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The Shanghai Composite Index plummeted over 3 percent in afternoon trade, as profit-taking by traders wiped off early gains.

Analysts say the situation is "getting dangerous" as China adopts an increasingly assertive stance in the region.

This was Syrian President Bashar Assad's first foreign visit since 2011, when civil war broke out in the country.

Transport authorities in Bangalore are considering local rules that will regulate the dynamic pricing followed by ride-hailing service providers such as Uber and local competitor Ola Cabs, according to a report.

The Swiss lender announced Wednesday it would raise $6.3 billion in fresh capital, after reporting a sharper-than-expected drop in third-quarter profits.

Consolidated revenue rose over 11 percent in the second quarter on higher demand for its research services unit, the company said, in a statement Tuesday.

Japan's annual export growth slowed sharply in September as shipments to China, its second-biggest market after the U.S., declined.

The deal is aimed at preventing clashes between Russian and American aerial forces, and does not constitute U.S. support for Russia's actions in Syria, the Pentagon said.

In a TV appearance Tuesday evening, the Republican said his 2000 book, "The America We Deserve," warned of terrorist threats, including from Osama bin Laden.

The move would make good on a pledge that Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau made during his election campaign, but the country would keep military trainers in place.

Adding banking services would be a "great idea" for reinvigorating a U.S. agency that faces budgetary challenges, the Democratic presidential candidate said.

Elite money managers took a hit in the summer, with overall assets under hedge fund management falling nearly $100 billion globally.

The next chapter in the "Star Wars" saga, planned for a December release, has already annihilated previous advance-sales records, U.S. movie ticket retailers say.

Men's earnings are increasing twice as fast as women's, U.S. Labor Department data show.

The French bank will pay $787 million to settle charges that it did business with Sudan, Iran and other sanctioned regimes between 2003 and 2008.

Spotify yanked Victory Records' entire catalog from its service after a report said Spotify hadn't paid "mechanical" publishing royalties for 53 million streams of the label's music.

The site's newsroom has gone from 74 percent white to less than 68 percent white this year, rivaling the Washington Post.

Shigella can cause diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps, and poses greater risks to those with weaker immune systems.

A widening internal rift could create space for militants affiliated with the Islamic State group to make further gains in Afghanistan.

A referendum is scheduled for Sunday to change the African country's constitution to let the president run for a third term.

Shares in Canada's cannabis companies soared upon the election of Justin Trudeau as the country's next prime minister.