SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed slightly lower Thursday as overseas investors continued their selling spree. The local currency closed a tad higher against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSP
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul city government has rejected Hotel Shilla's plan to build a traditional accommodation in central Seoul for the third time, officials said Thursday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government decided Wednesday to put on h
Colorado's Francois Beauchemin scored the winner with 32.2 seconds remaining in regulation.
The blood-letting in global markets is dominating corridor talk in Davos - but so far, the view is that it’s not like 2008.
Damaging winds and hailstones hit Canberra on Thursday afternoon as severe thunderstorms moved across the region.
An aerobatic stunt contributed to a biplane crash that killed a newly wed pilot and a French woman near Queensland's South Stradbroke Island.
The FWC has rejected a proposed agreement for a 7-Eleven franchise because its rosters could leave workers almost $80 a week worse off than the award.
US to announce plan for new visa requirements for European travelers who are dual nationals of Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria
Drawing on hard science, sci-fi and the tropes of dystopian fiction, Tomorrow's Parties is only just theatrical.
Ethan Bortnick has accomplished far more than most 15-year-old entertainers.
Shares in the electronics maker, which is considering a separate proposal from a state-backed fund, jumped more than 20 per cent after the report.
Triple M is to broadcast an hour-long radio show by the former politician and controversial commentator Mark Latham.
The National Unity Government (NUG) has been working on building Afghanistan’s first-ever women’s university in capital Kabul. In a press conference on Wednesday, first lady Rula Ghani said that President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has been working to establish the university in near future. Rula Ghani added that the initiative would help girls who are not Read the full article...
After running neck and neck, the share of women voters has surpassed that of men. For the 2016 assembly polls, there are at least three lakh more registered women voters than men.
Shilpa will no longer need to sing dance and beg at celebrations; Sanjeevani wil not have to suffer the tag of a prostitute; and An kit can do away with the shame of "not being manly enough for a tough job".
After four terror suspects were arrested from the Ardh Kumbh mela site, security has been beefed up in Haridwar.
RICHARD HENDRICKSON Collected weather data for 85 years.
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In his essay The Death of the Author, French literary theorist Roland Barthes proclaims that language is the origin of all texts. Authors then enter a "death" once their works are published, and the author's interpretation of such work is of no more relevance than that of any other reader.
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The sustained downturn in commodity prices has forced Independence Group to slash its exploration expenditure for 2016 and add to the job toll mounting in the resources-rich state.
Isaac Hamilton can sometimes judge his night on the first shot.
Making it, he said, “keeps me in a groove.”
It was a good sign then, when UCLA's game Wednesday began with Hamilton's confident three-pointer from the top of the key. He bounded down the court, as if on a pogo stick. The second half...
The event, 'Indian Rail ways Design Challenge' is part of the new Research Events and Workshop sub category of Shaastra and the institute has tied up with Southern Railway for it. "This event attempts to solve real-life industry problems using the expertise and creativity of young engineers from across the country, "an organizer said.
The beekeepers industry council and the national food standards body have defended the quality of Australia's honey, after international research found it was contaminated with high concentrations of natural poisons linked to disease.
