Alibaba forms partnership with supermarket operator Bailian Group

The Times of India | 2017-02-20

SHANGHAI: Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd has formed a strategic partnership with supermarket operator Bailian Group, extending its push into bricks-and-mortar retail as online growth slows. Alibaba has...

Canadian stock market closes lower for first time in nine sessions

Xinhua | 2017-02-18

TORONTO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock market in Toronto ended a run of eight consecutive days of increases, as losses in Materials and Energy stocks outpaced gains in Telecommunications and Consumer Discretionary sectors. The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX...

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Why UK Abortion Clinics Are Rejecting Irish Women

Huffington Post | 2017-02-17

In Ireland, a country grown on the grounds of Catholicism, it should come as no surprise that abortion is heavily restricted. With the Eighth Amendment, a law stating that a pregnant woman cannot have an abortion unless it is to save her life or she has medical complications, many women flock to...

Parents still lose sleep worrying about grown children

CBS News | 2017-02-17

New research finds that what keeps parents up at night may be different for men and women ......

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Lionel Messi saves Barcelona's blushes against Leganes

Deccan Chronicle | 2017-02-20

Madrid: Barcelona needed a last minute Lionel Messi penalty to see off lowly Leganes 2-1 as a poor week for the Spanish champions continued on Sunday. Barca were thrashed 4-0 by Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday to leave their Champions League hopes hanging by a thread and had to rely on Messi for...

Antonio Conte says 'it's a little early' to talk about Chelsea winning league-and-cup double

The National | 2017-02-19

WOLVERHAMPTON // Antonio Conte has warned his players to avoid complacency as they seek to become just the third club in the history of English football to win the Premier League and FA Cup double on two separate occasions. A 2-0 fifth-round win away to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday took...

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The Local | 2017-02-20

Hitler's phone sells for more than $240,000

Adolf Hitler's personal telephone, which the FĂĽhrer used to dictate many of his deadly Second World War commands, sold at auction on Sunday for $243,000, the US...

ABC News | 2017-02-20

Ruling party candidate leads in Ecuador's presidential vote

The hand-picked candidate of socialist President Rafael Correa headed to victory in the opening round of Ecuador's presidential election, although it was...

Khaleej Times | 2017-02-20

"I killed my brothers for President Duterte"

Police carried out killings in the Philippine city of Davao under the instruction of then mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the current president, according to a former...

The Times of India | 2017-02-20

Washington prepares to bring North Koreans to US for talks: Report

Preparations are under way to bring senior North Korean officials to the United States for talks with former US officials, the first such meeting in more than...

The Times of India | 2017-02-20

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates: Robots that steal human jobs should pay taxes

WASHINGTON: Robots that steal human jobs should pay taxes, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has said. "Certainly there will be taxes that...

CNN | 2017-02-20

South China Sea: What's at stake

(CNN)Dotted with small islands, reefs and shoals, the South China Sea is a crucial shipping route and home a messy territorial dispute that pits multiple...

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