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Massive winter storm hits US east coast
Massive winter storm hits US east coast
Coastal flooding alerts were issued from New Jersey to Massachusetts with winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings and high wind warnings in effect from the Northeast to the...
Business by the beach: What European businesses need to know
Business by the beach: What European businesses need to know
Establishing a US subsidiary or partnership means doing your homework: the second half of our mini-documentary shows you where to start.
https://youtu.be/NfSfMQVux54
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The City of Virginia Beach...
Florida Keys facing potential ‘humanitarian crisis’ in Irma aftermath
Florida Keys facing potential 'humanitarian crisis' in Irma aftermath
Military crews were on standby with body bags for possible fatalities in the Keys while more than 5.5 million people remain without power across Florida.
Florida began...
Alarm as study reveals world’s tropical forests are huge carbon emission source
Alarm as study reveals world’s tropical forests are huge carbon emission source
Jonathan Watts
Forests globally are so degraded that instead of absorbing emissions they now.
The world’s tropical forests are so degraded they have become a...
Creating Leaders for Change in the Public School System
Creating Leaders for Change in the Public School System
Agatha Bordonaro
As the first and only institute of its kind, the Center for Public Research and Leadership is dedicated to improving public education by closing the...
Germany Won’t Tax You for Buying Coffee With Bitcoin
Germany Won't Tax You for Buying Coffee With Bitcoin
Germany won't tax bitcoin users for using the cryptocurrency as a means of payment, the Ministry of Finance has said.
The guidance, published Tuesday, sets Germany apart...
UN envoy meets with Cypriot leaders to test climate for peace
UN envoy meets with Cypriot leaders to test climate for peace
UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Jane Holl Lute held separate meetings with Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades to test...
Southeastern Turkey’s beehive houses: a thousand-year heritage left behind
Southeastern Turkey's beehive houses: a thousand-year heritage left behind
The mud-brick houses of Harran used to protect many from the harsh sun. But they were gradually abandoned, along with traditional ways of making the structures.
Made...
Venezuela’s Maduro eyes second term despite economic woes
Venezuela's Maduro eyes second term despite economic woes
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is expected to win a second six-year term in Sunday's election, despite a deepening crisis that's made food scarce and inflation soar as...
Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist
Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist
Juliette Garside
Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’.
https://youtu.be/pCwgp0z1hJo
The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta...
Rouhani visits Austria to save Iran deal
Rouhani visits Austria to save Iran deal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his government will not abandon the nuclear deal as it is beneficial for Iran, calling the US withdrawal "illegal."
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives...
MOUTHWATERING FOOD TOUR OF ATHENS
MOUTHWATERING FOOD TOUR OF ATHENS
Food is such an important part of experiencing another culture and if you can manage to work this food tour of Athens into your visit, you won’t be disappointed.
What you...
Cleaning snails proves lucrative for Cameroon woman
Cleaning snails proves lucrative for Cameroon woman
A female entrepreneur in Cameroon ventures into cleaning and cooking snails and ends up making a fortune out of it.
Snails are mostly sold alive in West African markets...
Norway’s parliament votes to ban burqa in schools and universities
Norway's parliament votes to ban burqa in schools and universities
Jon Sharman
Banning coverings 'does not solve the problem of women being exposed to negative social control', say opponents.
Norway’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of...
11 Biggest Hoaxes of All Time
11 Biggest Hoaxes of All Time
Larissa Klaus
History may not always repeat itself, but it does come up with some really strange myths and legends as to why some things just can’t be explained. While...
Xi Jinping signals intent to remain in power by revealing politburo with no successor
Xi Jinping signals intent to remain in power by revealing politburo with no successor
Tom Phillips
China’s president unveils his all-male cabinet, but crucially no member is young enough to take the reins from Xi at...
Macedonia presents option to resolve name dispute with Greece
Macedonia presents option to resolve name dispute with Greece
Negotiations between Macedonia and Greece continue, examining four possible options. Greece is also asking for an amendment of references to the 'Republic of Macedonia' in the...
Afghans mourn as death toll in Kabul attack jumps to 55
Afghans mourn as death toll in Kabul attack jumps to 55
Afghan authorities say they're struggling to identify group behind Tuesday's attack on clerics that killed dozens and wounded around 95 others. Taliban has denied...
Are Canadian Marijuana Stocks a Boom or Bust Industry?
Are Canadian Marijuana Stocks a Boom or Bust Industry?
by Dale Harris
Canada just passed a major overhaul to their marijuana laws. But don’t light up your bud in celebration just yet. This overhaul was intended...
Paraguay opens its Israel embassy in Jerusalem
Paraguay opens its Israel embassy in Jerusalem
Paraguay becomes the second country after Guatemala to follow the United States in relocating its embassy to Jerusalem a week ago, drawing Palestinian anger.
Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes sits...
No survivors expected after Lion Air flight crashes with 189 on board
No survivors expected after Lion Air flight crashes with 189 on board
Search and rescue services are reported to have found body parts following the crash of flight JT 610 shortly after take off from...
Boy unearths treasure of the Danish king Bluetooth in Germany
Boy unearths treasure of the Danish king Bluetooth in Germany
Discovery by a 13-year-old and an amateur archaeologist leads to hoard linked to king who brought Christianity to Denmar.
Part of the hoard linked to Bluetooth,...
Top 200 universities in the world 2018
Top 200 universities in the world 2018
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World University Rank 2018
World University Rank 2017
University
Country/Region
1
1
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
2
4
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
=3
2
California Institute of Technology
United States
=3
3
Stanford University
United States
5
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
6
6
Harvard University
United States
7
7
Princeton University
United States
8
8
Imperial College...
Old-Time Favorites: Plants for Your Garden Worth Remembering
Old-Time Favorites: Plants for Your Garden Worth Remembering
By: Nikki Phipps
Remember the almost magical feeling of your grandmother's garden, bursting with loads of colorful, fragrant blooms and magnificent foliage? There was always something going on...