the Ibrox director believes that winning the Scottish Cup and getting straight back into Europe would be a massive boost to the club's summer recruitment drive ...Murray said ... “If we could get into Europe it would be fantastic ... To get into Europe would help in recruiting players and it is the stage Rangers should be on ... ....
Paul Murray has insisted Mark Warburton will be given the money he needs to go head to head with Celtic next season. And the Ibrox director believes that winning the Scottish Cup and getting straight back into Europe would be a massive boost to the club's summer recruitment drive ...Murray said ... “If we could get into Europe it would be fantastic ... To get into Europe would help in recruiting players and it is the stage Rangers should be on ... ....
In a dramatic gesture designed to highlight the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees arriving on the southern shores of Europe, Francis on Sunday flew back from Lesbos with the 12 Syrians... “We don’t know whether we will start over in Europe or whether, one day, we will be able to return to a Syria free of war and violence,” the teacher, identified only as Ramy, told Italian media at the weekend....
Luxembourg is very honored to be the first European country that has applied to join the Asian Investment Infrastructure Bank (AIIB), and is willing to be a gateway for Chinese enterprises to enter Europe...China appreciates Luxembourg for taking a lead in Europe to join the AIIB, and regards Luxembourg as a reliable friend and cooperative partner....