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National Rifle Association and National Shooting Sports Foundation say Seattle gun tax violates Washington state law.

NEW YORK - Eight recipients have been awarded the 2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.

POLITICAL SKETCH: At the latest Labour leadership debate, the shadow health secretary surprises his audience with an improbable claim

BHP's profit result shows why some share market investors were buying again yesterday.

Vancouver, along with other major Canadian cities, is witnessing an entirely new trend in real estate - the development of condo-quality rental buildings, featuring units that typically fetch higher rents.

The question is whether the cuts will deliver a sustained boost or further hurt confidence in the Chinese leadership's economic credentials.

The 2½-acre Trousdale Estates property, formerly owned by comedian Danny Thomas, includes an 18,000-square-foot Moorish style house

The government reported economic growth held steady at 7 percent in the latest quarter, though private sector analysts say the real figure might be 5 percent or lower. The China Labor Bulletin, a research group in Hong Kong, says there have been 211 strikes this year in Guangdong, mostly over back wages owed to laid-off workers. The threat of job losses has forced Beijing to inject money into the economy through railway construction and other measures, setting back efforts to reduce reliance on investment. Читать дальше...

Earlier in the day, Iranian Vice President Sorena Sattari reiterated Tehran’s interest in cooperating with Russia in the space and aviation industries.

Stock jumps 17% as electronics retailer sees no impact yet from market turmoil

A Zimbabwean tourist guide was killed on Tuesday by a lion in a pride he was tracking with tourists in Hwange National Park, the home of the country's most prized lion Cecil, who was killed last month, the park said.

Shocking.

A tired Usain Bolt and an emotionally fatigued Justin Gatlin eased through the 200 metres heats.

“This may represent a more serious attempt by the Chinese Communist Party to put people to work,” Jim Cramer says.

Swales was leading six tourists on a walking safari when he spotted fresh lion spoor and decided to track a pride of lions

The account misses his birthday by 10 years.

Political parties unite in calling for an investigation of racism allegations at Stellenbosch University.

He refused to stop caring for his mother, even when she became bedridden

A competition winner is mugged for his prize snooker cue - just a day after he uses it to play in an exhibition match alongside Ronnie O'Sullivan.

The billionaire has gone from selling typewriters to build one of fastest-growing airlines

As governor, Jeb Bush guided Florida through the stormy-weather days of 2004-05. A decade later, he plans to remind the country of how he handled those hurricanes as he runs for president.

The former secretary of state has argued that no emails on her account were marked as classified at the time she received them.

POLITICO reviews dozens of documents.

Enjoy a spectacular time-lapse collection.