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Louisiana couple finds lottery ticket worth $1.8 million while cleaning for Thanksgiving

Theirs was the only winning ticket. Harold and Tina Ehrenberg, a couple from Mandeville, Louisiana, were cleaning up for Thanksgiving guests when they found...

Referendum deadline extended to December 7

The extension comes as his agency reported that 29.7 per cent of registered voters had returned their ballots already, with almost two-in-10 of the total having...

OPEC Weighs New Production Cuts as Oil Prices Hit 2018 Low

Benchmark Brent crude oil fell $3.26 a barrel, or 5.2 percent, to $59.34, its lowest since October 2017. There are expectations that the WTI may fall to a...

Flybe shares rocket amid interest from Virgin

Shares of United Kingdom regional airline Flybe soared Friday in the wake of reports Virgin Atlantic was in talks about a takeover bid. A takeover of the re...

Spain bars May's way to Brussels Brexit deal

May joined them shortly afterwards for what will be a brief meeting to seal the accord. But European diplomats told AFP no more substantive negotiations are p...

Microsoft brings Skype calling to Alexa-enabled devices

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Samsung apologises over factory worker cancer cases

All current or former staff who worked for Samsung and its sub-contractors on the chip and display lines in the Giheung factory in South Korea since 1984 can ap...

Wild winds cause major delays at Aussie air hub

The airport resorted to using a single runway around 7am, resulting in an enormous queues as punters waited for updates on both domestic and worldwide services....

Black Friday protests outside Amazon over working conditions

Employees at Amazon's San Fernando de Henares facility near Madrid have been demanding better wages and work conditions for months and have already staged sev...

Coli cases in Canada linked to romaine lettuce jumps to 22

The recall included whole heads of lettuce, boxes of precut lettuce, hearts of romaine, as well as salad mixes that contain romaine. The Centers for Disease ...

Crowds down for Black Friday as consumers go online

Some shoppers even trying to test how many bags they can carry. Jaki Montanez and Alysia Montanez dressed for the occasion - and the early morning hour - in f...

USA gov pressures allies to ditch Huawei equipment due to 'security risks'

Devices from both it and fellow Chinese firm ZTE are banned from American agencies and contractors, but a new report claims the Trump administration doesn...

Climate Change May Push Millions From Coasts and US Isn’t Ready

Severe weather and other impacts also increase the risk of disease transmission, decrease air quality, and can increase mental health problems, among other effe...

Gibraltar a new Brexit wild card

Earlier, former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, a committed Leaver who quit last week over the Withdrawal Agreement, said he believes the terms are so bad the Un...

Tesla cuts costs in China over commerce conflict tariffs

The move marks a shift from July when Tesla was one of the first USA carmakers to raise prices in the market in response to tariffs. The company also announce...

New Evoque SUV to debut Jaguar Land Rover ’s Ground View technology

On top of that, the new Evoque will feature technologies including Hill Descent Control, Gradient Release Control and All-Terrain Progress Control. The new ...

Nissan 'dismisses' Carlos Ghosn amid financial misconduct probe

The Yomiuri ShimbunNissan Motor Co. dismissed Representative Director and Chairman Carlos Ghosn , who has been arrested on suspicion of violating the Financial...

Thanksgiving Day on pace for record $3.7B in online sales

Such was the case Thursday in Lima. Many Kroger stores say they will have their normal hours. Higher earners are also less helpful in gauging overall consumer...

Parliament will stop a no-deal Brexit, insists Amber Rudd

In the Commons, May warned that rejecting her deal could mean there would be no Brexit at all. Despite the prime minister's repeated claims that opposing he...

Death toll in Hangu blast rises to 25

The injured have been shifted to the KDA teaching hospital in Kohat. Three terrorists and two policemen were killed in the attack. Two of the deceased are r...

What the interest rate increase means to consumers: Azar Jammine

This would bring the repo rate to 7.5% by the end of 2020. The National Treasury has cut the overall growth forecast for 2018 to 0.7% from the 1.5% predicted in...

Dolce & Gabbana Dropped by Multiple Retailers Following Racism Allegations

According to screenshots posted by Diet Prada , the verified account of Stefano Gabbana sent messages saying, "From now on in all the interview [sp] that I w...

Theresa May facing anger from all sides at European Union exit deal

Stage two is working out the arrangements for withdrawing from the EU. Downing Street has repeatedly made clear that an agreement is needed on the future fra...

Cars separate on New York City-bound Adirondack Amtrak train

Passenger Chuck Reeves told NY1 , "I turned around and looked and the rest of the train was gone". The train was running more than three hours behind schedule a...

Ottawa prepared to order end to postal strike in coming days

Within minutes of CUPW's rejection of that proposal, federal Labour Minister Patty Hajdu renewed her call for the two sides to continue bargaining, but did no...

U.S. stocks take sharp losses as tech, internet companies drop

All eyes were on Apple , whose shares were down 4.8 percent to close at $176.98, adding to previous losses amid reports of weakened iPhone demand. Boeing gave ...

Land Rover teases new Evoque with full-scale wireframe sculptures

Spread throughout the city of London, what appears to be unique art pieces are actually wireframe structures that give a glimpse of the 2019 Range Rover Evoqu...

AAA projects 1.2 million Tennesseans will travel for Thanksgiving

Travelers check in for flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, in NY. The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is defined as...

Proposed Brexit deal threatens integrity of UK, DUP veteran warns

Many business chiefs and investors fear politics could torpedo an agreement, thrusting the world's fifth largest economy into a no-deal void that they say would...

B.C.'s Class 4 licence requirement could deter ride-hailing drivers

Pascal Ryffel, spokesperson for TappCar, a ride-hailing company in Alberta and Manitoba, welcomed the careful approach taken by the B.C. government. "Nobody's g...

Amazon leaks users' email addresses due to 'technical error'

The emails it has been sending to the affected customers simply say that the exposure happened due to a technical problem and that the customers aren't to blame...

Ikea is cutting HUNDREDS of jobs in the UK

Ikea is cutting 7,500 office jobs worldwide, including 350 in the United Kingdom, as it focuses on improving its online operation and city centre format in a bi...

Green Tuesday: Crowds line up at 1st East Coast pot shops

MA residents are probably more thankful than ever this Thanksgiving since the USA state has opened its first-ever weed shop today, CBS reports. He praised the...

Renault appoints two interim heads, retains Ghosn as chairman

He started his career at tiremaker Michelin, working there for a number of years at the same time as Ghosn, who has called Bollore a "good candidate" to become ...

Apple reportedly slashes production orders for iPhone XR and XS

Apple's $749 iPhone XR became available for sale on October 26. The note also warns that Apple may be losing its power to price its products higher than its...