Country Garden gets 'near-term reprieve' after bondholders agree to extend debt payment

Investors in embattled Chinese property giant Country Garden are breathing a collective sigh of relief Monday, after it reportedly won approval from creditors to extend a major bond payment to avoid default, in a development that analysts say will give the firm some badly needed respite.
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Roads out of Burning Man may reopen Monday for the tens of thousands of people still trapped there after rain deluged the area with mud

Roads out of the Burning Man festival may reopen Monday for the tens of thousands of people trapped for a third day in the Nevada desert after heavy rains covered the grounds with ankle-deep mud too thick to drive on and forced organizers to impose shelter-in-place orders.
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Here's what happens when a parking garage becomes a delivery room

A baby who couldn't wait to see the world was born in a Maryland hospital's parking garage-- with help from a doctor who arrived to work at the perfect time. Elsa Antunez rushed to the Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center to give birth for the first time.
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Made in Ukraine: Kyiv's burgeoning weapons industry is enabling it to project power far beyond the front lines

In the early hours of August 29th, swarms of Ukrainian drones flew across seven Russian regions. Many were intercepted; some were not.
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Gabon coup shows how France's influence on its former territories is disintegrating

When President Leon Mba of Gabon was toppled by the military in 1964, then-French President Charles de Gaulle sprang into action and immediately sent French troops to restore Mba to power.
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UBS targets cost cuts of $10 billion as it absorbs Credit Suisse

UBS said Thursday that it expected to generate $10 billion in savings from a sweeping overhaul of the new global banking giant created by its emergency rescue of stricken rival Credit Suisse earlier this year.
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Hurricane Idalia expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm

Idalia is forecast to become an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane as it bears down on Florida's west coast. Follow here for live updates.
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