BELFAST (Reuters) - Two Northern Irish police officers were wounded overnight when Protestant youths pelted them with petrol bombs and other missiles during a second night of clashes prompted by sectarian tensions over a traditional parade.
The Ashes is now in full swing with the first of the five Test series between England and Australia done and dusted and attention turning to the second.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced a rising wave of hostility from members of his own party Wednesday ahead of a parliament vote on an austerity bill that condemns the country to years of spending cuts but is required to...
Using street-corner ‘snatch and grabs’ and wink-and-nod admission forms, some colleges deliberately ignore the fact that recruits never finished high school.
Читать дальше...NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comedian Amy Schumer makes her big screen debut as first-time feature-film screenwriter as well as leading lady in "Trainwreck", a comedy about love, family and sport.
ADEN (Reuters) - Saudi-backed Yemeni militiamen captured Aden's main port and a neighbouring district on Wednesday, a big prize in their battle to drive Houthi forces from the southern city, residents and fighters said.
Most of us would like to visit a national park, possibly in the vast open plains of Africa. Loads of shutter-happy tourists flock there in their thousands, just in the hopes of catching a wild predator hunting its prey. Many of them miss out on some nail-biting moments just because they were at the wrong […]
Читать дальше...LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could lose new defence orders if it doesn't support companies more by anchoring government-to-government deals and offering broader trade agreements, the industry body ADS warned.
Almost one year after announcing plans to open a location on Johns Island, Tattooed Moose is still breaking ground.
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Five years after the United States required oil, gas and mining companies to disclose how much they pay governments, U.S. reporting rules have yet to take effect robbing citizens in poor countries of critical data for combatting corruption, Oxfam America said on Wednesday.
(Reuters) - A solar-powered plane halfway through an attempt to circle the globe will be grounded in Hawaii for at least nine months because of battery damage sustained during its record 118-hour flight to Oahu from Japan, the project team said on Wednesday.
Arsene Wenger has named his squad for Arsenal's first match of pre-season, against a Singapore Select XI this afternoon at the Singapore National Stadium in the Barclays Asia Trophy.
Manchester United new boy Memphis Depay has been named the best young footballer in the world by a French magazine.
Greek civil servants walk off their jobs and take to the streets, calling the new bailout "barbaric." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Greek civil servants walk off their jobs and take to the streets, calling the new bailout "barbaric." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Greek civil servants walk off their jobs and take to the streets, calling the new bailout "barbaric." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Greek civil servants walk off their jobs and take to the streets, calling the new bailout "barbaric." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Greek civil servants walk off their jobs and take to the streets, calling the new bailout "barbaric." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Arsena play in their first match of pre-season today, when they face a Singapore Select XI as part of the Barclays Asia Trophy friendly tournament at the Singapore National Stadium.
The comedian Michael McIntyre may just have become the unwitting subject of a privacy row after the Metropolitan Police appeared to tweet a photo of him in the street.
The comedian Michael McIntyre may just have become the unwitting subject of a privacy row after the police appeared to tweet a photo of him in the street.
The comedian Michael McIntyre may just have become the unwitting focal point of a privacy row after the Metropolitan Police appeared to tweet a photo of him in the street.
Harper Lee's long lost book Go Set a Watchman has sold more than 105,000 copies in the UK on its first day of release.
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Wednesday reported some of the strongest attacks by pro-Russian rebels since the signing of a peace deal in February, with eight government soldiers killed in the past 24 hours.
LONDON (Reuters) - British Gas, Britain's largest energy supplier, will reduce household gas prices by an average 5 percent from Aug. 27, it said on Wednesday, taking advantage of a fall in wholesale costs to cut tariffs sooner than its biggest rivals.