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In a blog post, Alphabet and Google CFO Ruth Porat said it would lease large office buildings in Manhattan's West Village neighbourhood which will become the centerpiece of a campus of more than 160,000 square metres.

The explosion in Sapporo on Sunday night started fires and caused the partial collapse of some surrounding buildings. Images from the scene showed large flames and plumes of smoke rising in the night air, and witnesses described hearing a terrifying boom...

The explosion occurred in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, and caused nearby apartment buildings and houses to shake.

The president said he had sacked Wickremesinghe and called for a fresh election to give 15 plus million voters to exercise their right to vote, but '122 legislators blocked' the effort.

A recent controversy on the UN migration pact was stoked by automated accounts that spread lies, fake news and personal abuse on social media.

In September 2016, four suicide bombers attacked the Christian Colony in Peshawar. Security forces promptly responded and killed all the attackers.

The child developed a high fever while in the custody of US Customs and Border Protection and died two days later at a hospital in Texas.

The former Navy Seal and ex-congressman from Montana has faced multiple probes into his use of security details, chartered flights and a real estate deal.

The military said that the United Nations children's agency had on December 12 and 13 held workshops in the northeast city of Maiduguri training people for "clandestine" activities that are "sabotaging" counter-terrorism efforts.

The yacht has an interior clad in marble and gold leaf, spa and sauna, 20-metre swimming pool, movie theatre and a helipad.

IMF Director Gerry Rice said this in response to a question on the recent developments at the RBI. He, however, added that his views were in the context of international experiences.

Below is an explanation of how the leadership challenge works under the ruling Conservative Party's rules

Civil society activists raised the flag of protests as the US officials began discussions at the side event promoting the cleaner fossil fuels.

Trump's attack on Comey's credibility comes as he himself is under intensifying pressure from federal investigators.

Istanbul’s chief prosecutor has filed warrants for the arrest of a top Saudi aide and the deputy head of its foreign intelligence on suspicion of planning Khashoggi's killing, two Turkish officials said last week.

Abdullah Yameen withdrew the Maldives, an archipelago of 340,000 Sunni Muslims, from the Commonwealth after it mounted pressure on him to protect human rights and ensure the rule of law amid a ferocious crackdown on dissent.