Ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is to buy Uber's China operations, in a deal that will give Uber a stake in the company and end bruising competition between the two. As Sonia Legg reports, the deal is reportedly valued at $35 billion.
Zimbabwean police have arrested Victor Matemadanda, the second veterans official detained in a crackdown on the association's leaders.
Читать дальше...British manufacturers slammed on the brakes last month following the country's June vote to leave the European Union and growth eased in the euro zone, surveys showed, likely adding to calls for more policy easing. Hayley Platt reports.
OLDENZAAL - Stan Benneker (16) heeft met zijn organisatie Kicks4Africa dozen vol tweedehands voetbalschoenen ingezameld. 'Nu moeten ze nog naar Zuid-Afrika worden vervoerd", zegt Stan. Maar dat blijkt nog niet gemakkelijk. Vervoer via luchtpost kost 100 euro per doos. "Dus roepen we iedereen op die naar Zuid-Afrika gaat en nog een plekje in zijn bagage over heeft. Neem schoenen mee!'
The Maldives brushed off warnings from Western governments on Monday that a new defamation bill risked undermining basic freedoms on the troubled honeymoon islands, accusing its critics of hypocrisy.
Manuel Harlan
This post contains spoilers for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."
In "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," the new play co-written by J.K. Rowling set 19 years after the last "Harry Potter" novel, we have a new villain. Delphi is the daughter of Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange, and she wants to change the past so that her father can rule the world.
But where was Delphi for the past couple of decades? Apparently, she spent her early years under the care of Euphemia Rowle. Читать дальше...
After an influential 1985 Beijing show by the late American painter, his work is being exhibited there once again
BIG SUR, Calif. — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 9:10 a.m. A destructive wildfire near California’s Big Sur region is holding steady at more than 62 square miles (161 square kilometers). The fire command said Monday that crews weren’t able to increase containment on the blaze, but it didn’t expand overnight. It’s
Elon Musk is the chairman of SolarCity and chief executive of Tesla Motors.
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska officials say there are changes underway to improve security at Kearney's Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center.
One of the deadliest bombings to ever hit Iraq killed 323 people, two thirds of whom needed DNA testing to identify, the health minister said, raising an earlier toll from last month's attack.
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Held for months by the Nigerian government and confined to a house in the capital for the foreseeable future, Amina Ali, a schoolgirl who was rescued after two years in Boko Haram captivity, may never be the girl she once was, her mother fears. After a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, in the hope she would shed light on the fate of the other kidnapped girls, Amina has since been held in a house in the capital Abuja for what... Читать дальше...
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
Een separatistische beweging in Angola heeft naar eigen zeggen zeventien militairen van het regeringsleger doodgeschoten. Aan de kant van de rebellen zouden twee doden zijn gevallen. De geweldsuitbarsting gebeurde afgelopen weekend in Cabinda, de provincie waar de meeste olie uit de grond wordt gepompt.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills brought in free-agent running back Reggie Bush for a visit on Monday with the intention of adding veteran depth behind starter LeSean McCoy. The team announced Bush’s visit on its Twitter account. A person with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed that Bush is expected to sign with Buffalo
Allen Cone
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Uber announced plans to sell its business in China to rival ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing in a deal that values the merged Chinese company at $35 billion.
Wade Sheridan
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Marvel's upcoming "Avengers" sequel "Infinity War" will no longer be split up into two parts.
Olympic athletes and tourists heading to Rio de Janeiro are being told to keep their mouths shut and their heads above water. The results of a 16-month study conducted for the Associated Press released Monday found that Rio’s waterways are still full of human sewage with bacteria and viruses that could cause serious illness. The study showed “consistent and dangerously high levels of viruses from the pollution” that has worried athletes including sailors, rowers and swimmers who will take to the open waters.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills brought in free-agent running back Reggie Bush for a visit on Monday with the intention of adding veteran depth behind starter LeSean McCoy.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills brought in free-agent running back Reggie Bush for a visit on Monday with the intention of adding veteran depth behind starter LeSean McCoy.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills brought in free-agent running back Reggie Bush for a visit on Monday with the intention of adding veteran depth behind starter LeSean McCoy.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills brought in free-agent running back Reggie Bush for a visit on Monday with the intention of adding veteran depth behind starter LeSean McCoy.
