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Chinese officials are trying to allay growing concerns around the globe about their shifting and often inscrutable foreign-exchange regime, which has been a key cause of financial market turbulence in recent months.

City girl Roshni Iyer (17) bagged a gold medal in the 400 meter hurdle by clocking in 73.42 seconds at the Maharashtra State School Games Athletics Meet that was held at Sangli recently.

(AP) — Nearly one week after 2-year-old Noah Chamberlain was reported missing, about 200 community members gathered at a local high school gym to pray for his safe return. Brad Patterson, minister at First Baptist Church in Henderson, tells local media Wednesday's prayer vigil was called to lift up a family in need after Noah was reported missing on Jan. 14.

Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG is ready to deliver the required number of naval MiG-29K/KUB multirole fighter aircraft for the new Indian Vishal aircraft carrier, a company spokeswoman, Anastasia Kravchenko, said Thursday.

Are you ready for some (bespoke) football? With Super Bowl 50 on the horizon, the NFL and the Council of Fashion Designers of America teamed up to deck out a half-century's worth of pigskins to raise money for the league's charitable foundation. Rebecca Minkoff went with all-around spikes for her ball that would likely ...

What to do when winter weather messes with your flight. (AP)

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BRUSSELS , Ontario, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Police in Ontario said an 80-year-old man was issued a citation for driving a car covered in several inches with only a small section of windshield cleared.

Sam Hornish Jr. doesn't have a ride for 2016, so he's spending quality time with his family.

In addition to a roughly 13,500-square-foot home, the Miami Beach property also includes a separate building housing a half-basketball court.

As previously reported, Justin Bieber's "Sorry" spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Plus, Selena Gomez matches her...

The General Body (GB) approved the Thane Municipal Corporation’s (TMC) proposal to tap underground resources as a measure to counter the imminent water scarcity in the next few months.

t’s hard to ignore a railing Marlon James. By the time the 2015 Booker Prize winner debuted at Jaipur Literature Festival, everyone was up to speed with his latest rant on aviation, Indian style. ‘Nice first impression India’ he concluded a FB post on his airport misadventures. But by now he was used to seeing his social media commentaries hit the headlines, he resignedly admitted.

MITROVICA, Kosovo - An international court on Thursday sentenced a leading Kosovo Serb politician to nine years in prison for war crimes against ethnic Albanian civilians - a ruling that could heighten tensions in the Balkan region and prompted Belgrade to start reconsidering its EU-mediated reconciliation talks with Pristina.

Some of the hottest men in country music are returning to the Las Vegas Strip in the fall to headline the 2016 Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival at Las Vegas Village across from the Luxor.

Israel confirmed it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan.

Dominion Midstream GP LLC, the partner of Dominion Midstream Partners LP , said Thursday it is raising its quarterly cash distribution by 7% to 21.35 cents a unit. The new payment will be made Feb. 15, to shareholders of record as of Feb. 5. Shares were trading up 3.6%, but are down 26% in the last 12 months, while the s&P 500 has fallen 7.8%.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has issued a state of emergency ahead of an upcoming winter storm that threatens to bring heavy snowfall to the Washington area and the Northeast. Thursday's declaration authorizes state agencies to assist local governments in response to the storm, which is expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in parts of the state and bring strong winds. Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne is urging residents to stay off roads until the storm passes. Maryland Department... Читать дальше...

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has issued a state of emergency ahead of an upcoming winter storm that threatens to bring heavy snowfall to the Washington area and the Northeast. Thursday's declaration authorizes state agencies to assist local governments in response to the storm, which is expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in parts of the state and bring strong winds. Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne is urging residents to stay off roads until the storm passes. Maryland Department... Читать дальше...