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In many parts of the world – depending on the period and place – buying a house or flat has the reputation of being a one-way ticket to wealth. Buy, hold, and be rich.

That’s worked for some generations, in some countries – including in much of Asia. But residential real estate’s reputation in many parts of the world as the ultimate wealth creator is often just wrong. In many markets, stocks do a lot better.

There are plenty of good reasons to own residential real estate. Читать дальше...

New Zealand's Mahe Drysdale retains his Olympic title by the tightest of margins as he finishes in the same time as Croat Damir Martin in the men's single sculls.

Ask Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri about his party's presidential nominee and you'll likely get a polite but weary response.

Mississippi hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd rolled out the sequel to January 2015's SremmLife with the ear-grabbing set SremmLife 2,...

Karen Butler
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Sony Pictures Classics says it will release the star-studded "Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer."

SEATTLE — He’s notched more first ascents than any other American mountaineer, wrote the definitive guidebooks to a major North American mountain range, and at age 93, Fred Beckey is still plotting routes — though more slowly and buoyed by a cadre of fiercely protective partners. For years, stories have floated around about the man

SEATTLE (AP) — He's notched more first ascents than any other American mountaineer, wrote the definitive guidebooks to a major North American mountain range, and at age 93, Fred Beckey is still plotting routes — though more slowly and buoyed by a cadre of fiercely protective partners. For years, stories have floated around about the man known as much for his eccentric personality as for his singular obsession with climbing, said Alex Bertulis, 77, a retired Seattle architect who climbed with Beckey for decades. Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — He's notched more first ascents than any other American mountaineer, wrote the definitive guidebooks to a major North American mountain range, and at age 93, Fred Beckey is still plotting routes — though more slowly and buoyed by a cadre of fiercely protective partners. For years, stories have floated around about the man known as much for his eccentric personality as for his singular obsession with climbing, said Alex Bertulis, 77, a retired Seattle architect who climbed with Beckey for decades. Читать дальше...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reports that an official request has been prepared for the temporary arrest of United States-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen over his alleged involvement in the abortive coup on July 15.

Alex Butler
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- We learned two things Wednesday from Draymond Green.

The ships would connect with new high speed rail links.

Shelby County Drug Enforcement Task Force commander Lt. Clay Hammac tells Al.com (http://bit.ly/2aJyANa ) that law enforcement agents also confiscated more than 4 pounds of marijuana, multiple guns and more than $25,000 in cash during the bust on Thursday. Five people were charged with trafficking marijuana and possession of a controlled substance.

The vacationing woman was rushed to the hospital after a surprise attack by a gator.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Robert De Niro says Donald Trump is like the main character of the legendary 1976 movie “Taxi Driver,” the mentally disturbed Travis Bickle. “What he has been saying is totally crazy, ridiculous, stuff that shouldn’t be even … he is totally nuts,” De Niro said during a question and answer session at

A Bangladeshi court today extended the remand of a British national by eight days and a Canadian citizen by six days for their alleged involvement in the Dhaka cafe attack last month that killed 22 people, including an Indian girl.

Two children, reportedly aged 8 and 9. died, while the 16-year-old victim is being treated in the hospital after shooting in US Kansas City in Missouri state,, according to local media.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ask Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri about his party's presidential nominee and you'll likely get a polite but weary response.

Do it for the ‘gram.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi is recovering well from her illness and is likely to be discharged in a day or two, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment, said today.

Wall Street partied like it was 1999 on Thursday, but can that run continue?

Wall Street partied like it was 1999 on Thursday, but can that run continue?