The move is based on a New Zealand programme that ensures top players are monitored and given time off, including missing Super Rugby games.

The 'Pink Legacy', which once belonged to the Oppenheimer family who for decades ran the De Beers diamond-mining company, was snapped up by American luxury brand Harry Winston, part of the Swiss Swatch group.

The groups, including Hamas, said in a statement on Tuesday they would abide by the ceasefire as long as Israel did the same.

After months of talks, May announced late Tuesday that negotiators had finally struck a draft agreement on the terms of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union next March.

The White House dismissed CNN’s complaint as ‘grandstanding’ and vowed to ‘vigorously defend’ against the lawsuit.

The $5 billion investment will mean thousands of high-paying jobs in the two locations, but could also strain services and housing in areas with already high living costs.

Facebook had already shut down most of those account, and blocked the rest after an internal investigation, according to Gleicher.

The heavily guarded court also halted preparations for a snap election in the latest twist in a power struggle that began when Sirisena dismissed Wickremesinghe on 26 October and replaced him with former strongman president Mahinda Rajapakse.

The state of Maryland asked a federal judge to block Whitaker from acting on behalf of the department in an ongoing court case on health care policy, arguing that he had not been approved by the US Senate as required by law.

Lawmakers voted late Monday to approve the lineup, which President Beji Caid Essebsi has complained he was only informed of 'at the last minute'.

Seven opposition leaders, meeting in Geneva on Sunday, picked little-known MP Martin Fayulu as their joint candidate in the December 23 vote to succeed President Joseph Kabila, in power for 18 years.

The Jasic Workers Solidarity group said police in the central city of Wuhan "violently arrested" three of its members on Sunday, with one of them pinned to the ground by at least three officers.

The move comes just days after Tanzania president John Magufuli fired the Agriculture and Trade ministers for 'failing in their obligations' to the cashew industry.

The efficiency drive on Vodafone's European business, totalling the equivalent of $1.3 billion, is the first under newly-installed chief executive Nick Read.

The 30-year-old inflicted his own pain on the Irish in 2013 in Dublin scoring a try off the last move of the match which was converted to snatch victory after their opponents had led 22-17.

Suu Kyi's international reputation as a rights icon is in pieces and Amnesty's move is the latest in a string of rescinded accolades.

The international prototype of the kilogram, or ‘Le Grand K’ as it is tenderly known, is one of science’s most hallowed relics.

The latest tranche of measures have been touted as the toughest yet, and aim to significantly reduce Iran's vital oil exports and cut off its banks from international finance.