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Russians turn flooded streets into Riviera with boats & airbeds (VIDEOS)

Russians turn flooded streets into Riviera with boats & airbeds (VIDEOS)

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Some savvy residents of the southern Russian city of Krasnodar did not let the citywide flood caused by torrential rains get them down. Instead, they turned the misfortune into a fun fair. The rain, which has poured over the... Read More

Iranian media releases 1st PHOTOS of ‘captured CIA-linked spies’

Iranian media releases 1st PHOTOS of ‘captured CIA-linked spies’

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Photos purporting to show several of the 17 alleged captured CIA-linked operatives have begun circulating in the Iranian media....

Majority of Americans prefer this food for breakfast, study claims

Majority of Americans prefer this food for breakfast, study claims

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Only 13 percent of respondents admitted they rarely — if ever — eat breakfast in the morning. (iStock) The...

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Cat filter activates during police live stream about double murder

Cat filter activates during police live stream about double murder

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Police in British Columbia, Canada, issued an apology Friday after a cat filter was mistakenly applied to a live... Read More

Toyota fetches new way to use AI, self-drive tech in Tokyo Games

Toyota fetches new way to use AI, self-drive tech in Tokyo Games

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Miniature remote controlled cars have proved to be a crowd pleaser at track and field throwing... Read More

Circuit breakers trip, shares soar as China’s Nasdaq-style bourse debuts

Circuit breakers trip, shares soar as China’s Nasdaq-style bourse debuts

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Trading hit a fever pitch, with shares rocketing as much as 520%, as China’s new Nasdaq-style... Read More

Yes, you actually should be using emojis at work

Yes, you actually should be using emojis at work

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At first, Marek Nowak, a 32-year-old engineer at enterprise cloud software company CircleCI, wasskeptical of using emojis when communicating with... Read More

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UPDATE 1-French oil and gas group Maurel & Prom eyes UK’s Amerisur

UPDATE 1-French oil and gas group Maurel & Prom eyes UK’s Amerisur

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(Reuters) – Oil and gas company Maurel & Prom (MAUP.PA) has made a possible offer worth about 210 million... Read More

UPDATE 1-India govt wants antitrust review of Big Four accountants -source

UPDATE 1-India govt wants antitrust review of Big Four accountants -source

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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian government wants the country’s antitrust body to assess whether the so-called “Big Four”... Read More

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks fall on likely smaller Fed rate cut, pricier oil

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks fall on likely smaller Fed rate cut, pricier oil

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia stocks fell on Monday as investors scaled back expectations of an aggressive Federal Reserve interest... Read More

Jervois Mining takes over Canada’s Ecobalt, shares jump

Jervois Mining takes over Canada’s Ecobalt, shares jump

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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian cobalt developer Jervois Mining (JRV.AX) will take over eCobalt Solutions (ECS.TO) after shareholders of the... Read More

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Did someone say rate cut? Five questions for the ECB

Did someone say rate cut? Five questions for the ECB

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LONDON (Reuters) – After weeks of speculation that interest rate cuts and another round of asset purchases are on their way, investors hope Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting will give the clearest signal yet of imminent policy easing, if... Read More

Asia stocks fall on likely smaller Fed rate cut, pricier oil

Asia stocks fall on likely smaller Fed rate cut, pricier oil

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia stocks fell on Monday as investors scaled back expectations of an aggressive Federal Reserve interest...

Oil rises on Middle East Gulf tensions; Libya field resumes output

Oil rises on Middle East Gulf tensions; Libya field resumes output

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SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday on concerns that Iran’s seizure of a British tanker last week...

