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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A hand grenade attack killed two students and injured six in a university in southern Ethiopia, police said, the second such attack in the country in three weeks.

The City of Rochester cancels its New Year's Eve fireworks display following the arrest of a man who authorities say was planning an attack on a restaurant. Gavino Garay reports.

The City of Rochester cancels its New Year's Eve fireworks display following the arrest of a man who authorities say was planning an attack on a restaurant. Gavino Garay reports.

President Gudni Johannesson stiller til gjenvalg som president og utfordres av konservative Gudmundur Franklin Jonsson. Ifølge meningsmålingene ligger Johannesson an til å få 90 prosent av stemmene. Presidenten velges med simpelt flertall.

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - An unidentified gunman killed two people and wounded at least three others on a bustling thoroughfare in central Tel Aviv on Friday before fleeing, Israeli authorities said.

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - An unidentified gunman killed two people and wounded at least three others on a bustling thoroughfare in central Tel Aviv on Friday before fleeing, Israeli authorities said.

Jan 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Guinness PRO12 matches on Friday RESULTS Ospreys 12 Newport Gwent Dragons 7 STANDINGS P W D L F A B Pts 1. Scarlets 10 8 0 2 216 159 3 35 2. Connacht 10 7 0 3 236 188 6 34 3. Leinster 9 7 0 2 184 115 3 31 4. Ulster 10 6 0 4 196 130 7 31 5. Edinburgh Rugby 10 6 0 4 175 139 4 28 6. Ospreys 11 6 0 5 220 206

InterContinental Manila, one of the first 5-star hotels in the Philippines, has closed its doors after 46 years, as the hotel's contract has ended with the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) December 31, 2015.

By Charina Clarisse L. Echaluce, Argyll Cyrus B. Geducos, Elena L. Aben, and AFP Stray bullets and exploding firecrackers killed three and injured hundreds around the country amid the traditional riotous New Year celebrations, officials said yesterday. But the Department of Health (DOH) said the number of firecracker-related injuries recorded during the revelry was an all-time low. In Sta. Mesa, Manila, a drunk man died after he embraced a giant firecracker, called “Goodbye Philippines,” as it was about to explode... Читать дальше...

Post-holidays are the perfect time to teach kids about money. They are not only a few hundred pesos richer—and absolutely clueless on what to do with their money besides buying the latest Shopkins toy or that Star Wars lightsaber—they may or may not have gotten their Christmas wishes, both of which need some kind of a follow-up lesson. According to Kiddo-preneur founder and ANC anchor Maiki Oreta, who has three daughters, a 10-year-old, a five-year-old, and a six-month-old, Christmas and New Year... Читать дальше...

By CAN/EWTN News/AP Vatican City – In the final hours of 2015, Pope Francis encouraged humanity to hang on to recollections of good deeds, so that gestures of goodness can be seen triumphing over evil. He also encouraged the faithful to look back at the events of 2015, telling them to be attentive to both the presence of God, and the signs he is giving in a brief homily during his celebration of Vespers on the eve of the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, and the start of the New Year.  “Retracing... Читать дальше...

“Keep your faith and hold on to your dreams,” Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines posted in her Instagram account on New Year’s Day, as she looked forward to a homecoming that will likely be later this month. “And now as I continue on with my journey as Miss Universe, I hope I inspired you all. Not just my fellow countrymen but all of you. Keep your faith, fight for what you believe in and hold on to your dreams! They do come true! I know I still have much to learn and a huge responsibility ahead of me. Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 24 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.

Mount Pleasant — Police are searching for suspects in a New Year’s Day hit and run off Ben Sawyer Boulevard.

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Terrified families waved white flags as they emerged from homes reduced to rubble in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, where government troops were still battling Islamic State fighters holed up on Friday, five days after the army recaptured the city centre.

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Terrified families waved white flags as they emerged from homes reduced to rubble in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, where government troops were still battling Islamic State fighters holed up on Friday, five days after the army recaptured the city centre.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in Baghdad, after a 25-year shutdown, which will allow the two countries to cooperate more closely against terrorism, al-Arabiya TV reported on Friday.The kingdom closed its embassy in Baghdad in 1990, after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.Its reopening will allow the two countries to cooperate on security and the fight against extremism, the new Saudi ambassador to Iraq, Thamer al-Sabhan, told al-Arabiya. A thaw in the once chilly relations

(Reuters Health) - Many patients may be able to shower just two days after their operations without increasing their risk of infections around the incision site, a recent study suggests.

(Reuters Health) - Many patients may be able to shower just two days after their operations without increasing their risk of infections around the incision site, a recent study suggests.

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the most unpredictable Premier League seasons for years can be summed up by comparing pre-season odds to the numbers now at the halfway stage -- with Leicester City's title odds slashed from 5,000-1 to 14-1 after their stunning start.

COLUMBIA — A battle for gun control and gun rights in South Carolina is brewing among legislators, with both sides of the aisle promising to fight for their cause.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A towering inferno that engulfed a 63-story luxury hotel in Dubai on New Year’s Eve burned on into the first morning of 2016 as firefighters worked to douse its embers on Friday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters advanced against Islamist insurgents in the north of the country on Friday, capturing at least one village in Aleppo province, a spokesman and a monitoring group said.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Rainy weather and a few adjustments have delayed a project to finish installing more than 800 surveillance cameras in Myrtle Beach by the year of 2015.