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Iain Sinclair, at 72 years old, shows no sign of slowing down, either as an author or film-maker; this is his second book of 2015. He would probably smile wryly at his activities being described as a literary career; nevertheless, if the word is used as a verb, meaning "to move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way", rather than as a noun, the description fits. Much of Sinclair's best-known writing is a one-man infantry charge generating a stream of prose, partitioned between different covers but really part of one vast meta-book. Читать дальше...

SHANGHAI, July 30 (Reuters) - Chinese banks have been investigating their exposure to the stock market from wealth management products and loans collateralized with stocks, the China Securities Journal reported on Thursday, citing unidentified bank officials.

GRAPHIC: Property bonds: http://link.reuters.com/xak35w By Orathai Sriring and Satawasin Staporncharnchai BANGKOK, July 30 (Reuters) - Thai property developers are raising record funds in the domestic bond market to finance high-end residential projects in a stumbling economy that appears to have hurt all but the affluent.

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. -- Most candidates at the Neshoba County Fair went out of their way Wednesday to promote their conservative credentials to an audience that was mostly white and, judging…

TUPELO -- The Tupelo Buffalo Park has gained a new set of stripes with the birth of a baby zebra.

A Minnesota dentist who has become the target of worldwide outrage for hunting and killing a protected lion in Zimbabwe advised patients Wednesday to seek care elsewhere and said he rarely discussed his big-game hunting...

Maya Moore scored 27 points and Lindsay Whalen had 24 to help the Minnesota Lynx hold off the Los Angeles Sparks 82-76 on Wednesday night, spoiling the season debut of two-time MVP Candace Parker.

HWANGE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean court on Wednesday charged a professional hunter with failing to prevent an American from unlawfully killing 'Cecil', the southern African country's best-known lion, in a case that has triggered widespread revulsion at trophy hunting.

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India hanged Yakub Memon on Thursday for his role in the country's deadliest bombings, which killed at least 257 people in Mumbai in 1993, after the Supreme Court rejected a desperate overnight plea to delay his execution.

A Brown Company, Inc.(ABCI) said it selling its interest in Peakpower Bukidnon, Inc. (PBI) to its associate Peakpower Energy Inc.(PEI). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the ABCI said the sale will streamline the company’s investment in power sector engaging in bunker-fired power projects. It will consolidate all peaking projects under one […]

Few countries sentence more people to death than India. Whether those punishments are actually carried out is another matter. Though well over a thousand people have been sent to death row this century, just four have been...

Tom Brady took the fight over his "Deflategate" suspension to social media and federal court Wednesday, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft backed the three-time Super Bowl MVP, saying "I was wrong to put my faith...

IOC President Thomas Bach said Boston was firmly to blame for its aborted bid for the 2024 Olympics and that the city failed to deliver on "promises" made to U.S. Olympic leaders when they selected the Massachusetts...

A literary agent renowned for securing big advances for his authors’ debut novels is putting his clients to shame after his own first work of fiction was named on the Man Booker Prize long-list.

A literary agent renowned for securing big advances for his authors’ debut novels is putting his clients to shame after his own first work of fiction was named on the Man Booker Prize long-list.

Chris Singleton figures he got a little help from his mother Wednesday afternoon.

SHANGHAI, July 30 (Reuters) - China stocks were mixed on Thursday after state media reported that Chinese banks were investigating their exposure to the stock market via wealth management products and loans backed by stock as collateral.

(Reuters) - After a remarkable turnaround in less than two weeks, international athletics chief Lamine Diack said on Thursday he had been told to expect full houses for the evening sessions at next month's athletics world championships in Beijing.

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Before the State College Spikes took the field Wednesday, manager Johnny Rodriguez kept the door to his office closed.

Man killed by train may have been involved in burglaries…

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BAY ST. LOUIS -- City Councilman Lonnie Falgout on Tuesday announced he will withdraw his candidacy for the Hancock County District 4 supervisor's position and remain in service to the…

JACKSON -- Second-term Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney is being challenged in the Republican primary by John Mosley, a body shop owner who says insurance companies have gotten away with…