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Europol has warned that militants from so-called Islamic State (IS) will aim to step up attacks on European targets, as they face defeat in the Middle East. The European police force says more foreign fighters will try to come back to Europe, and “several dozen” capable of attacks could already ... Read More »

The US unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in November, adding to expectations that US interest rates will rise later this month. Figures from the Labor Department showed the US economy created 178,000 jobs in November, while the jobless rate fell to 4.6% from 4.9% in October. The data ... Read More »

Yahya Jammeh, The Gambia’s authoritarian president of 22 years, has suffered a surprise defeat in presidential elections. He will be replaced by a property developer, Adama Barrow, who won more than 45% of the vote. Mr Jammeh, who came to power in a coup in 1994, has not yet spoken ... Read More »

If you have been to Eltham, it’s likely you visited Eltham Palace and Gardens. Located midway between Mottingham and Eltham stations, the 1930s art deco house was inhabited by the Courtauld family and their pet lemur, Mah-Jongg. The other part of the building, the Medieval palace, is over 500 years ... Read More »

The holidays are the perfect chance to show off special serveware and update your kitchen with a cool new platter or tray. Lorna Aragon, home editor at Martha Stewart Living, has some suggestions: “To serve dips in a stylish and secure way, use removable self-adhesive Velcro dots to attach a ... Read More »

NEW YORK & MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Once home to John Steinbeck, Thomas Mann and other celebrated writers and artists, The Renwick Hotel, a historic property in the heart of midtown Manhattan, is now open as part of Curio – A Collection by HiltonTM. As the first New York City hotel to ... Read More »

While the rest of the United States makes major strides against cancer, a cancer crisis is taking hold in rural Appalachia. A University of Virginia (UVA) team analyzed federal government data and found that between 1969 and 2011, cancer rates fell in every U.S. region except rural Appalachia. Over the ... Read More »

Most indoor tanning salons in Texas comply with a law banning customers younger than 18, a new study found. Females posing as 17-year-olds called 829 tanning businesses statewide. Workers at 81 percent of the salons told the caller they could not use indoor tanning if they were 17, even with ... Read More »

IN May, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Affiliated School (XJTLU-AS) was proclaimed in Suzhou. As the affiliated school of a new international university approved by China’s Ministry of Education, XJTLU-AS is an internationalized boarding school with a 15-year curriculum. It is a new brand in internationalized education, one dedicated to exploring not ... Read More »

This Vienna apartment, renovated by Slovenian architects Kombinat, features a hybrid living space with room for both cooking and working. The firm demolished a partition wall to create the space in the 96-square-metre apartment, which overlooks a street in the Austrian capital. [Source:-Interior zine] Read More »

For treating persistent pain after a car crash, prescription opioid painkillers such as oxycodone (Oxycontin) are no more effective than nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) like ibuprofen, a new study finds. “You’d think there would be a wealth of studies comparing our ‘go-to’ pain meds, but there just aren’t,” said study ... Read More »