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The new force will compromise of aircraft, unmanned drones, ships and have a standing border troop of 1,500 officers, ready to be deployed at three days’ notice to plug gaps in the Schengen zone’s external border.

In the most recent serious incident, on Monday a Palestinian driver rammed a bus stop at the entrance to Jerusalem, injuring a dozen people including an 18-month-old child.

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – AstraZeneca is to buy 55 percent of privately held biotech firm Acerta Pharma for $4 billion to give it access to a new kind of blood cancer drug, boosting its long-term growth at the cost of a near-term hit to earnings.

The first half of famed American striker Abby Wambach’s last game ended in a scoreless tie in the friendly against China on Wednesday.

Adding to the bearish global picture, OPEC producers see scant chance of a significant rise in oil prices in 2016 as extra Iranian production could add to the glut and the prospect of voluntary output restraint remains remote.

The apex courtroom additionally ordered that each one business automobiles, together with trucks, which aren’t Delhi-sure, won’t be allowed to enter the national capital by means of entry factors NH-8 and NH-1. Other laws include all taxis plying in the National...

Lord Hall denied Fury’s inclusion in the shortlist gave the boxer power over the BBC. “The decision was taken by the panel and I’m sure that’s the case”.

Image: The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft carrying the crew of Timothy Peake of Britain, Yuri Malenchenko of Russian Federation and Timothy Kopra of the USA blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 15, 2015.

The move by the Fed’s Open Market Committee to lift its key rate by a quarter-point – to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent – is the first increase since the panel pushed the key rate to 5.25 percent on June 29, 2006.

Uber is officially legal in NSW, with the Baird government agreeing to regulate the ride-sharing service in cabinet.

“European shares closed higher holding onto the gains, before the US Federal Reserve’s expected decision to hike interest rates which signals strength of its economy”.

Ukraine is ready to pay this price for the introduction of a free trade regime with the European Union, Poroshenko said commenting the Russian president’s decree on suspension of the free trade treaty with Ukraine.

Major U.S. airlines including JetBlue Airways Corp, American Airlines Group Inc, Delta Air Lines Inc and United Continental Holdings Inc have all expressed interest in scheduled service to Cuba.

Celebrity moms, including January Jones and Kim Zolciak, have been raving about placenta-eating. As of Tuesday, she had already lost 17 pounds and her goal is to reach her ideal weight of 120 pounds.

Taiwan will get armored transports, a variety of anti-tank missiles, ship-mounted point defense guns, and other military equipment as part of the package, as well as two refurbished Oliver Hazard Perry-class missile frigates.