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Avengers: Endgame overtakes Avatar as top box office movie of all time

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Avatar’s 10-year reign as the world’s highest-grossing film has ended. On Sunday, Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame crossed $2.7902bn (£2.23bn) at... Read More

Jeremy Vine was ‘appalled’ by BBC pay gap

Jeremy Vine was ‘appalled’ by BBC pay gap

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Jeremy Vine has revealed he chose to take a pay cut after learning his female BBC colleagues were paid... Read More

Sigrid meets crying Glastonbury girl

Sigrid meets crying Glastonbury girl

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A 13-year-old girl who shot to prominence after being seen crying and singing throughout the set of Sigrid at... Read More

Avengers: Endgame overtakes Avatar as top box office movie

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Avatar’s 10-year reign as the world’s highest-grossing film has ended. On Sunday, Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame crossed $2.7902bn (£2.23bn) at... Read More

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Trump administration pauses new rule limiting abortion referrals: report

Trump administration pauses new rule limiting abortion referrals: report

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FILE PHOTO: A Missouri state flag waves outside the Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood St. Louis Region, Missouri’s... Read More

Women ‘must be warned’ of breast implant illness

Women ‘must be warned’ of breast implant illness

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Women having breast implants should be warned about a condition linked to chronic pain and extreme fatigue, the British... Read More

UK’s top doctor calls for global health effort

UK’s top doctor calls for global health effort

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Countries must work together to tackle global health risks, the outgoing UK Chief Medical Officer has said. In her... Read More

African swine fever hits pig farm in northeast Bulgaria

African swine fever hits pig farm in northeast Bulgaria

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SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria reported on Saturday an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm for pigs... Read More

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100 firefighters tackle huge blaze at London shopping mall (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Around 100 firefighters are battling a large fire at The Mall shopping centre in Walthamstow, in North East London, in what police say is a “major incident.” Dramatic images taken at the scene show a massive cloud of smoke and flames billowing above the building. The cause of the fire hasn’t been es [...]

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacts as El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele speaks at the Presidential House in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, July 21, 2019. Pompeo ends his Latin American tour in this Central American country. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) STAY TUNED On Fox News: Fox [...]

This Day in History: July 22

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, aka the Milwaukee Cannibal, is an American serial killer and sex offender, who committed the rape, murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with many of his later murders also involving necrophilia, cannibalism and the permanent preservation of body p [...]

Did someone say rate cut? Five questions for the ECB

LONDON (Reuters) – After weeks of speculation that interest rate cuts and another round of asset purchases are on their way, investors hope Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting will give the clearest signal yet of imminent policy easing, if not the details. FILE PHOTO: The logo of the European C [...]

Asia stocks fall on likely smaller Fed rate cut, pricier oil

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia stocks fell on Monday as investors scaled back expectations of an aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate cut, while crude oil prices rose on heightened Middle East tensions following Iran’s seizure of a British tanker. FILE PHOTO: Market prices are reflected in a glass windo [...]

Oil rises on Middle East Gulf tensions; Libya field resumes output

SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday on concerns that Iran’s seizure of a British tanker last week may lead to supply disruptions in the Middle East Gulf, although gains were capped as Libya resumed output at its largest oil field. FILE PHOTO: An oil pump is seen at sunset outside S [...]

UPDATE 1-French oil and gas group Maurel & Prom eyes UK’s Amerisur

(Reuters) – Oil and gas company Maurel & Prom (MAUP.PA) has made a possible offer worth about 210 million pounds ($262.5 million) for UK peer Amerisur Resources (AMER.L), which could help the French exploration group boost its range of assets in Latin America. Maurel & Prom said on Monday it [...]

UPDATE 1-India govt wants antitrust review of Big Four accountants -source

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian government wants the country’s antitrust body to assess whether the so-called “Big Four” auditing firms and their affiliates are hurting competition in any manner, a senior government official told reporters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of accounting firm Pricewaterh [...]

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks fall on likely smaller Fed rate cut, pricier oil

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia stocks fell on Monday as investors scaled back expectations of an aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate cut, while crude oil prices rose on heightened Middle East tensions following Iran’s seizure of a British tanker. FILE PHOTO: Market prices are reflected in a glass windo [...]

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Judge rules against hedge funds that challenged 2016 Jarden deal

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – A Delaware judge ruled against hedge funds on Friday that tried to get more cash out of Newell Brands Inc’s (NWL.O) 2016 acquisition of consumer goods company Jarden Corp, the latest setback for a once-popular investment strategy known as appraisal. Vice Chancellor Josep [...]

