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.mail, .home, .corp Hopefuls Could Get Exit Plan In January

WorldNews.com | 2017-12-27

There are currently 20 remaining applicants for the gTLDs .corp, .home and .mail who could receive a late Christmas present in January when they’re given the option to bow out with a full refund as early as January, Domain Incite reported. Earlier this month, the ICANN board of directors discussed...

This is HTC’s new success mantra for 2018

The Times of India | 2017-12-27

NEW DELHI: HTC seems to be banking on a new mantra to make a comeback in the smartphone segment. The Taiwanese tech firm, as reported by Digitimes, is making some changes in the number of smartphones it will launch in 2018. It has been mentioned that HTC will be reducing its smartphone...

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World's Wealthiest Became $1 Trillion Richer in 2017

Chicago Business | 2017-12-27

And Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whom Chicago is wooing with a $2.25 billion incentive package in hopes of winning the e-tailer's second HQ, now ranks as the world's richest person. ......

South Korean Regulators Conduct Onsite Inspections Of Exchanges

WorldNews.com | 2017-12-27

After Korean exchange Youbit was hacked earlier this month, South Korean authorities have begun conducting onsite inspections of domestic bitcoin exchanges, Cryptocoinsnews reported Wednesday. An update published following one such onsite visit shows inspectors were not pleased by what they found,...

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Scholars call for release of detained Maoist in China

The Jakarta Post | 2017-12-27

Hundreds of Chinese scholars, students and journalists have signed a petition calling for a leftist intellectual to be released from police custody in a case that shows how Beijing's crackdown on civil society extends across the political spectrum. Zhang Yunfan, a recent graduate...

High school students prepare gifts for children's hospital

Toledo Blade | 2017-12-25

Instead of sleeping in or watching television during the first Friday of their Christmas break, more than 60 students from the greater Toledo region opted to wrap Christmas presents from their regional toy drive donated to ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital. ......

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Legendary sportscaster Dick Enberg dies at 82

Orange County Register | 2017-12-22

Dick Enberg, whose 60-plus year Emmy Award winning career as a sports broadcaster included a long run with the Angels and Rams in the 1960s and ’70s, died of an apparent heart attack at his home Thursday morning in La Jolla. He was 82. The San Diego Union Tribune confirmed Enberg’s death...



2018 World Cup chief Mutko quits; still involved in planning

Atlanta Journal | 2017-12-27

MOSCOW Vitaly Mutko bowed to mounting pressure and stepped down as chairman of the 2018 World Cup organizing committee on Wednesday after being dogged by investigations that highlighted his role in a state-backed doping program. Alexei Sorokin, the chief executive of the committee, will also assume...

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WorldNews.com | 2017-12-27

'Homemade Explosive' Injures At Least 10 At Russian Supermarket

A homemade bomb blast at a supermarket in the Russian city of Saint Petersburginjured 10 people Wednesday, officials said, sparking a probe into attempted...

Eye Witness News | 2017-12-27

Russia accuses US of training former Islamic State fighters in Syria

General Valery Gerasimov’s allegations, made in a newspaper interview, centre on a US military base at Tanf, a strategic Syrian highway border crossing...

Prince Harry joins African conservation group as president

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry has been named the president of African Parks, a conservation group that manages a dozen wildlife areas across the...

Mid Day | 2017-12-27

Donald Trump questions FBI's integrity in Russia investigation

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the FBI was "tainted" and used a "bogus" dossier to investigate his alleged links to Russia's supposed inteference...

The Ottawa Herald | 2017-12-27

New US airstrike in Somalia kills 13 al-Shabab members

JOHANNESBURG (AP) " The U.S. military says it has killed 13 members of the al-Shabab extremist group with a new airstrike in southern Somalia.The statement from...

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Orlando Sentinel | 2017-12-27

Bring HUD's disaster-relief housing program to Florida

It should surprise no one that those with the smallest incomes endure the greatest suffering in a...

Creators Syndicate | 2017-12-27

Donald Trump's Very Good Year

NAPLES — Here I am in Naples, Florida, ending the year in the sun coterminous with a golf...

Al Jazeera | 2017-12-27

The Saudi art charade

Regime sponsorship of the arts could hurt artistic freedom of expression. ......