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The level of bogus claims is enormous and the government is complicit, the bank’s chairman says.
BBC News – Business

President Rouhani says Gulf States, backed by the US, enabled the deadly gun attack that killed 25.
BBC News – Middle East

Thousands of patients struggling with the collapse of the health system will receive free treatment.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Initial projections suggest Swiss voters have rejected two proposals on ethical and sustainable food.
BBC News – Europe

The Labour leader says he will be “bound” by party members, as many take part in anti-Brexit protest.
BBC News – UK

Christine Blasey Ford agrees to appear at a Senate panel over the Supreme Court nominee allegations.
BBC News – US & Canada

Shipping firm Massoel says pirates boarded a cargo ship and kidnapped 12 people in the Niger Delta.
BBC News – Africa

Week Four of the 2018 NCAA Football season saw UCF’s unbeaten run continue in a Friday night game against neighbors Florida Atlantic. Who would have thought that an AAC v C-USA game would get be prime time […]

It was Mark Canha who delivered a pinch-hit, two-run homer that tied the game in the sixth, and Khris Davis who ended it with his second homer of the night and Major League-leading 45th of the season, a walk-off […]

Some 200,000 workers missed out on being paid at least the minimum wage rate in the past year.
BBC News – Business

Several people are killed in a gun attack during an Iranian military parade, state media says.
BBC News – Middle East

The US says Assad Ahmad Barakat has laundered money for the Lebanese militant group in South America.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Beijing is being penalised for buying Russian combat jets and surface-to-air missiles.
BBC News – Europe

The European Council president said it was in fact Theresa May who was “uncompromising” over her plan.
BBC News – UK

Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyer accuses senators of “arbitrary” deadlines over the Kavanaugh hearing.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 136 people have died after the overcrowded vessel overturned on Lake Victoria on Thursday.
BBC News – Africa

Right-hander Liam Hendriks will make his seventh start of the month tonight, acting as an opener for the first of a three-game series with the Twins at the Coliseum. Hendriks, who will likely be limited to one […]

On the 26th of August, Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert released “New Patek”.

He had previously teased the song on Instagram back in June, backed by some very questionable dancing. As happy as his fans are that […]