MELBOURNE May 9 (Reuters) - Flyhalf Beauden Barrett kicked 20 points as the Hurricanes overwhelmed the Melbourne Rebels in a Super Rugby match on Friday to keep their playoff hopes alive. Barrett, bidding for a place in the All Blacks squad for June ...
MELBOURNE May 9 (Reuters) - Flyhalf Beauden Barrett kicked 20 points as the Hurricanes overwhelmed the Melbourne Rebels in a Super Rugby match on Friday to keep their playoff hopes alive. Barrett, bidding for a place in the All Blacks squad for June ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's anti-graft agency indicted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for negligence on Thursday, a ruling that came a day after a court threw her out of office and could kill off any hopes she has of staging an electoral ...
LONDON (Reuters) - West Bromwich Albion manager Pepe Mel says the club will have to build a new team next season, but the Spanish coach is unsure whether he will be there to oversee the transition. Following his relegation-threatened side's 1-0 Premier ...
LONDON (Reuters) - There was one Chelsea player smiling after the club were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid on Wednesday - goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois who is on loan at the Spanish side. Courtois made a string of saves to ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president John Coates has called Brazil's preparations for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games "the worst" he has ever seen and critically behind schedule, but warned there was no "plan B" ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said he was still interested in extending peace talks with Israel after it suspended them over a unity pact he signed with the Hamas militant group this week. Abbas was ...
SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The Ukrainian town councillor whose apparent torture and murder helped prompt a new government offensive in the east was mobbed by a hostile, pro-Russian crowd before he disappeared, a video of the incident shows.
(Reuters) - A series of agreed or proposed drug company deals may herald a new era of acquisitions not seen since last decade as pharmaceutical companies improve their best businesses and exit weaker ones. Novartis (NOVN.VX) and GlaxoSmithKline ...
MADRID (Reuters) - Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech will miss the rest of the season after landing heavily and injuring his right arm in Tuesday's 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid in their Champions League semi-final first leg. The Czech Republic international was ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rebels slaughtered hundreds of civilians when they seized the South Sudan oil hub of Bentiu, hunting down men, women and children who had sought refuge in a hospital, mosque and Catholic church, the United Nations said ...
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan prosecutors prepared to start the trial of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi's sons and former officials on Monday in a major test for the North African state's transition to a democracy since its 2011 revolution. Security was tightened ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck off the Solomon Islands on Monday, around 90 km (55 miles) south of the city of Kira-Kira, the United States Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties or ...
... Quotes. * Deadline for Ukraine gas payment expired at midnight. * EU officials say gas storage around half-full. * Questions raised over legality of reverse flow. * Ukraine major gas transit nation for EU supplies (Updates throughout with detail, end of talks).
MIRPUR, Bangladesh, April 6 (Reuters) - Lasith Malinga found himself thrust into the Sri Lankan captaincy midway through the World Twenty20 and emerged with the trophy in his arms on Sunday after three heady weeks in Bangladesh. Having twice gone ...
SYDNEY/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday searchers were "hopeful but by no means certain" that a pulse signal reportedly detected by a Chinese ship in the Indian Ocean was related to a Malaysia Airlines ...
RABAT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Washington was evaluating whether it was worth continuing its role in Middle East peace talks, signalling his patience with the Israelis and Palestinians was running out. There was a ...
RABAT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Washington was evaluating whether it was worth continuing its role in Middle East peace talks, signalling his patience with the Israelis and Palestinians was running out. There was a ...
SANTIAGO, April 3 (Reuters) - Chilean mine Collahuasi said on Thursday its copper concentrate shipments have not been affected by earthquakes that have struck near its massive deposit and port. Though Collahuasi's Patache port had to close due to the ...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth met Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday and gave a bemused pontiff culinary delights from the royal estates, including a dozen eggs and a bottle of whisky. "I've also brought something from all our estates, ...
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