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LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland swung to a loss in the second quarter of 2016 as it set aside more cash to cover litigation and conduct issues as it cleans up the problems that led to a taxpayer-funded bailout at the height of the global financial crisis. The now government-controlled bank on Friday reported

Gold futures notched a hefty loss Friday, tumbling the most in about 2 1/2 weeks following a stronger-than-expected nonfarm-payrolls report that might provide the Federal Reserve evidence to lift benchmark interest rates sooner than later. Higher rates can boost the value of the dollar and undercut the appeal of commodities priced in the currency, making them more expensive for buyers using other monetary units. A rate hike also diminishes the appeal of owning metals, which don't offer a yield. Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — A former president of the Detroit City Council has been ordered to stand trial on charges of criminal sexual conduct involving a teen more than a decade ago.

DETROIT (AP) — A former president of the Detroit City Council has been ordered to stand trial on charges of criminal sexual conduct involving a teen more than a decade ago.

DETROIT (AP) — A former president of the Detroit City Council has been ordered to stand trial on charges of criminal sexual conduct involving a teen more than a decade ago.

Inside the dimly lit exhibit halls of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum amidst piles of rubble stand wax figures of burnt human beings with skin melting off their arms. Waxy keloid scars lie imprisoned in glass cases along the walls like flesh-colored leeches. Many displays contain singed children’s uniforms, each belonging to one of the roughly 1,400 primary school students who perished on August 6, 1945.

Pele to miss opening ceremony because of poor health in huge disappointment for Brazil

PHILADELPHIA — The FBI spread across the city on Friday to search several properties linked to a powerful labor boss and the City Hall office of his protege on City Council. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed that agents Friday were searching the South Philadelphia home of Johnny “Doc” Dougherty, a nearby union bar named Doc’s Union

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Paul Ryan says the House will not vote this year on the sweeping Asia-Pacific trade deal backed by President Barack Obama. Obama used a press conference this week to talk up chances for the Trans-Pacific Partnership even though it is opposed by most congressional Democrats and both major presidential candidates.

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If watching the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio doesn’t suit your taste, you may want to check out this year’s International Army Games, hosted by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Held in Russia and Kazakhstan, this 2-week live-streamed event consists of 23 distinct trials ranging from air, marine, and field operations.

From sniper competitions, tank biathlons, underwater searches, and aircraft ground attacks, over 3,000 servicemembers hailing from 19 different countries will be competing this year. Читать дальше...

Russia Ministry of Defense

If watching the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio doesn’t suit your taste, you may want to check out this year’s International Army Games, hosted by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Held in Russia and Kazakhstan, this 2-week live-streamed event consists of 23 distinct trials ranging from air, marine, and field operations.

From sniper competitions, tank biathlons, underwater searches, and aircraft ground attacks, over 3,000 servicemembers hailing from 19 different countries will be competing this year. Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — Indie band Viola Beach has topped the U.K. album chart, almost six months after all the group's members were killed in a car accident in Sweden.

LONDON (AP) — Indie band Viola Beach has topped the U.K. album chart, almost six months after all the group's members were killed in a car accident in Sweden.

LONDON (AP) — Indie band Viola Beach has topped the U.K. album chart, almost six months after all the group's members were killed in a car accident in Sweden.

LONDON (AP) — Indie band Viola Beach has topped the U.K. album chart, almost six months after all the group's members were killed in a car accident in Sweden.

Gold futures notched a hefty loss Friday, tumbling the most in about 2 1/2 weeks following a stronger-than-expected nonfarm-payrolls report that might provide the Federal Reserve evidence to lift benchmark interest rates sooner than later.

Athletes are notorious for having peculiar warmup routines or superstitious things that they do before they begin competition, but Canadian swimmer Santo Condorelli's pre-race staple might take the cake for the most explicit.

Athletes are notorious for having peculiar warmup routines or superstitious things that they do before they begin competition, but Canadian swimmer Santo Condorelli's pre-race staple might take the cake for the most explicit.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A slew of surveys in swing states show Hillary Clinton with wide leads over Donald Trump in some traditional battleground states and drawing close in others.

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Samuel Meso’s graduation gown was once a source of pride for the 25-year-old Zimbabwean who studied engineering. But now he can’t get a job, and the academic attire is a badge of shame and protest that he wears to anti-government demonstrations in Zimbabwe, where discontent over economic hardship is growing. “My parents

Authorities are citing U.S. banknotes — and $1 bills in particular — as evidence that people are followers of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric whom Turkey accuses of orchestrating the coup.

Capt. Humayun Khan was one of 36 men and one woman in our brigade who died during our year in Iraq. Our fallen comrades were of all races, religions and genders. They represented sacrifice, service, duty and the essence of what makes our country great. And, yes, it is a great country right now. Despite our flaws, the United States remains a beacon of hope around the world.

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I’m no mathematician. But, when it comes to productivity, there’s an equation that I think is pretty straightforward and simple.

It goes a little something like this: More time spent working equals more to-dos taken care of.

Seems pretty obvious, right?

Well, I’m about to challenge everything you think you know about getting stuff done.

For years, I was never someone who took a lunch break. I work from home, and my lunch hour typically... Читать дальше...

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

I’m no mathematician. But, when it comes to productivity, there’s an equation that I think is pretty straightforward and simple.

It goes a little something like this: More time spent working equals more to-dos taken care of.

Seems pretty obvious, right?

Well, I’m about to challenge everything you think you know about getting stuff done.

For years, I was never someone who took a lunch break. I work from home, and my lunch hour typically... Читать дальше...