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Standard Chartered posted a smallerthanexpected 40% slide in thirdquarter profit as it lowered loan loss expectations linked to the coronavirus pandemic, but warned it would take longer to hit a key profitability target.

European shares opened higher Thursday after Asian shares logged moderate losses following a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by surging coronavirus counts and fresh pandemic shutdown measures.

Hindi crime fiction novelist Surendra Mohan Pathak has threatened legal action against the makers of Amazon Prime Video series Mirzapur 2 for allegedly misrepresenting his novel Dhabba as sheer porno.

One person has been killed and several others injured after a knife attack near a church in the southern French city of Nice, French media said on Thursday.

Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday announced it will increase its thirdquarter dividend by 4% after reporting strongthanexpected profits in the quarter.

The European Central Bank is expected to resist pressure to unveil fresh stimulus measures on Thursday but it is likely to pave the way for action in December as fresh curbs to contain the coronavirus pandemic fuel fears over a new recession.

Oil prices fell on Thursday, extending a 5% slump in the previous session, as governments' renewed restrictions to curb a second wave of coronavirus infections and signs of a growing global oil supply glut send prices tumbling.

A Chinese spacecraft is expected to land on Mars in May, staterun media reported on Thursday, citing a space agency official.

Samantha Akkineni was the special host on 'Bigg Boss Telugu 4' during the recent weekend episode. Here's how she recalled her experience of shooting for the reality show.

The British government will do everything it can to avoid putting the country into a second national lockdown and believes it can control the virus with tough local measures, housing minister Robert Jenrick said on Thursday.

Kareena Kapoor Khan who is expecting her second-child is doling out maternity fashion goals.

The Bank of Japan on Thursday trimmed its economic and price forecasts for the current fiscal year but offered a more upbeat view on the recovery outlook, signalling that it has delivered enough stimulus for the time being.

Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan said on Wednesday that his wife Pinkie Roshan, who was diagnosed with Covid-19 earlier, has tested negative.

Argentina's COVID19 fatalities rose above 30,000 on Wednesday, another grim milestone for a country once considered a role model in Latin America for countering the pandemic, but which is now battling one of the world's highest daily death tolls.

The facelifted version of the Honda CR-V has been priced at Rs 29.49 lakh (ex-showroom), which is Rs 1.23 lakh higher from its standard version and gets number of new features.

The European Union will arm itself with potential punitive tariffs against the United States and other rivals if they take advantage of World Trade Organization paralysis and refuse to settle trade disputes.