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  • AFP

    Image of eastern China bridge falsely shared as 'Mumbai highway' in pro-BJP posts

    Social media users have repeatedly shared a photo of a bridge in China's eastern Shandong province, falsely claiming it showed a highway in the Indian megacity Mumbai built by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The posts surfaced as India held its marathon general election that the BJP is widely projected to win.

  • Reuters

    FOREX-US dollar steady, Aussie slides after RBA

    The U.S. dollar was broadly steady on Tuesday while the yen trimmed earlier losses as Japanese officials issued fresh warnings following two rounds of suspected dollar-selling intervention last week. The Australian dollar fell from a near two-month high against its U.S. counterpart after the Reserve Bank of Australia refrained from ramping up hawkish signals, as some traders had anticipated. The U.S. dollar index - which measures the currency against six major peers, including the yen, sterling and euro - was up less than 0.1% at 105.23, after dipping as low as 104.52 on Friday.

  • NBC Sports Chicago

    Justin Steele ‘felt really good' being back on mound at Wrigley Field

    On Monday, Justin Steele pitched 4.2 innings in his first game back from injury. After the game, Steele and Craig Counsell talked about his outingJustin Steele ‘felt really good' being back on mound at Wrigley Field originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago