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Dorsey just announced Twitter is laying off 8% of its workforce – over 300 people. That’s about $200 million.

With the decision to import petroleum products from China, about four-decade long monopoly of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) as the fuel supplier to Nepal will be ended formally.

A loud explosion in a Taunton neighborhood Sunday afternoon had the phones at the police department ringing off the hook.

Ecuadorian Scientist Washington Tapia, who took part in the investigation that identified the new species on Santa Cruz Island, called the discovery “great news” because a few years ago, Galapagos lost the famed giant tortoise known as “Lonesome George”.

The remarks follow a New York Times report detailing American military and intelligence officials’ concerns about Russia’s purported increase in naval navigation around undersea fiber-optic communication cables in the North Sea, northeast Asia and off the United...

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation, as is the office of State Attorney Dave Aronberg.

It is not so much his failing health, but the current state of Dutch football that is leaving legendary midfielder Johan Cruyff dejected. “He has been diagnosed with lung cancer”, said Carol Thate, spokeswoman for Cruyff’s management.

The German company said on Monday that from February it would raise its minimum wage to 8.40 pounds an hour, with workers in London to receive at least 9.45 pounds an hour. Unlike a few other supermarkets, Aldi also gives employees paid breaks.

China’s benchmark 10-year sovereign yield has dropped about 0.4 percentage point to 3.1 percent since the August 11 devaluation, rewarding those who held their nerve. Doubtless influenced by the events of the summer, financial institutions in China put “less...

This might seem counter-intuitive when you consider that the Texans are better against the run (allowing 109 yards per game and an average of 3.8 yards per carry) than they are against the pass (allowing 239.8 yards per game and 12 touchdowns), but it also cuts down on risky plays.

Thursday night’s game between East Mississippi Community College and Mississippi Delta was ended prematurely due to a lengthy fight before halftime. EMCC was busy opening up a can of you-kn0w-what on MDCC – the score was 48-0 with 59 seconds remaining in the first...

Varitek now serves as a Red Sox special assistant, and the Herald indicates Varitek will remain in the same role next season – if he isn’t hired by the Mariners.

One could argue that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s insistence on a narrative that blames a Palestinian leader for the Holocaust has a clear ideological underpinning as well.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index advanced 1.1 per cent to 2075.15. The company also promised, as early as the next quarter, financial results to be more transparent than the usual “advertising” and “other” brackets. The big move followed...

Entering this one No. 14 Oklahoma State (6-0) is unbeaten while Kansas (0-6) has been unable to find the win column.