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Stuart Lancaster has moved into a new stage of his World Cup preparation: the agonising process of squad selection is behind him and the crossing of this boundary will bring him some relief. The decisions on the question-mark players – Sam Burgess, Henry Slade, Danny Cipriani, Kieran Brookes and Alex Corbisiero, George Kruis and Dave Attwood – were difficult ones for the coach and he’ll be pleased to be moving on.

Es gab und gibt sie deutschlandweit: Anschläge auf Flüchtlingsheime. Aber im Osten sind sie weitaus häufiger, vor allem in Sachsen. Die Politik hat im Kampf gegen Rechtsextremismus in Sachsen versagt, findet Christian Wolff, früherer Pfarrer der Leipziger Thomaskirche.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military confirmed on Friday that a British hacker who was one of the Islamic State movement's top computer experts and active in encouraging people abroad to carry out "lone wolf" attacks was killed in Syria by a U.S. air strike.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military confirmed on Friday that a British hacker who was one of the Islamic State movement's top computer experts and active in encouraging people abroad to carry out "lone wolf" attacks was killed in Syria by a U.S. air strike.

If Hull Kingston Rovers defy the odds to win the Challenge Cup ton Saturday, it will be a triumph carved out of potential chaos.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday said he will visit China and Vietnam to sign economic and financing deals, as the OPEC nation struggles to make ends meet at a time of low oil prices.

The Coast Guard's newest Cutter finally docked in Charleston on Friday. The new patrol ship, the Cutter Joshua James, will make its home in the Lowcountry.

“How was my vibrato?” Danny Jones would ask his wife Lizzie, wearing a smile as wide as Yorkshire. She is a classically-trained singer and he, with his usual vast energy for life, became a huge enthusiast, always in the audience for her shows – at Halifax’s Victoria Theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse and beyond. “He just wanted me to sing everywhere we went,” she relates. “Everywhere! Really inappropriate places.” Elvis Presley’s ‘Suspicious Minds’ was his favourite number. “He liked to sing as well. Читать дальше...

“How was my vibrato?” Danny Jones would ask his wife Lizzie, wearing a smile as wide as Yorkshire. She is a classically-trained singer and he, with his usual vast energy for life, became a huge enthusiast, always in the audience for her shows – at Halifax’s Victoria Theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse and beyond. “He just wanted me to sing everywhere we went,” she relates. “Everywhere! Really inappropriate places.” Elvis Presley’s ‘Suspicious Minds’ was his favourite number. “He liked to sing as well. Читать дальше...

Penn State students who live off campus might be finding some challenges as school starts that trace back to Harrisburg.

It was one of the better days for Roberto Martinez, a protest by fans at the stewardship of Everton chairman Bill Kenwright having been eclipsed by a convincing 3-0 win at Southampton. Nevertheless, the Everton manager still found himself having to defend Kenwright, with whom he has a close bond, and again attempt to dampen speculation as to the future of defender John Stones.

Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller filed a defamation suit against several Centre County officials and defense attorneys who have factored prominently in the ongoing saga that started in…

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is "horrified and heartbroken as refugees and migrants are losing their lives in the Mediterranean, Europe and beyond." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

To the casual visitor, Lebanon may seem like a tiny slice of Mediterranean modernity and coexistence in a turbulent region plagued by violence and extremism.

On Crystal Palace’s training pitch, between the mannequins, goals and cones, two men are knocking a ball about. There are smiles and laughter. Then they reluctantly leave the ball alone and return to their work: one climbs aboard a bulldozer, the other heads for a digger.

Jose Mourinho has been coaching his Chelsea side to play with 10 men this week, after having had a man sent off in two of their three Premier League games so far.

Is Kevin De Bruyne brilliant or brittle? Having failed once in England, does he warrant the second biggest transfer fee in English history to bring him back? Is he closer to Eden Hazard or Thorgan Hazard?

Sitting in what will become the home dugout, Dmitri Payet is wearing a gentle smile and looking out over the sweeping bowl of empty seats of the Olympic Stadium, his view only partially encumbered by a small troupe of cheerleaders and the training Barbarians launching kicks over the rugby posts.

Asked what had become of financial fair play, Arsène Wenger’s reply was short and to the point: “It has become gone.”

(Reuters Health) - Workplaces that encourage healthy lifestyle practices are tied to fewer obese employees among millennials, according to a new study.

(Reuters Health) - Workplaces that encourage healthy lifestyle practices are tied to fewer obese employees among millennials, according to a new study.

The Berkeley County deputy ambushed at a Moncks Corner gas station and shot in the head three months ago for the first time spoke about the ordeal since that night.

LONDON (Reuters) - Everton have signed Uruguayan striker Leandro Rodriguez on a four-year deal from River Plate Montevideo for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League club announced on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho reaches two more milestones at the club in Saturday's Premier League game at home to London rivals Crystal Palace.

A child welfare official in northern Mexico took at least nine babies from poor or drug-addicted mothers and offered them to adoptive parents in exchange for payments ranging from $5,000 to $9,000, authorities said Friday.