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U.S. coffee chain Starbucks has announced it will take full control of its mainland China outlets in a $1.3 billion deal, the largest single acquisition in the company's history.

It will buy the remaining 50 percent of its East China joint venture from Taiwan's food and beverage giant Uni-President, according to a company statement issued on July 27.

London, Paris and Auckland are the top three most lustful cities in the world for women, a new study shows.

Adult entertainment app Lazeeva conducted a survey of more than 450,000 people, with participants aged between 18 and 70.

Legendary US rock band Foo Fighters will play an invitation-only event at Herod Atticus Theater in Athens in July after receiving the green light from the Central Archaeological Council (KAS).

Chris Cornell – the lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave – has died aged 52, according to his representative.

In a statement issued to The Associated Press, Brian Bumbery said Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit.

A portion of a storage tunnel that contains rail cars full of radioactive waste collapsed Tuesday morning, forcing an emergency declaration at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeastern Washington state.
Officials detected no release of radiation and no workers were injured, said Randy Bradbury, a spokesman for the Washington state Department of Ecology.

Not all actors had that ‘Hollywood’ life style from the get go. Some had the tough job of being in military service. These ten actors are household names, they’ve gone on to great things, and they all have one thing in common – they are veterans. Some of them made use of military education benefits to further their careers.

The Turkish-origin gunman of the last year's deadly shooting at a shopping mall in Burlington, Washington, has been found dead in his cell in the Skagit County jail, the prosecuting attorney has said.

Arcan Çetin, 20, hung himself in his cell, according to a Skagit regional prosecutor, Doğan News Agency reported.

Surveillance video shows a gas pump burst into a ball of flames after being hit by an SUV on Monday night in North Seattle.
That crash ended a series of incidents into which another driver was seriously injured.
Police say the SUV driver is the employee of a ride-share service.

U.S. President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning U.S. entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries came under intense scrutiny on Feb. 7 from a federal appeals court that questioned whether the ban unfairly targeted people over their religion.