Swansea City and Hull City have each been fined £20,000 ($32,800, 23,800 euros) over an on-pitch fracas during their Premier League encounter last week, the Football Association announced on Tuesday. The clubs both admitted to a charge of failing to…
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Talks between experts from Iran and world powers on implementing last month’s nuclear deal will resume on Thursday in Geneva, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Wednesday. “The technical talks will be resumed tomorrow and…
Syria said Wednesday that a British doctor alleged to have been effectively murdered in custody had hanged himself after being arrested for “unauthorised activities.” Regime warplanes meanwhile pounded Aleppo for a fourth straight day in raids that…
The Bank of England is to issue plastic banknotes for the first time in its history, it announced Wednesday, with Winston Churchill gracing the first run. The polymer note, carrying a value of £5 ($8.2, 6.0 euro), is to be released in 2016 — and as…
British rock singer Ian Watkins, the former Lostprophets frontman, was jailed for 35 years on Wednesday for the attempted rape of a baby and several other “incomprehensible” child sex offences. Watkins, who admitted 13 offences at Cardiff Crown Court…
When we last covered Roambi I told you about the latest release of Roambi Analytics, a stunning app that helps companies visual all different kinds of data. The newly redesigned Analytics app for iOS 7 has been very well received according to Roambi…
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi wants the African champions to use the United States as their pre-World Cup training base. Football officials had previously floated the idea of training in Argentina, Colombia or the United States. But Keshi said he has…
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that is set to free the two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot while also ending the prosecution of 30 Greenpeace crew members. Russia’s Duma lower house of parliament voted…
The virtual currency Bitcoin crashed in China on Wednesday, falling almost 50 percent after the country’s biggest trading platform BTC China banned deposits in yuan following new restrictions imposed by the central bank. Chinese speculators have driven…
Disasters including the floods that struck central Europe in June caused global economic losses of about $130 billion in 2013, reinsurer Swiss Re said on Wednesday. The insurance industry is likely to cover about $44 billion (32 billion euros) of all…
A Canadian retiree pledged Tuesday to give away a Can$40-million ($37 million USD) lottery prize to charity, telling Canada’s public broadcaster that he doesn’t need the money. “I’ve been fortunate enough, through my career, 44 years with a company.…
Alex Ferguson’s shock retirement as Manchester United manager in 2013 meant that the Football Association’s 150th year was one of seismic upheaval in the English game. By the end of the year, United’s two-decade reign as English football’s dominant…
Fighters in Somalia shot dead three Syrian doctors and their three Somali colleagues Wednesday as they travelled to a hospital outside the capital Mogadishu, an AFP reporter said. Their bullet-riddled bodies were carried into Mogadishu’s Medina hospital…
Ethiopia has brought home close to 140,000 citizens from Saudi Arabia, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday, a month after the oil-rich kingdom started deporting undocumented migrants. Thousands are continuing to arrive daily…
So let’s say that your mother just got a brand new iPad or iPhone for the holidays, and one of the things they’re most excited about is getting into the e-book game with the iBookstore. Gifting them a book from the iBookstore would be a great little…
Interim Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood has urged his players to respond in positive fashion when they take to the pitch for the first time since Andre Villas-Boas was sacked. Spurs host Premier League rivals West Ham United in the League Cup…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has revealed his star striker Sergio Aguero could be out of action for longer than expected. Pellegrini had previously said he expected Aguero to be out for up to four weeks after he suffered a calf injury in…
Those who own Google Glass but use an iPhone received a bit of good news today, followed by some bad news: Google’s MyGlass companion app was reportedly added to the App Store, unlocking more of Glass’s potential for those who don’t carry an Android…
Back in September, Opera launched an iPad-specific web browser called Coast, an app that embraced minimalist design and looked like it would provide the ultimate browsing experience for its users. Today, Coast has gotten a major update, and while it…
South Korea’s Ki Sung-Yueng stunned Chelsea as the Sunderland midfielder’s first goal for the club sealed a shock 2-1 win in the League Cup quarter-finals, while Manchester City swept into the last four with a 3-1 victory at Leicester on Tuesday. Gus…