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Budapest (AFP) - After decades spent playing simultaneous chess, an 87-year-old Hungarian pensioner clinched a world record Sunday, by finally overtaking a total set by 1920s Cuban grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca.

We must be more intolerant of intolerance - rejecting anyone whose views condone Islamist extremism, writes the PM exclusively for The Telegraph

Turkish police use water cannons, tear gas to clear gay pride rally

(AP) — Kansas' budget woes are leading to cuts to a program designed to boost the number of high school students taking technical education courses and earning industry credentials. The initiative provides incentives for each high school student who graduated with an industry-recognized credential in high-need occupations, such as welders, nursing assistants and computer support specialists. The legislation also called for the state to help pay tuition and transportation costs for high school students... Читать дальше...

Greek banks will remain closed on Monday, a bank official said Sunday, after a meeting between the finance minister, the Bank of Greece governor and the heads of Greece’s top four lenders.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police used water cannons and tear gas against gay pride marchers trying to rally in Istanbul's central square on Sunday, forcing the thousands of demonstrators to gather several blocks away. An Associated Press reporter at the scene occasionally smelled tear gas, but there didn't appear any further attempt by police to interfere with the protest.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — One man is dead and another injured after they were pulled from a lagoon in a Milwaukee park.

The Bank of Greece has recommended that banks remain closed after the European Central Bank didn't increase the amount of emergency liquidity.

Smith went running after the dog, but by the time he arrived a yearling bear had Monkey in its jaws. Smith keeps a harness on the aging pit bull to lift him on and off his fishing boat. Smith started throwing rocks at the bear to get him to leave the dog alone. [...] I picked up a bigger rock with two hands, took a few running steps and threw it over my head at the bear. The vet worried about internal injuries, but only found a partially collapsed lung, so the dog was relatively easy to treat. Читать дальше...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say two men have been slain as the city continues to experience an increase in violent crime. Violent crime has increased in Baltimore since April, when the death of Freddie Gray in police custody led to unrest among city residents.

Listed investment company BKI has declared itself a recent 'buyer' of shares in the troubled retailer Woolworths despite concerns the new chief executive could "rebase" earnings following the company's loss of direction.

The government on Sunday described as misleading reports that 27 diplomats working with Indian missions were under the scanner for various charges, including that of corruption.

CHISINAU, Moldova - Near-final results gave the pro-European candidate a comfortable lead in the runoff for mayor of Chisinau on Sunday, in an election seen as a test of whether the former Soviet republic moves closer to the European Union or to neighboring Russia.

Read our Top Gear live blog as Jeremy Clarkson (and his elephant), Richard Hammond and James May bade farewell to the motoring show

The second inmate who escaped from a maximum-security prison was shot and captured by police on Sunday, putting an incredibly dangerous criminal back in police custody.

Rowe Sanctuary Director Bill Taddicken said the newly acquired 590 acres gives the facility about 4½ miles of contiguous riverfront and adjacent land. The money came from a combination of sources, including government grants and private foundations and donors. The plan for the new land is still evolving, but Taddicken said the sanctuary will continue leasing 80 acres of irrigated cropland, 20 dryland acres and a meadow for grazing to neighbors.

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Near-final results gave the pro-European candidate a comfortable lead in the runoff for mayor of Chisinau on Sunday, in an election seen as a test of whether the former Soviet republic moves closer to the European Union or to neighboring Russia. With 95.78 percent of the votes counted, incumbent Dorin Chirtoaca, had 52.43 percent of the vote with his pro-Russian challenger Zinaida Greceanai trailing with 47.57 percent. Last year, it signed an association agreement with the 28-nation EU... Читать дальше...

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CONSTABLE, N.Y., June 28 (UPI) -- Police on Sunday shot and captured the second prison escapee who had been on the run for three weeks -- ending a massive manhunt that covered upstate New York.

Doug G. Ware
CONSTABLE, N.Y., June 28 (UPI) -- Police on Sunday shot and captured the second prison escapee who had been on the run for three weeks -- ending a massive manhunt that covered upstate New York.

NEW YORK - Lucas Duda drove in the winning run on the Cincinnati Reds' second bungled infield chance in the 13th inning, finally lifting the New York Mets to a 2-1 victory Sunday in the completion of a game suspended by rain a day earlier.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The Spanish football league is challenging FIFA's to switch the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to November-December.

As Greece’s financial crisis worsens and the possibility of a Tuesday default on its international debt grows greater, Greece’s banks will remain closed Monday, according to media reports citing the chief executive of the Bank of Piraeus.

As Greece’s financial crisis worsens and the possibility of a Tuesday default on its international debt grows greater, Greece’s banks will remain closed Monday, according to media reports citing the chief executive of the Bank of Piraeus.

It looks like Greece's stock market is going to be closed for a week.