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Brilliant Bale basks in Wales record
Moments after Ashley Williams wasted a glorious chance from a 20th-minute corner, China inexplicably presented possession to Vokes, who selflessly played in Bale to slot home. Vokes added his second and Wales' fifth after the break, and then Bale sealed his hat-trick and surpassed Rush's milestone with an assured low finish to complete the rout. [Full Article...]
Naspers raise R117bn from Tencent share sale
The Cape Town-based company is selling $10.6 billion of shares in Tencent Holdings Ltd ., equal to 2 percent of the stock in the Chinese operator of the WeChat messaging service , it said in a statement Thursday. "Many traders were caught off guard", said Hao Hong, chief strategist at Bocom International Holdings Co.in Hong Kong. "Oddly timed is how I would describe this". [Full Article...]
IRS warns of tax return scams
And people are even more susceptible to scams this year because of confusion about the new tax law. The threat intelligence agency, DomainTools released a review which advice that customers in expanding number are vulnerable tothreats as they consider these scammers verylightly. [Full Article...]
In relief for AAP, High Court restores 20 disqualified MLAs
The court has restored their membership but the bench consisted of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar referred the case back to the Election Commission of India (ECI) where it is directed to hold fresh hearings as MLAs have alleged they did not get a proper hearing. [Full Article...]
Delhi Budget: 26% allocation for education
While presenting the budget, Sisodia said that the rate of economic inequality has reached beyond the USA and Russian Federation. Deputy CM Sisodia presented Rs 53,000 crore annual budget for 2018-2019. Education got around 25 percent of total Budget for the third consecutive year. The WiFi project has been handed over to PWD from IT department and Rs.100 crore has been allocated for it. [Full Article...]
Child porn found in treehouse cabin near North Bend
DNA samples and a vehicle license plate eventually linked Wood to the cabin after an investigation, the PI said. He was arrested after the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Kirby's patrol auto, where officials say they found more than 80 child porn images in his downloads folder. [Full Article...]
Port Authority votes to raise airport workers' wage to $19 an hour
The proposed increase comes as NY phases in higher minimum wages throughout the state, to ultimately reach $15 an hour. Government officials say lifting the minimum wage to $16.50 an hour could see a loss of up to 3000 jobs. This will enable more extensive security training, and better trained workers will be more effective in assisting overall security efforts as well as in emergency situations... [Full Article...]
Inside NASA's Plan to Maybe Nuke an Asteroid
Though space objects often come on a collision path to earth, majority are a lot smaller and burn up in the atmosphere before hitting the surface. Despite the astronomically low chances that this will actually be a problem, being prepared for both this incident and possible future occurrences is an important way that NASA can contribute to the entire world's safety. [Full Article...]