World number one Serena Williams says a fierce competitive streak keeps her motivated despite a decade of dominance, warning competitors Sunday that she is determined to extend her sparkling 2013 form. Speaking in Brisbane where she will be defending…
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Syria is “unlikely” to meet a December 31 deadline to move its most dangerous chemical arms out of the country, the United Nations acknowledged for the first time Saturday. The UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said…
International pressure bore down Saturday on the two sides in South Sudan’s bloody violence to open peace talks to keep the young nation from sliding into civil war. East African and Horn of Africa peace brokers gave until December 31 for President…
India on Sunday marks 12 months since the death of a student savagely gang-raped on a Delhi bus — an episode that sparked nationwide protests — with candle-light vigils and prayers. The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died on December 29 last year…
Apple still offers its usual App of the Week that it gives away for nothing, but the company is also hooking iOS users up with 12 days of freebies this holiday season. Technically, the giveaway, dubbed “12 Days of Gifts,” started on Thursday, but…
Hull City’s Tom Huddlestone scored his first goal in over two and a half years on Saturday, before honouring a bet by getting an impromptu pitch-side haircut. The English midfielder made a bet during his time with previous club Tottenham Hotspur that…
Novak Djokovic saw off David Ferrer 7-5, 6-2 in the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship on Saturday and wasted no time looking forward to the season ahead with his new coach Boris Becker. The world number two was just too strong for the…
Several thousand African asylum seekers who entered Israel illegally via Egypt staged a peaceful protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday, police said. The demonstrators denounced the refusal of the authorities to grant them refugee status, as well as holding…
Manchester City took over at the top of the Premier League table on Saturday but only after weathering heavy pressure from Crystal Palace in a narrow 1-0 home victory. Having described the English festive fixture schedule as “not normal”, City manager…
Aston Villa endured another frustrating outing on home turf as Swansea hit back to rescue a 1-1 draw at Villa Park on Saturday. Paul Lambert’s team were on course for a rare success in front of their own fans when Gabriel Agbonlahor opened the scoring…
West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion each squandered opportunities to move away from the Premier League relegation zone in a topsy-turvy 3-3 draw at Upton Park on Saturday. After Joe Cole put West Ham ahead in the fourth minute, Nicolas Anelka scored…
Barcelona are “not afraid” of facing Manchester City in the Champions League last 16 next month, the Spanish giants’ emblematic midfielder Andres Iniesta said in an interview published Saturday. Last week Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure said Barcelona…
Shareholders of Italy’s troubled Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena — the world’s oldest bank — on Saturday voted to postpone until mid-2014 a giant capital increase needed to stave off nationalisation. Management had wanted the 3.0-billion-euro ($4.…
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Nigerian Adiat Disu wanted to combine her background in technology and marketing with her love for fashion and African designs. Adirée, thecommunications and brand strategycompany she founded to connect designers from Africa with an international audience…
Stoke are to lodge an official complaint about the performance of referee Martin Atkinson in their 5-1 loss at Newcastle on Thursday. Atkinson sent off both Glenn Whelan and Marc Wilson, as well as Stoke boss Mark Hughes, in the space of five first-…
His Royal Highness Igwe Dr. Kenneth Onyemaeke Nnaji Orizu III. CON. JP. NNEWI, Nigeria, December 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — One of the longest serving Monarchs in Nigeria The ancient Kingdom of Nnewi in the Anambra State of Nigeria today announces the…
Europe’s main stock markets rose on Friday as trading resumed after the Christmas break, but the political crisis gripping Turkey sent its currency sliding to a new record low. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.85 percent to close at 6,750…
The first UN peacekeeping reinforcements arrived Friday in South Sudan, where the government is said to have agreed an immediate ceasefire after nearly two weeks of heavy fighting with rebels. Seventy-two members of a police contingent, moved from the…
A Chinese icebreaker has failed to break through thick ice to free a ship carrying scientists and tourists stranded off Antarctica, forcing Australian authorities to look at other rescue options Saturday. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA…