SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Australian shares bounced off a two-year trough on Tuesday as the banking sector led a stunning recovery, a day after the market suffered its biggest one-day drop in over six years.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police on Tuesday dropped a terrorism related charge against a teenage boy who was accused of planning an Islamic State inspired attack at a national remembrance day parade.
TAIPEI, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks rose more than 2 percent on Tuesday on signs of further government support after crashing in the previous session on deepening worries about slowing growth in China.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea reached agreement early on Tuesday to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire that had pushed the divided peninsula into a state of heightened military tension.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea reached agreement early on Tuesday to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire that had pushed the divided peninsula into a state of heightened military tension.
SHANGHAI, Aug 25 (Reuters) - China's major stock indexes slumped more than 6 percent to 8-month lows in early trade on Tuesday before paring losses, after a catastrophic Monday that destabilised financial markets around the world.
SEOUL (Reuters) - SK Hynix Inc, the world's No. 2 DRAM chip maker, on Tuesday said it plans to spend 31 trillion won ($25.94 billion) to build two new chip plants in South Korea, aiming to update its production technologies to boost competitiveness.
A thieving duo strikes a community in Goose Creek -- putting its residents on high alert.
(Reuters) - Infidelity website Ashley Madison and its parent company have been sued in federal court in California by a man who claims that the companies failed to adequately protect clients' personal and financial information from theft, saying he suffered emotional distress.
Authorities say a 23-year-old was shot to death early Sunday at an apartment building in North Charleston.
Charleston’s wide-open mayoral race will pass a political milestone Tuesday as hopeful Ginny Deerin airs the contest’s first TV ad.
Police are investigating after an Andrews resident was struck by a vehicle on Main Street Monday.
Swimmers at a Goose Creek community pool unwittingly took a dip with a tiny alligator Monday.
Aug 24 (Reuters) - British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died on Monday after suffering a severe head injury during a wreck in the closing laps of a race on Sunday at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, IndyCar officials said. He was 37.
State College graduate Brian Scholly was named an assistant coach for Juniata College men’s basketball team, the program announced Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian refugee Subhi Nahas watched in fear as the al Qaeda-linked group Nusra Front took over his home town of Idlib and began torturing and executing men suspected of being gay. Then, with the rise of Islamic State, came videos of gay men being hurled from buildings.
In his maturity, Vladimir Nabokov came to see the loss of his ancestral Russia as the greatest ordeal of his life. The pre-revolutionary St Petersburg of his childhood was a world of sailor-suited privilege, with English nurses and governesses.
LAS VEGAS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday expanded his push for greater renewable energy adoption, announcing fresh financial incentives for solar power development and use.
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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Islamic State has executed four people in the central Libyan city of Sirte, including at least one member of a rival group whose body was put on display, according to residents and a video published on social media on Monday.
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Islamic State has executed four people in the central Libyan city of Sirte, including at least one member of a rival group whose body was put on display, according to residents and a video published on social media on Monday.
Aug 24 (Reuters) - United States captain Juli Inkster opted for both experience and a vocal locker room presence in announcing Paula Creamer and Brittany Lang on Monday as her two wildcard picks for this year's Solheim Cup.
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's state prosecutor charged five people with "aggression" against the country's tourism minister during her visit to a Caribbean beach, a lawyer coordinating legal defence for the five said on Monday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country singer Luke Bryan held onto the top spot of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, holding off Ed Sheeran and Dr Dre.