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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that he fears the general election "is going to be rigged" — an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The uproar over Donald Trump's criticism of a bereaved Army family put vulnerable GOP senators in a tight spot, underscoring anew the political challenges created for Republicans by their newly minted presidential nominee. [...] with the general election campaign now squarely underway, the firestorm over Trump's attacks on the Khan family is likely just a taste of trials to come as Republicans negotiate how closely to align with their volatile nominee. Senate Republicans running... Читать дальше...

Black subsistence farmers who settled on confiscated land in Zimbabwe might be charged rent by the government.

It seems the sports world just doesn't know what to do with an athlete like Caster Semenya ...

SA’s rand was forecast to perform the worst in emerging markets this year - but it’s gaining from the post-Brexit rush to boost returns.

Of course.

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Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Rami Kashou's designs are worn by Hollywood stars and royalty but for the past few days he has been back home in the occupied West Bank rather than London, Paris or New York.

As on most days, Yasser Arafat Square in central Ramallah was crowded with pedestrians, taxis with screaming horns and fruit sellers lugging their goods on carts.

But tucked behind a nondescript door another world beckoned: one of burgundy walls and floor-length mirrors... Читать дальше...

A New Jersey man has filed what may be the first lawsuit against Niantic and Nintendo over the hit Pokemon Go app.

GAUHATI, India — The death toll in flooding from heavy monsoon rains in India has climbed past 90, with about a million people taking shelter in government-run relief camps, officials said Tuesday. Incessant downpours have damaged swaths of land, uprooted trees and snapped telephone cables in dozens of districts in the states of Bihar in

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that he fears the general election "is going to be rigged" — an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that he fears the general election "is going to be rigged" — an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate. Trump's extraordinary claim — one he did not back up with any immediate evidence — would, if it became more than just an offhand comment, seem to threaten the tradition of peacefully contested elections and challenge the very essence of a fair democratic process. [...] the former secretary of... Читать дальше...

Microsoft raises $19.75 billion in the third-largest US corporate bond sale of the year to help finance its planned purchase of LinkedIn.

The prime minister of Singapore is joining President Barack Obama at the White House to celebrate the 50th anniversary of U.S. diplomatic relations with the Southeast Asian city state. But the two leaders will also discuss a shared cause with less rosy prospects — the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal.

Jenna Ushkowitz takes a bow after her first performance of Waitress the musical at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Friday (July 29) in New York City. The 30-year-old actress took over for the role of Dawn in the Broadway musical from Orange is the New Black‘s Kimiko Glenn, who is on a hiatus from the [...]

GAUHATI, India (AP) — The death toll in flooding from heavy monsoon rains in India has climbed past 90, with about a million people taking shelter in government-run relief camps, officials said Tuesday.

Bastian Schweinsteiger does not figure in Jose Mourinho’s plans following a difficult debut campaign in English football which was blighted by injuries.

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa — It seems the sports world just doesn’t know what to do with an athlete like Caster Semenya. The South African runner, and others like her, may present one of the greatest dilemmas for the perception of fairness in sports. Athletes like Semenya with intersex conditions — those that don’t conform to

FRANKFURT, Germany — Net profit for the second quarter at German luxury carmaker BMW rose 11 percent to 1.949 billion euros ($2.182 billion), the company said Tuesday, thanks to strong sales of its large 7-Series sedan and X-Series sport-utility vehicles. The results improved on the year-earlier figure of 1.749 billion euros. Profits beat estimates of

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