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Apple's share price hit a record high after Buffett revealed having boosted Berkshire's already large stake in the Cupertino, California-based company to roughly 240 million shares, now worth some $44 billion.

Assisted suicide is illegal in most countries around the world and was banned in Australia until the state of Victoria became the first to legalise the practice last year.

US President Donald Trump had initially denied all knowledge of the payment to Daniels, before admitting last week that long-time lawyer Michael Cohen struck a "deal" with the porn star on his behalf.

Residents near the home said on the police department's Facebook page that they heard the explosion and felt their own homes shake around 8:30 pm. Videos show police rushing to the scene and a raging fire. Sounds of smaller explosions also were heard.

The recruitment of Emmet Flood, who represented president Bill Clinton when he was impeached by the House of Representatives and tried by the Senate in 1998-99, signalled that the White House is going on the offensive as it girds for a tough battle over p...

Asked if the Academy on Friday would announce whether or not it would select a literature laureate this year, Louise Hedberg told Swedish Radio today: "Yes, that's true. There won't be a press conference but we will send out a statement."

The admission is an about face from his answer more than two years when the letter was released and answers one of the lingering questions about the last presidential election.

Chawla was the first woman of Indian-origin in space. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Stormy Daniels filed the complaint in federal court in New York on Monday. At issue is a tweet Trump made in which he dismissed a composite sketch that Daniels says depicted a man who threatened her in 2011 to stay quiet about her alleged sexual encounter...

Salvage master Nick Sloane told Reuters he was looking for government and private investors for a scheme to guide huge chunks of ice across the ocean, chop them into a slury and melt them down into millions of litres of drinking water.

The newly appointed secretary has had a decorated career. In January 2015, Javid was awarded the Politician of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards. In November 2017, Javid won Patchwork Foundation’s Conservative MP of the Year Award.

North Korea has invited the outside world to witness the dismantling of its nuclear facilities before. In June 2008, international broadcasters were allowed to air the demolition of a cooling tower at the Nyongbyon reactor site.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has more than once criticised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over his nuclear ambitions.

Several projects will be initiated to develop self-reliance capacity and reduce dependence on foreign satellites, mainly the US and French satellites for civil and military communications.

Menaka Gov. Daouda Maiga said on Saturday that gunmen on motorbikes staged the assaults on Thursday and on Friday. He said Fulani members of Islamic State Greater Sahara likely attacked in retaliation for military actions supported by Tuaregs in the regio...

Joseph James DeAngelo, of Citrus Heights, California, was arrested without incident on Tuesday, officials said at a press conference in the state capital Sacramento.