The head of the influential doctors lobby has called out the opposition's criticisms of the health system under minister Jillian Skinner as unhelpful and corrosive and urged Labor not to use hospitals to push its own political agenda.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 20 people escaped injury when a flood swept cabins and vehicles down a coastal canyon as the second in a trio of storms drenched California with heavy rain and brought more snow to the mountains. The dramatic scene about 115 miles northwest of Los Angeles came during a day of pounding rain in Southern California that caused flooding, rockslides and an avalanche warning. Trees were toppled, cars were stranded in surging water and five homeless people were rescued by... Читать дальше...
OSAKA - The 54th All-Japan Championship final will feature a match-up between two of rugby's greatest-ever b...
The age of uncertainty President-elect Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. His administration heralds uncertainties down the road, as seen in his rough rhetoric and habitual resorting to politics through Twit
Arresting Samsung chief The special prosecutor's team has vacillated on whether to re-seek an arrest warrant for Samsung Group leader Lee Jae-yong on bribery charges. It may not be worth the trouble. The court's rejection doesn't mean Lee is
Employment pledges : Presidential runners should open eyes to challenges from abroad US President Donald Trump has been pressuring companies to keep or add jobs in his country. He threatened several companies with big ‘border tax’ if they expand
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Jan. 21. Korean-language dailies -- 'Make America Great Again,' the Trump era begins (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- 'America will see changes never seen b
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Rome (AFP) - A bus carrying Hungarian teenagers crashed and caught fire on a motorway in northern Italy, killing 16 people, firefighters said Saturday.
Some 36 injured were taken to hospital following the accident near Verona on Friday night, which occurred when the vehicle struck a pylon and burst into flames, according to emergency workers.
The French bus driver, together with his family, could be among the victims, Italian news agency Agi said.
The bus was carrying around 50 passengers... Читать дальше...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the nomination of retired Marine Corps General James Mattis as defense secretary Friday in the first confirmation of a Cabinet member of the administration of President Donald Trum
Sadly, the couple decided against Psy’s classic hit Gangnam Style
“Blindspot” Season 2, episode 13 will see lead character Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander) remembering some things from her past. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Alexander confirmed that Roman (Luke Mitchell) isn’t the only one who will gain new memories. In fact, Jane will remember how mean she was to Roman when they were much younger.
De western Brimstone van regisseur Martin Koolhoven blijft het opvallend goed doen in de Nederlandse bioscopen. Het is deze week de enige release die al langer dan een week draait en toch meer bezoekers blijft trekken. Zo trok de gameverfilming Assassins Creed, die vorige week op de eerste plaats stond, in zijn tweede week 50 procent minder bezoekers. Dat blijkt vandaag uit de bezoekerscijfers van de Nederlandse bioscopen.
FARINDOLA, Italy — Emergency crews pulled out four more survivors from the rubble of a hotel crushed by an avalanche and were searching Saturday for more as family members awaited word if their relatives were among the lucky ones to get out. The overnight operations to bring four more survivors to the hospital raised to
White nationalist Richard Spencer was punched in the face during an on-camera interview not far from President Trump's inauguration.
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PENNE, Italy (Reuters) - Four people were pulled alive from the wreckage of a luxury hotel that was demolished on Wednesday by a deadly avalanche, bringing the number of survivors to nine, the national fire service said on Saturday.
The two men and two women were extracted from the shattered ruins of Hotel Rigopiano overnight after hours of painstaking digging by firemen, who were having to move cautiously for fear the buried air pockets might collapse.
Four children and a woman were saved on Friday... Читать дальше...
Rafael Nadal beats German teenager Alexander Zverev in five sets in the third round of the Australian Open.
On Friday, January 20, the immediate past president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan visited an older colleague Olusegun Obasanjo at his hometown, otta, Ogun state.
On screen at Sundance, though, Matt Spicer’s “Ingrid Goes West” pulled off that tricky balancing act with style, drawing a rapturous reception in its world premiere at the Library Theatre on Friday night. “Ingrid Goes West” is part black comedy, part psychological melodrama and part examination of the perils of social media, and it’s a lot of other things to boot. Given what we already know about Ingrid, this shouldn’t be fodder for humor, but the world of social-media climbers is so ripe for satire... Читать дальше...
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet U.S. President Donald Trump but preparations for the possible meeting may take months, not weeks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by TASS news agency.
"This will not be in coming weeks, let's hope for the best - that the meeting will happen in the coming months," Peskov told BBC, according to TASS.
(Reporting by Katya Golubkova; Editing by Toby Chopra)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Flint's man-made water crisis and a football field-sized sinkhole in suburban Detroit have exposed flaws in aging underground pipes that mostly are out of sight, out of mind for a public that is more attuned to…
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Flint's man-made water crisis and a football field-sized sinkhole in suburban Detroit have exposed flaws in aging underground pipes that mostly are out of sight, out of mind for a public that is more attuned to…
RIJSSEN - Actie Kerkbalans levert Hervormde Kerk Rijssen jaarlijks zo'n 9 ton op. Hoewel het aantal gelovigen afneemt, weten veel Twentse kerken de eindjes nog aardig aan elkaar te knopen.
