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Heavy are smokers from Canadian wildfires is little by little shifting across Minnesota. The shifting smoke plume has also led to air quality advisories in Washington state, North and South Dakota, Colorado and Wisconsin. The quality gradually improved by midevening.

Taxi unions argue that Uber represents unfair competition because its drivers do not face the same license fees and other taxes, allowing them to charge much less for rides.

Seifeddine Rezgui, the Tunisian gunman who slew 38 people, mostly tourists, in Sousse, is believed to have received training from Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia in Libya, which is in the grips of a fractious civil war.

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will lead the Pakistan delegation to the Meeting of the Heads of States Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( SCO) in Ufa, Russia, on July 9-10, officials said Monday. On the other hand, the BRICS summit, world’s one of the...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The trial of suspected militants accused of killing hundreds of Iraqi soldiers during last year’s Islamic State group blitz began on Wednesday in Baghdad.

Shares will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the biggest of the company’s platforms, and NYSE MKT, the third-largest, after 3 p.m. New York time, according to a notice on its website.

This was homecoming day for soccer’s world champions, but amid the celebration after the stirring win over Japan, and the record television ratings, some wonder if the women are getting short-changed.

He said in a statement: “Irrational sell-offs have increased greatly and that has led to a liquidity tension in the stock market”.

(USA Today) US stocks tumbled Wednesday as investors were confronted with a major sell-off in Asian markets, uncertainty over the future of Greece and the eurozone and the upcoming release of minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting. “There’s no sign of panic...

Boko Haram may be responding to an Islamic State group order to commit more mayhem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Valls told lawmakers that Greece’s request for European Stability Mechanism funds on Wednesday was “balanced and positive”.

The team has faced mounting pressure in recent years to ditch its name altogether, which is considered a slur against Native Americans.

Four countries supporting peace talks between the Colombian government and FARC rebels called Tuesday for an “urgent de-escalation” of armed conflict, as 1,200 terrified indigenous people fled more heavy fighting.

In particular, it called on “the parties concerned to cooperate fully with the preliminary examination of the worldwide Criminal Court and with any subsequent investigation that may be opened”.

Agnieszka Radwanska continued her love affair with Wimbledon by defeating WTA Rising Star Madison Keys to return to the semifinals for the third time in four years.