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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is trying to claw back a string of inaccurate comments about Ukraine, but he's yet to get it right.

On the weekend, Trump asserted in an ABC interview that Russia would not enter Ukraine, not seeming to know Russian troops were already there. Prodded by his interviewer, the Republican presidential candidate modified his statement afterward. After Ukrainian protesters chased Viktor Yanukovych, their Russian-backed leader, from power in February 2014, Russian troops stationed at a base in Crimea seized strategic locations on the peninsula and replaced the local government with pro-Kremlin politicians. Читать дальше...

The arrival of monsoon on time with above average rainfall in July led to a heavy influx of Kanwariyas from rural areas who thronged Varanasi on the second Monday of the holy month of Shravan.

A High Court judge is set to rule on an NHS England decision not to fund a drug that can prevent HIV - a daily pill campaigners call a "game changer".

The family of a cancer survivor who died in the RideLondon event say they are "touched" after a spike in donations.

Zhai Yanmin was convicted of "subverting state power" for acts including waving banners and shouting slogans in four protests since 2014, the official Xinhua news agency cited a court in the northern city of Tianjin as saying. Zhai was held more than a year ago in a sweeping crackdown which saw more than 200 lawyers who had taken on civil rights cases considered sensitive by China's ruling Communist Party and activists held for questioning. China's President Xi Jinping has overseen a tightening... Читать дальше...

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De Amsterdamse beurs is dinsdag met een verlies aan de handelsdag begonnen. Ook de andere graadmeters in Europa gingen omlaag. De olieprijzen, die schommelen rond de 40 dollar per vat, zetten het sentiment wat onder druk. Op Beursplein 5 was speciaalchemiebedrijf DSM veruit de grootste stijger in de hoofdindex dankzij sterke kwartaalcijfers.

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Frankfurt (AFP) - German flag carrier Lufthansa warned Tuesday that recent terror attacks in Europe were having a "tangible impact" on business, with second-quarter profits down 17 percent.

Net profits between April and June came in at 437 million euros ($488 million), the group said, slightly below analysts' expectations, who had forecast a figure of 443 million euros.

"The terrorist attacks in Europe and also the increasing political and economic uncertainties... Читать дальше...

MIAMI (AP) — In a highly unusual travel warning, health officials advised pregnant women to avoid a part of Miami where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans.

After 18 trades on deadline day, baseball probably deserves a chance to take a deep breath. That calm period may not last for long. Teams had until 4 p.m. EDT on Monday to make trades without waivers, and it was the busiest deadline day since at least 1995, according to Major League Baseball. In a

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Remember Splash, that iconic mermaid movie from the '80s starring Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks?

(Do yourself a favour and watch the trailer, it's so '80s it hurts.)

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, it will be the next classic to undergo the gender-swap remake treatment, with none other than Channing Tatum in the mermaid role.

Or rather, the merman role. Читать дальше...

The Valsad district administration has sought the help of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) following heavy rains which lashed the Valsad district in the last 24 hours.

ANC veterans last night issued a strongly worded statement calling on party members to use their vote to "strengthen the forces for good in the organisation".

On a recent sunny morning in northern Afghanistan, excited children and bemused policemen lined the banks of a fast-flowing river to watch a group of Europeans in multicolored kayaks navigate the white water. A drone-mounted camera also followed the kayakers' progress, buzzing and hovering above them like a mosquito.

After 18 trades on deadline day, baseball probably deserves a chance to take a deep breath.

After 18 trades on deadline day, baseball probably deserves a chance to take a deep breath.

After 18 trades on deadline day, baseball probably deserves a chance to take a deep breath.

After 18 trades on deadline day, baseball probably deserves a chance to take a deep breath.

Nine members of Missouri's congressional delegation — one senator and all eight members of the House — are on the ballot in the primary election.

MILWAUKEE — The future starts on Tuesday for the Milwaukee Brewers. After dealing All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy and their top two relievers, the rebuilding Brewers plan to call up their top prospect, shortstop Orlando Arcia, from Triple-A Colorado Springs. He will make his major league debut in San Diego against the Padres on Tuesday night.

Before she became district attorney in Alameda County, Nancy O’Malley prosecuted rape cases. She soon came to recognize a number of young women and girls who cycled through the courtroom.

Her son, five, was also shot, by it is not clear by whom.