Fourth-seeded Raonic knocked off unseeded Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-4 while Federer, the top seed, shook off the effects of a lingering flu bug to down Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-4. But the tall, 25-year-old Monaco-resident produced an inspired performance to...
Later in the evening, security forces shot and killed another Palestinian who was attempting to stab IDF forces at a junction near Hebron, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Nominees for the award included Saoirse Ronan for her role as Eilis Lacey in Brooklyn, Cate Blanchette for her role as Carol Aird in Carol, Rooney Mara for her role as Therese Belivet in Carol and Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener for The Danish Girl. This is her first Golden Globe.
The Redskins would go down the field and appear to score on a DeSean Jackson touchdown, but a review called it back and they had to settle for a field goal, which derailed some big momentum to jump on Green Bay early.
American employers added 292,000 jobs in December, the biggest gain all year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. The economy added an average of 221,000 jobs per month in 2015, and it came on strong at the end.
“Beginning Wednesday through the end of the week, Amazon will make the speech available across all devices for Americans to watch the State of the Union in the same way we’re used to consuming video content in 2016”, White House digital director Jason Goldman...
In November, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to expedite house demolitions in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, which he said were “one of the most efficient tools” in discouraging Palestinian attacks.
Reports from L’Equipe suggest that Messi’s contract with EA Sports will come to an end this year, and that he is open to a contract extension. Messi’s Barcelona teammate Neymar is the other candidate.
Major Chinese stocks today bottomed out after the securities regulator chose to terminate the controversial “circuit-breaker” mechanism that has halted trading twice this week, including after an abrupt sell-off yesterday that led to heavy losses and spooked global...