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Violence broke out in parts of Haryana during a procession by hardline Hindu nationalist groups.

The pardon, part of a seasonal amnesty by the military junta, will reduce her 33-year jail sentence by six years.

There is devastation after a vehicle with five people on board crashes on the way to a school dance.

Global shares are trading mixed as market optimism set off by a Wall Street rally got balanced by lingering worries about regional growth

Russia says Ukraine has launched a series of drone strikes on its territory, including on Moscow.

(Reuters) -Officials in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, said on Tuesday that drones hit populated areas of the city and one

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc raised £216 million ($277 million) by selling new shares as the British

BP Plc raised its dividend by 10% and said it would buy back another $1.5 billion of shares,

A key gauge of borrowing costs in Saudi Arabia has risen to a record, potentially hitting businesses and

A man who spent $22,000 transforming himself into a collie has hit back at online trolls who have called his desire to be a dog a “fetish”. The Japanese man named Toco has had a lifelong dream to become a collie and has dropped several thousand dollars in order to do so. But, since taking his first public “walk” in his newly transformed state, haters online have told him he needs “therapy”. Clips of Toco walking around as a dog went viral as he did tricks like rolling over, playing fetch and other dog-like actions. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter On Twitter, someone wrote: A Japanese man spent over $20K for this border collie costume. You cannot convince me this isn’t some weird sex thing.” But, Toco has hit back at online haters, arguing that it is simply his hobby and there is nothing nefarious about it. Dogs and people's reactions to seeing a realistic dog costume! www.youtube.com Toco explained: “I’m just sad that people can think that. I love animals and enjoy play-acting like a collie.” He continued: “This is my hobby, so I will carry on. It makes me happy and other people happy, too.” Toco revealed that he has been dreaming of transforming into a dog since he was a child. He said: “Do you remember your dreams from when you are little? You want to be a hero or a wizard.” Toco continued: “I remember writing in my grade school graduation book that I wanted to be a dog and walk outside.” In order to achieve his dream, he spent 2 million yen on a hyper-realistic collie costume made by the company Zeppet, which usually takes commissions from TV and film studios. The final costume took 40 days to make and involved multiple revisions to get perfect. However, Toco does understand that some people will find his hobby strange. In one video, he said: “I haven’t told anyone about my transformation into a dog,” adding, “I am still afraid that my friends will find my hobby bizarre.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

A massive, out-of-control fire burning across both California and Nevada is generating extreme fire behavior, spawning "fire whirls" and creating dangerous conditions for firefighters, authorities said.

Toyota Motor Corp.’s quarterly profit exceeded estimates as improvements in supplies of semicondcutors and a cheap yen helped