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The London K4 gold medallist had appeared to be paddling the perfect race, leading with 250m to go.

Visitors to the Army-2016 military technology forum, which opens next month outside Moscow, will be welcomed to buy a selection of surplus army trucks and accommodation modules, the Defense Ministry said in a press release on Monday.

Hungarian border guards have begun to use stuffed sugar beetroot to intimidate refugees from African countries and the Middle East region.

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Female doctors in the United States make much less than their male colleagues, a new study finds.

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Nigel Farage has refused to deny a suggestion that he is attempting to apply for joint German citizenship.

A Facebook user reported that she had seen the former UKIP leader queuing at the German embassy in London – and speculated that he was attempting to gain dual nationality in the wake of the EU referendum result. So BuzzFeed News telephoned Farage to ask if this was true.

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An arbitrator has accepted Canada Post's proposal for a new collective agreement with its postmasters and assistants in rural offices across the country.

At least 72 children of several schools and Anganwadi centres of Lipinda Gram Panchayat in Jujumura Block in Sambalpur district fell ill and admitted to hospital after they consumed sweet (Bundi) distributed on the occasion of Independence Day on Monday.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Deborah Foland, a former longtime administrative assistant for The Associated Press in New York state, has died after a brief battle with cancer. She was 61. Steven Foland says his wife of 32 years died Sunday at a Schenectady hospital after being diagnosed with lung and brain cancer. A native of Troy,

There are certain books that just have your number, that were designed by an algorithm specifically for you. And one of the many, many different books crammed inside A Hundred Thousand Worlds — Bob Proehl’s sweet, charming, and just a little overcrowded love letter to geek culture — certainly has my number.

The bloody confrontation occurred at a remote, scrubby expanse called Devil's Curve, where the Andean foothills meet the Amazon jungle. A bitter turning-point in modern Peru, it became known as the Baguazo after the nearby town of Bagua.

Natalie Portman looks gorgeous in a champagne colored dress while attending the premiere of her upcoming film A Tale Of Love & Darkness on Monday night (August 15) at Crosby Street Hotel in New York City. Later that evening, the 35-year-old actress and director was joined by her husband Benjamin Millepied for dinner at Il [...]

UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn called on Tuesday for renationalisation of the country's railways after the rail fare had been confirmed to be increased by 1.9 percent from January 2017.

One is marking its 200th anniversary, the other its 225th. Both see a frigid winter for much of the nation.

An American study has linked excessively high levels of HDL (high-density lipoprotein) -- often dubbed "good cholesterol" -- to premature death. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in the US investigated HDL -- famously known as the "good cholesterol" -- to establish whether its role was always beneficial. Previously, only LDL (low-density lipoprotein) -- known as "bad cholesterol" -- had been an subject of close consideration when interpreting blood test results.

The off-duty cop had just left Bleachers Sports Bar & Grill with his 25-year-old cousin when a man tried to rob the cousin.

'Justice has been a long time coming.'

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MILWAUKEE, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Milwaukee was relatively calm overnight as officials imposed a 10 p.m. curfew for teenagers after two nights of violent protests.

The consolidation of more banks may begin from next fiscal as the priority today is to unlock the jammed lending system with the Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) sitting over balance sheets of banking institutions, Banks Board Bureau chief Vinod Rai said Tuesday.

Airstrikes launched by the United States have hit an Islamic State group vehicle and four militant positions in Libya, raising to 48 the number of U.S. airstrikes against the extremist group since Washington launched its anti-IS campaign in Libya on Aug. 1.

On Monday, the NFL informed the NFL Players Association that they plan to suspend four players who were accused of using performance-enhancing drugs in an Al-Jazeera America documentary if those players don’t sit down for interviews with them by August 26. Steelers linebacker James Harrison is one of those four players, which led to a…

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Russia, Eurasia

NATO must confront the very real possibility of major conventional conflict with Russia.

It has become absolutely clear to any reasonable observer that it is not possible either to give Russian President Vladimir Putin what he wants nor to simply ignore his threats and wait him out. Like a shark, he must continually move and feed. Success only breeds the need for a greater aggression under the umbrella of self-perception of invincibility. Ironically... Читать дальше...

Andre De Grasse followed up his Olympic bronze performance in the 100 metres by finishing first in his 200 heat and qualifying No. 1 overall for the semifinals on Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET in Rio de Janeiro.

Italian magazine Imola Oggi published a petition, demanding to allow Russian athletes to compete in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.