Two top fixed-income portfolio managers exit Eaton Vance

FILE PHOTO: Kathleen Gaffney, vice president, director of diversified fixed income and lead portfolio manager for Eaton Vance Management, speaks during the Reuters Global Investment 2019 Outlook Summit in New York, U.S., November 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bond fund mana [...]

Take it easy: central bank U-turns loosen financial conditions

(Reuters) – Rate cut bets and rallying equity and bond markets are feeding into a gradual loosening of financial market conditions that could potentially send world growth ticking higher by the end of the year, a closely watched index suggests. U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustrati [...]

United Hunter Oil & Gas Corp. Refiles Interim Financial Statements

TORONTO, July 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — United Hunter Oil & Gas Corp. (TSXV: UHO and Frankfurt: A118VK) announces that it has refiled its interim financial statements for the 3 months ended March 31, 2019 (“Interim Financial Statements”) to correct the disclosure of the outstanding number of c [...]

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Announces Resignation of Donald Evans from Board of Directors

DENVER, July 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: XOG) (“Extraction”) today announced that former U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans has resigned from the company’s Board of Directors, effective July 26, 2019, for personal reasons. “Former Secretary Evans has been [...]

Company Announcement 9/2019

19 July, 2019 NORDIC SHIPHOLDING A/SCompany Announcement: 9/2019 Published via NASDAQ OMX on 19 July, 2019 Delivery of Nordic Ruth With reference to Company Announcement 8/2019 dated 30 May 2019, Nordic Ruth Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nordic Shipholding A/S, has today successfully deliv [...]

Cat filter activates during police live stream about double murder

Police in British Columbia, Canada, issued an apology Friday after a cat filter was mistakenly applied to a live stream of a news conference about a double murder. When the filter activated, a sergeant with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police suddenly appeared on computer screens with cat ears on her [...]

Toyota fetches new way to use AI, self-drive tech in Tokyo Games

TOKYO (Reuters) – Miniature remote controlled cars have proved to be a crowd pleaser at track and field throwing events, but for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Toyota Motor Corp is upping the game with a hi-tech way to fetch javelins and hammers: pint-sized, self-driving A.I. robot cars. Toyota Motor Corp. [...]

Circuit breakers trip, shares soar as China’s Nasdaq-style bourse debuts

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Trading hit a fever pitch, with shares rocketing as much as 520%, as China’s new Nasdaq-style board for homegrown tech firms debuted on Monday, with valuations exceeding even the expectations of veteran investors braced for a wild ride. Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang (centre [...]

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Trump administration pauses new rule limiting abortion referrals: report

FILE PHOTO: A Missouri state flag waves outside the Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood St. Louis Region, Missouri’s sole abortion clinic, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will pause its enforce [...]

Women ‘must be warned’ of breast implant illness

Women having breast implants should be warned about a condition linked to chronic pain and extreme fatigue, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) has said. Tens of thousands of women on online forums claim they have suffered breast implant illness (BII), of which there is lit [...]

UK’s top doctor calls for global health effort

Countries must work together to tackle global health risks, the outgoing UK Chief Medical Officer has said. In her final annual report, Prof Dame Sally Davies said focusing on domestic issues could risk failing to control global threats such as Ebola. And she said learning from other countries would [...]

U.S. has ‘bigger problems’ than plastic straws – Trump

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a drink of water as he speaks about his recent trip to Asia in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With plastic straw bans gaining popularity to protect the environm [...]

Brazil to extend probe into Vale dam disaster into early 2020: official

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s mining secretary said on Friday he expects the sector’s main regulator to extend its investigation until January 2020 into the causes of the Vale SA mining dam collapse that killed at least 240 people. FILE PHOTO: A helmet with a logo of Vale SA is seen in a collapsed t [...]

Australian territory gives major status to solar plan by Singapore’s Sun Cable

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Northern Territory has given major project status to an ambitious plan to transmit 3 gigawatts (GW) of solar power to Singapore by subsea cable, its chief minister said on Saturday. Michael Gunner said Singaporean firm Sun Cable’s proposed A$20 billion ($14 billion) so [...]