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A leopard broke into a hotel room and terrified a couple holidaying in a northern Indian town, officials say.

The two-year-old's mum claims her local GP surgery said his condition wasn't serious enough.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Shares in Portugal's Banco Comercial Portugues are volatile after China's Fosun offered to take an almost 17 percent stake in the country's largest private bank by assets.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Shares in Portugal's Banco Comercial Portugues are volatile after China's Fosun offered to take an almost 17 percent stake in the country's largest private bank by assets.

Daniel J. Graeber
STAVANGER, Norway, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- For $96 million, and following a weak earnings report, Norwegian energy company Statoil said it was getting rid of some of its gas assets in the United States.

Omroep Max-presentatrice Martine van Os (59) is verbaasd door de kijkcijfers van haar kampeerprogramma We zijn er Bijna, dat vanavond weer een seizoen afsluit. Martine verkende de mooiste plekjes van Portugal met een groep seniore kampeerders.

BEIJING — Uber Technology Ltd.’s main Chinese rival said Monday it is acquiring the U.S. ride-hailing service’s China operation in a deal that links the companies following a costly battle to attract riders. Didi Chuxing’s announcement marked the latest surrender by a foreign technology brand in the face of intense competition in China. Yahoo, eBay

Hakan Mani lives in Sydney's least liveable suburb and he couldn't "picture living anywhere else".

Things are never as bad as they seem, which might not be what Richmond fans want to hear after watching their team crumble against Greater Western Sydney on Saturday afternoon.

Russia has a lot of space for a wide variety of bizarre accumulations

According to political analyst Daniel Mcadams, if Hillary Clinton wins the upcoming presidential election, she will try to involve the US in as much foreign affairs as possible, first and most important of which will be the conflict in Syria.

Essendon coach John Worsfold reckons inaccuracy is the only thing stopping spearhead Joe Daniher from joining the AFL's elite ranks.

Greater Western Sydney ruckman Rory Lobb could be in danger of missing a game for the first time in his breakout AFL season due to a knee problem.

BEIJING (AP) — Uber Technology Ltd.'s main Chinese rival said Monday it is acquiring the U.S. ride-hailing service's China operation in a deal that links the companies following a costly battle to attract riders. Foreign technology brands have struggled in China's populous but intensely competitive market. Didi was formed by the February 2015 merger of competing ride-hailing services launched by Chinese Internet giants Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Alibaba Group following a similar battle for customers. Читать дальше...

Petr Topychkanov looks at Russia’s relations with South Asia

India may have created a competitive market by abolishing licence raj, but it has been replaced by an equally time-consuming "approval raj" fraught with potential corruption, Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has said.

PARIS (AP) — The head of the French Muslim Council says a new foundation will be created to help finance the construction and running of mosques in the country and keep out radical benefactors.

PARIS (AP) — The head of the French Muslim Council says a new foundation will be created to help finance the construction and running of mosques in the country and keep out radical benefactors.

PARIS (AP) — The head of the French Muslim Council says a new foundation will be created to help finance the construction and running of mosques in the country and keep out radical benefactors.

South Africa's women will be making their second appearance at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament along with other African countries.

Legendary Kuwaiti shooter Fehaid al-Deehani has refused to carry the Olympic neutral team flag at the Rio Games opening ceremony.

On Friday afternoon July 29, 2016, New York State released the results of student test scores on Common Core aligned standardized tests administered last spring. If you missed the announcement, that's probably why scores were released on a Friday afternoon the day the Presidential campaign went into full swing. The New York Times reported on the release in Saturday's paper on page 18.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is facing a tough reelection battle in 2017 was ecstatic with the test results. Читать дальше...

Ceppwawu won’t back down from its nine-percent wage increase demand.

Johannesburg - The Chemical‚ Energy‚ Paper‚ Printing‚ Wood and Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu) said on Monday it would not back down from its nine-percent wage increase demand as reports of fuel shortages in some areas trickled in.

Read also: Fuel strike: SA refineries 'continue to produce'

The union’s head of collective bargaining, Clement Chitja, said fuel refineries were at a standstill since workers downed tools on Thursday. Читать дальше...

The weather satellite INSAT-3DR will be put into orbit by a GSLV rocket August end. Preparations for the launch are going on, P Kunhi Krishnan, Director of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre said.

Former Hawthorn great Robert DiPierdomenico has made an embarrassing bungle on social media, mistakenly claiming troubled ex-Eagle Ben Cousins was dead.