Putin marks 1,000 days to World Cup without Valcke
Russian officials insisted Friday that the suspension of FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke will not affect the 2018 World Cup, as President Vladimir Putin marked 1,000 days until the tournament.
Russian officials insisted Friday that the suspension of FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke will not affect the 2018 World Cup, as President Vladimir Putin marked 1,000 days until the tournament.
Notre Dame wide receiver Will Fuller finds it hard to believe the eighth-ranked Fighting Irish are underdogs at home against No. 14 Georgia Tech.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Insurgents detonated at least five car bombs and fired 370 rockets at two Shi'ite villages in northwestern Syria on Friday, a monitor said, in a new assault on besieged government-held areas.
Mesut Ozil will receive a 'serious' offer from Fenerbahce for his services, according to the player's agent.
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's ruling party and its key ally signalled their support on Friday for Prime Minister Victor Ponta, who faces trial after being charged with money-laundering and forgery, ahead of a party meeting next week.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A brazen Taliban attack on a Pakistani military base on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar killed 29 people on Friday, including 16 worshippers who were gunned down when the militants stormed a mosque inside the compound during prayers. The army said the militants came […]
LONDON (Reuters) - England get the Rugby World Cup underway on Friday with a potentially bruising encounter against Fiji, the hosts just one of a handful of teams with a realistic chance of winning the Webb Ellis Cup, currently held by favourites New Zealand.
Earlier we brought you news that Drake and Future's collab mixtape was officially confirmed, and now we know when to expect it.
ATHENS (Reuters) - Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday brushed off opinion polls suggesting his leftist Syriza party might lose to its conservative rival in Greece's election, saying he had a large group of supporters not reflected by pollsters.
ATHENS (Reuters) - Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday brushed off opinion polls suggesting his leftist Syriza party might lose to its conservative rival in Greece's election, saying he had a large group of supporters not reflected by pollsters.
A Conservative councillor in North Yorkshire has apologised after she was recorded telling a colleague: "Just imagine him with no clothes on".
BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Association football and rugby union would seem unlikely bedfellows but the two codes enter into a cosy relationship over the next six weeks as England host the Rugby World Cup -- on many of football’s hallowed grounds.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called Friday for a binding agreement to share out migrants between EU countries to stop what he dubbed “asylum shopping”. EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has urged members states to take 160,000 refugees from border countries Greece, Hungary and Italy, grappling with Europe’s worst migration crisis since World War […]
LONDON/BANGKOK (Reuters) - Britain's second-largest steelmaker, SSI UK, said on Friday it was halting operations at its Redcar plant in northeast England, calling into question the future of its business and putting 2,000 jobs at risk.
Ruru Madrid is as wholesome as they come in real life but there are times you love to hate him, particularly on “The Half Sisters” where he plays “mayabang, maangas” character Joaquin Castillo. Then again, there are people who see this side of him as a breath of fresh air. “May iba na naiinis (sa […]
It seems “It’s Showtime” is fielding someone they hope would match the popularity of rival show’s current ace. Ladies and gents, meet Pastillas Girl. Real name Angelica Jane Yap, she earned notice when her instructional videos in making pastillas de leche and yema went viral. Apparently, netizens found her lessons cute, peppered with hugot lines […]
GULFPORT -- A six-time felon faces the possibility of life without parole after being found guilty of shooting, robbing and assaulting an acquaintance over prescription pills.
Читать дальше...WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian defence chiefs spoke for the first time in over a year on Friday, breaking their silence to discuss the crisis in Syria as Moscow's increasing military buildup there raised the prospect of coordination between the former Cold War foes.
TOVARNIK, Croatia/ZAGREB (Reuters) - After suddenly landing in the path of the biggest migration in Europe for decades, Croatia said on Friday it could no longer offer them refuge and would wave them onwards, challenging the EU to find a policy to receive them.
TOVARNIK, Croatia/ZAGREB (Reuters) - After suddenly landing in the path of the biggest migration in Europe for decades, Croatia said on Friday it could no longer offer them refuge and would wave them onwards, challenging the EU to find a policy to receive them.
I’ve always loved books. I was the girl whose mother gave a disapproving look to because I would rack up hefty fines for overdue books from the grade school library. From Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince (where I learned what boa constrictor meant ) to Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind (which I read […]
CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan fighter jet crashed near the Colombian border after an "illicit aircraft" likely linked to drug trafficking entered its airspace, the government said on Friday.
The high-speed train operator Thalys is going to train its employees to respond to terrorist scenarios and dangerous situations following a report that a ticket inspector panicked during the Aug. 21 attack on a train to...
Universal Health Services, one of the largest hospital operators in the U.S., said Friday it will buy addiction treatment facility company Foundations Recovery Network for $350 million.
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Leaders of a coup in Burkina Faso said on Friday they had freed the president and reopened borders, in an apparent olive branch to mediators and protesters who rallied in the capital and other cities against the putsch.