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Veteran Communist leader KP Sharma Oli was today sworn in as Nepal's 38th Prime Minister, a day after he was elected in Parliament with support from smaller parties.

Falsifying invoices is serious, potentially a criminal offence for those that engaged in it or were aware it had occurred. And it is the falsifying of invoices that is central to the scandal involving the $300,000 in payments to Bill Shorten's old union from construction joint venture Thiess John Holland.

Turkey is close to identifying one of the two suspects in Saturday's twin blasts in Ankara that killed at least 97 people, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday.

Passive investing doesn’t mean you shouldn’t scrutinize your portfolio, says Chuck Jaffe.

Two senior Chinese officials were convicted of corruption on Monday and sentenced to 16 and 13 years in prison, respectively, Chinese authorities said.

Regulator reveals extent of cold-calling marketing scheme

OPEC forecast on Monday more demand for its crude in 2016 as cheap oil hits rivals.

NASCAR's Steve O'Donnell addresses complaints that oil was on the track Sunday and what's next with the matter.

Japan's foreign minister said on a visit to Tehran on Monday he hoped Iran's nuclear deal with world powers would be swiftly implemented because his country wants to benefit from it.

When you plonk down your $12 at the local multiplex, the expectation is that for the next couple of hours you are not only going to be taken to another world, you are going to be part of an event that can't be duplicated at home. In theory, anyway. However, with the rise of digital prints and in some cases, even Blu-rays, being shown instead of traditional film prints, Christopher Nolan warns that the cinema experience is being devalued to a possible point of no return.  Speaking at BFI London Film Festival’s LFF Connects talk... Читать дальше...

Some 400 people rallied to change the Mississippi flag Sunday, calling on the state to remove the Confederate battle emblem that's prominently displayed in the upper left corner. One prominent South Carolina lawmaker attending the event outside the Mississippi Capitol said the state's continued use of the Confederate image has hurt the local economy, reported the Associated Press.

Japan's government is planning to reduce its share of spending on U.S. military facilities and personnel based on its soil. The announcement follows the parliament's recent vote to let its troops fight in overseas conflicts for the first time since World War II.

These pictures of the 70-stone bear were taken by photographer Paul Souders.

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In “October Surprises,” Amy Davidson writes about the first Democratic Presidential debate of the 2016 election cycle, and about a 2007 debate in Philadelphia that was the turning point in Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign.

JPMorgan won the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former vice president who claimed the bank ignored red flags about a client's potential fraud.

Federal inmates with cravings for bacon wrapped tenderloin must now fork over their own money for crispy pork rinds or dried jerky from the commissary, following a recent decision by the Obama administration to remove all pork meats from the national prison menu.

ANDERSON, Indiana - Health officials in a central Indiana county say they're discouraged by low participation in a needle-exchange program aimed at slowing the spread of hepatitis C among intravenous drug users.

Less than a quarter of institutional investors think gender diversity in the boardroom is important, according to a new survey.

But they do have fleas.

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If you’re watching a YouTube video today, chances are you’re not in the United States. More than 80 percent of YouTube’s billions of views each day come from fans in countries outside the U.S., and the videos and creators they’re watching are just as global.

We want to make sure the videos you see when you fire up YouTube are relevant to you, wherever you’re watching. That’s why we’re launching even more local country versions of YouTube, connecting fans with creators in their home countries... Читать дальше...

If you’re watching a YouTube video today, chances are you’re not in the United States. More than 80 percent of YouTube’s billions of views each day come from fans in countries outside the U.S., and the videos and creators they’re watching are just as global.

We want to make sure the videos you see when you fire up YouTube are relevant to you, wherever you’re watching. That’s why we’re launching even more local country versions of YouTube, connecting fans with creators in their home countries... Читать дальше...

But they do have fleas! Researchers at Boise State University are trying to figure out how burrowing owls manage to host the plague-carrying fleas but don't get infected.

Police investigating an alleged attempted robbery which led to a man suffering serious head injuries have renewed their appeal for information.