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In an age of blockbuster bestsellers and cutthroat competition in a shrinking industry, Sonny Mehta was an almost ideal editor and publishing executive.

The new government under PM Boris Johnson said that the increase in wage rate by more than four times the inflation rate will benefit almost three million people.

At least 33 foreign nationals were detained in the capital Ankara in a joint operation by anti-terrorism police and the national intelligence agency.

The US military carried out the strikes on Sunday against the Kataib Hezbollah militia group in response to the killing of a US civilian contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base, officials said.

The majority of the killings involved people who knew each other including family disputes, drug or gang violence or people with beefs that directed their anger at co-workers or relatives.

A small town in Kentucky serves as a case study for what may happen elsewhere as Amazon continues to expand.

Somali foreign minister said two Turkish nationals were also killed in the explosion at a bustling checkpoint, which is also a tax collection point for the government.

The prominent Uighur academician has been identified as Tashpolat Tiyip, who is one of the many Uighur intellectuals to have disappeared from the public eye.

A preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect was drinking heavily at a family party and allegedly started arguing and fighting with other guests, police said.

Teresa Xu said she was prompted to take legal action after a top hospital in Beijing declined to freeze her eggs last year, and instead told her to "get married, and have a child soon". "T

The novel entitled 'The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel', by Israeli writer Uri Bar-Joseph, portrays Ashraf Marwan, the son-in-law of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, as a spy for the Jewish state.

Boeing sent the documents 'late in the evening' Monday just hours after ousting Dennis Muilenburg as chief executive, according to the aide with the US House Transportation Committee, which is leading the probe into the MAX.

Bloomberg called the report 'fundamentally accurate' and said his campaign had already ended its relationship with the company involved.

The bus careered into a 150-metre (500-foot) ravine in South Sumatra province just before midnight (1600 GMT) on Monday and ended up in a river, according to police.

A total of six people have died in bushfires that have destroyed more than 3.7 million hectares (9.1 million acres) across five states since they first erupted in spring in an early and ominous start to the bushfire season.

Tehran city was cloaked by thick toxic smog for a third successive day on Monday that blanketed out landmarks like Milad Tower and the snow-capped Alborz mountains.