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South Africa’s rand on slightly firmer footing against the dollar on Wednesday morning.

A TERRIFIED man — hidden in his own house — endured a 30-minute wait for police as a man ransacked his home, simply because the local divvy van wasn’t available.

Almost all members of the Uighur militant group the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) have been eliminated from Pakistan, the country's president said on Wednesday during a visit to Beijing.

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Xi) By Kim Kwang-tae BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye expressed gratitude Wednesday to her Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, for the constructive role Beijing has played in defusing heightened tensions

The Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins says she has been living with a brain tumour for eight years.

Dollar firms against the euro and yen in Asia on Wednesday on growing optimism over the health of the US economy.

A man was injured in a shoot-out after being found with stolen possessions while he and seven others tried to hijack a car.

Oil prices extend losses in Asia on Wednesday as dealers digest weak US and Chinese manufacturing data.

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You never know what lies beneath the ocean, and this summer we were reminded just how unpredictable nature can be.

MTA bus driver Reginald Prescott thought he was being extra cautious by driving slow on a rainy Dec. 23.

A schoolboy whose dad was killed when gunmen stormed their smallholding has told how he tried to protect his family.

Chelsea were hoping to sign Paul Pogba and John Stones, and they ended the transfer window acquiring Reading’s Michael Hector.

Watch: Indian players celebrate in dressing room after historic series win in Sri Lanka

Serena Williams is seeking to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1988 to complete a rare calendar Grand Slam.

Durban has been announced as the host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police said Wednesday that the fingerprints of a foreign man arrested at Thailand's border with Cambodia match those found on a bottle containing bomb-making material, as the investigation into last month's deadly bombing in Bangkok gathered steam.

National police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said authorities were still conducting DNA tests but could determine that "this man is important and is related or conspired with people who committed" the Aug. Читать дальше...

Shanghai pares back losses as China gears up for national holiday marking end of World War II

Hero Recounts Stopping Terrorist Train Attack Anthony Sadler, the American hero who helped stop the recent terrorist attack on a train in France, shared his story of bravery on Tuesday’sTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Anthony said at first he thought it was a dream, but soon he found himself and his friend wrestling the gunman to the ground and saving a victim’s life.

Bank is arguing that a "drafting infelicity" in its terms and conditions should be overlooked

Three people were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision in Soweto, ER24 paramedics said.

Nick Kyrgios thinks he has learned from the controversy he generated by on-court remarks about Stan Wawrinka's girlfriend.

By Jay Paris, The Sports Xchange
SAN DIEGO -- Elvis Andrus is a quick read. It took him two pitches to decipher the San Diego Padres' Kevin Quackenbush.

A Uber passenger who sued the company in the U.S. in January after complaining she had been raped by her driver in New Delhi, India, has voluntarily withdrawn her case, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing court documents.