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Earlier this week, the Recording Industry Association of America—the trade organization that periodically bestows sales certifications—updated its calculations, which resulted in a reshuffling of the top-selling album of all time: Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was unseated, once again, by “The Eagles:…
Opening the 35th MTV Video Music Awards, on Monday night, the twenty-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes seemed close to rending his cut-off muscle tee, which was rapidly becoming soaked against his skin under a dramatic torrent of stage rain. But,…
Iran has repeatedly sought to reduce dependence on the US dollar via a package of measures, including increased trade using the euro and other currencies as well as the establishment of a secondary currency market. Tehran has taken the US…
The government of Baishan, in northern China’s Jilin Province, was forced to apologize on Friday after a People’s Liberation Army drill accidentally tear gassed the downtown area of the city, sending residents to the hospital in droves. The city’s publicity…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The leadership of radical groups in Syria openly declares the preparation for an offensive against Syrian government forces and refuses to hold any sort of dialogue on political settlement, Maj. Gen. Alexei Tsygankov, head of the Russian…
Russian trade ministry announced that Russian authorities have developed response measures that will offset US ban on export of dual-purpose goods to Russia. Russian trade ministry said that the response measures to US sanctions on dual-purpose goods export to Russia have been developed.…
