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Sales of previously owned homes reached a six-month high in January, and home prices were up 5.7% in the year ended in December.

The comments, which come as Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi visits the United States, follow remarks on Tuesday by Admiral Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command, that China was “clearly militarising” the South China Sea.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Tuesday it is investigating 14 new reports of the Zika virus in the United States, possibly transmitted through sexual contact.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is set to risk striker Daniel Sturridge and midfielder Philippe Coutinho ahead of Sunday’s Capital One Cup final.

The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index rose 1.2 percent to 12,968.66 at 10:28 a.m.in Toronto, less than 0.5 percent away from wiping out declines for the year.

The UN had previously rejected similar restrictions in the past but is open to considering them now.

“Our new brand represents our company’s progressive spirit, our pursuit of excellence and our desire to deliver our guests with unexpected, delightful experiences every day”.

Last month, it sent a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber over South Korea after the North’s nuclear test.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is in Washington for three days of talks, met yesterday with US Secretary of State John Kerry amid sharpening tensions over the South China Sea and the Korean Peninsula.

Shortly after Sanders delivered his concession speech, his campaign sent an email to reporters claiming that the senator had also won the Latino vote by some 8 points.

And women who are pregnant and whose sex partners have been to affected areas should abstain from sex or use a condom throughout their entire pregnancy, just to be safe, she said.

According to Zacks Investment Research, “Chesapeake Energy Corp.is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the development, exploration, acquisition and production of onshore natural gas and oil reserves”.

It is reported that the French and Italian tax authorities have ongoing investigations into Google, and that the amount of tax they believe is due is much larger than the £130m settlement agreed with HMRC, said the report. Other Conservative politicians have already declined to...

The decision was announced by Saudi officials Friday in retaliation for Lebanon’s siding with Iran in the Sunni kingdom’s spat with the Shiite power.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Global stock markets were mostly weaker Tuesday as the price of crude oil turned lower on supply concerns. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index dropped by 0.9 percent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slid by 1.2 percent.