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Pressure now on Hansen as Lions, All Blacks eye third Test
Author: THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFri, 2017-07-07 03:00ID: 1499374177196329000AUCKLAND: Only a week ago, British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland was a man under pressure, facing a Test against the All Blacks that seemed likely not only to decide the t [Read story...]
Jay, Happ spark Cubs rally for 7-3 win over Tampa Bay
Author: THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFri, 2017-07-07 03:00ID: 1499374177216329300CHICAGO: Jon Jay connected for his third career pinch-hit homer and Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking, two-run single an inning later, helping the Chicago Cubs rally for a 7-3 victory o [Read story...]
Austrian Grand Prix will show if Hamilton-Vettel rift has healed
Author: THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFri, 2017-07-07 03:00ID: 1499374177236329600SPIELBERG, Austria: Formula One’s governing body is confident that the most controversial moment of a gripping title race is officially resolved, after Sebastian Vettel complet [Read story...]
Bulls sign first-round pick Markkanen
Author: AGENCE FRANCE PRESSEFri, 2017-07-07 03:00ID: 1499374271756350300CHICAGO: The Chicago Bulls said Wednesday they have signed Finnish forward Lauri Markkanen, the seventh overall selection in last month’s NBA draft.Markkanen was drafted by the [Read story...]
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Meet Dearborn’s City Council candidates
There are 16 candidates who have thrown their hats in the ring for Dearborn’s City Council. Their names will appear on the August 8 primary election ballot. The top 14 will advance to the general elections on November 7. The AANews asked the [Read story...]
Meet Dearborn’s City Clerk candidates
Five candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for Dearborn’s City Clerk. Four of them are Arab Americans. Their names will appear on the August 8 primary election ballot. The four will advance to the general election on November 7 to compe [Read story...]
U.N.: Solution is needed by this Friday to curb escalating violence in Jerusalem
NEW YORK – United Nations Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov warned on Monday that a solution was needed by Friday to the Jerusalem mosque crisis, which he said threatens to have “potential catastrophic costs well beyond the walls of the [Read story...]
UN warns of ‘potential catastrophe’ if Al-Aqsa crisis isn’t resolved by Friday
Author: SHOUNAZ MEKKY & ESSAM AL-GHALIBID: 1500941898362523400Mon, 2017-07-24 03:00 CAIRO/JEDDAH: The Saudi Cabinet on Monday reaffirmed the Kingdom’s condemnation of Israel’s new measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque while the Organization of Islamic C [Read story...]
Security forces shut Maldives Parliament, leading to clashes
Author: The Associated PressID: 1500952291692766300Tue, 2017-07-25 03:00COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Maldivian security forces locked down parliament on orders from the president Monday, leading to clashes after opposition lawmakers stormed the compound in an [Read story...]
Hurricane Hilary forms in Pacific off Mexico, far from land
Author: The Associated PressID: 1500953158112798200Tue, 2017-07-25 03:00MEXICO CITY: Hurricane Hilary formed in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico on Monday, but forecasters said the storm did not pose any imminent threat to land.The US National Hurricane [Read story...]
Saudi prince arrested over bloody “assault” video
DUBAI – A Saudi prince was arrested after a video that appeared to show him assaulting a bloodied man stoked outrage online, Saudi police said, in a rare airing of public anger at a member of the royal family. The clip, apparently filmed by the [Read story...]
Lebanon names former Bloomfield Hills resident Gabriel Issa as its ambassador to Washington
BEIRUT — On Thursday, the Lebanese Cabinet passed long-awaited diplomatic appointments as President Michel Aoun called for “improving the state’s revenues” in the wake of parliament’s approval of a new wage scale for civil servants [Read story...]
