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Amid a slowing economy, Chinese banks are getting creative, repackaging regular loans as "investment receivables," which aren't counted as loans on their balance sheets. But investment receivables can be risky. Here's how they work. Video/Image: Menglin Huang/The Wall Street Journal

Karunanidhi was on Wednesday discharged from Kauvery hospital in Chennai.

Although it hadn’t yet reached 2007 and 2011 Super Bowl-winning levels of disruption, the Giants’ lavishly rebuilt defense was becoming more menacing by the week as it inched closer to a playoff berth while building a six-game win streak that…

Although it hadn’t yet reached 2007 and 2011 Super Bowl-winning levels of disruption, the Giants’ lavishly rebuilt defense was becoming more menacing by the week as it inched closer to a playoff berth while building a six-game win streak that…

Although it hadn’t yet reached 2007 and 2011 Super Bowl-winning levels of disruption, the Giants’ lavishly rebuilt defense was becoming more menacing by the week as it inched closer to a playoff berth while building a six-game win streak that…

Although it hadn’t yet reached 2007 and 2011 Super Bowl-winning levels of disruption, the Giants’ lavishly rebuilt defense was becoming more menacing by the week as it inched closer to a playoff berth while building a six-game win streak that…

Nike/Under Armour

On Saturday, Army and Navy will face off on the football field for the 119th time. 

As has become the norm in recent years, both academies will wear special uniforms for the game.

This week, Nike (Army) and Under Armour (Navy) unveiled this year's uniforms and they do not disappoint. Take a closer look below.

The uniforms for the West Point cadets are designed to honor the 82nd Airborne Division from World War II

The helmet even... Читать дальше...

Amateur video shows burning wreckage after a Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying about 40 people crashed in a mountainous area in the north of the country

This isn’t Sparta - it’s Middlesborough

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Opium and heroin production in Mexico has expanded significantly over the past several years, and according to data gathered by the US Drug Enforcement Administration, that increased supply has flooded the US market.

Heroin from each of the world's source areas — Mexico, South America, Southwest Asia, and Southeast Asia — can be found in the US.

But, the DEA writes in its 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment, "analysis of DEA heroin indicator programs data, production and cultivation estimates... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald, Miami's Mike Pouncey and the New York Jets' Brandon Marshall are among the 32 players eligible for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.

NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald, Miami's Mike Pouncey and the New York Jets' Brandon Marshall are among the 32 players eligible for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.

NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald, Miami's Mike Pouncey and the New York Jets' Brandon Marshall are among the 32 players eligible for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.

NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald, Miami's Mike Pouncey and the New York Jets' Brandon Marshall are among the 32 players eligible for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has announced that he will tender his resignation on Wednesday, three days after suffering a stinging defeat in a referendum on constitutional change.

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VATICAN CITY, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Pope Francis compared the media's fascination with telling only part of a story to coprophilia, an interest in fecal matter, in an interview Tuesday.

Personnel of Puttur sub-division of DK district police apprehended three persons when they were on their way to exchange legal tender for the erstwhile demonetised high value currency notes in what is suspected to be a commission racket.

As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. I wish I’d never heard that saying. Bills cornerback Stephon Gilmore may be wishing he’d never heard it either, because he has a wish as the Bills prepare to face the Steelers. “I wish I could follow the best receiver, but whatever the coach want…

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SpaceX, it seems, won't get back to launching rockets until January 2017 at the earliest.

The announcement, made via the company's website on Wednesday, comes less than a week after SpaceX's CEO Glenn Shotwell said Falcon 9 rockets would resume launching before the end of the year.

The pending launch — of 10 next-generation Iridium Communications satellites — would be the first since a Falcon 9 rocket turned into a huge fireball during a routine launchpad test in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Читать дальше...

The former Three Lions manager says there should be no hesitation in keeping the striker in the national team, insisting he still has a lot to offer

PORT BYRON, Ill. — The Latest on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signing nuclear plant legislation on Wednesday (all times local):

PORT BYRON, Ill. — The Latest on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signing nuclear plant legislation on Wednesday (all times local):

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[https://youtu.be/1YBbqilMvtk?list=PLOam9tPZN4u7sn2sUyKGcFmQUwLLmuRQx] SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Yonhap) -- The title of the lead single of BIGBANG's new album has turned out to be "FXXk It." Besides YG Entertainment's frequent hit maker Teddy, a new com

NEW YORK — A musical celebrating the most decorated Tony Award-winner in history will make its Broadway debut next summer.