Honduras wants only one thing at this year’s World Cup finals — to finally win a game. But the tiny nation, making their third appearance at the finals, have been drawn in Group E with 1998 champions France, a solid Swiss side and Ecuador. Having become…
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The US military is flying surveillance drones as well as manned aircraft over Nigeria to help the search for more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist extremists, the Pentagon said Wednesday. However, the data is not yet being shared with the…
Video News by NewsLook Abramson, the Times’ first female executive editor, was abruptly let go Wednesday to the surprise of the Times staff.
Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri said Wednesday that he was considering his future in international football after being left out of the French World Cup squad for a second successive finals. The 26-year-old — who had an outstanding season as…
Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson on Wednesday launched a court case seeking damages from a French author whose novel features a character that closely resembles her. The star is suing for 50,000 euros ($70,000) in damages from the author and his…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan faces an uncertain political future after attracting a torrent of criticism over his handling of the mass abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram extremists. Jonathan was already on the back foot even…
Adam Scott will overtake injured Tiger Woods in next week’s rankings to become golf’s world number one for the first time, even though the Australian will not play this week. Scott, who won his first major title at last year’s Masters, will become the…
The US military is flying surveillance drones as well as manned aircraft over Nigeria to help in the search for more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist extremists, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The United States has deployed the robotic Global…
The New York Times on Wednesday replaced its first female executive editor, Jill Abramson, with its managing editor Dean Baquet, who becomes the first African American to hold the post. Abramson’s departure was announced by the US daily’s publisher…
Hull City manager Steve Bruce has revealed that Irish midfielder Robbie Brady could make an unexpected comeback for the club in Saturday’s FA Cup final against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium. “Robbie Brady’s come from nowhere in the last couple of weeks…
Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery admits he faces a race against time to be fit for Saturday’s Germany Cup final showdown against Borussia Dortmund in Berlin due to a back injury. “I feel good, but 90 minutes could be difficult,” admitted the 31-year…
Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers moved up a gear Wednesday as negotiators began in Vienna to hammer out what could be a historic accord. After three meetings this year that Washington says have enabled both sides to “understand each other…
Spanish oil group Repsol has raised $2.0 billion with the sale of Argentinian government bonds received as payment for the nationalisation of its offshoot YPF, the company said. The sale, worth the equivalent of 1.47 billion euros, means that Repsol…
Outgoing Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic admitted on Wednesday that the players “lost belief” during the campaign that has just ended, but says they never deserted former manager David Moyes. “It was a bad time and the players could have done…
Samsung Electronics promised on Wednesday to pay compensation to a number of employees who claim they contracted cancer from working at the company’s semiconductor plants. The world’s top chip and smartphone maker declined to say how many people might…
Having landed themselves a nightmare group at the World Cup, Costa Rica hope a blend of tactical stability and technical effervescence will enable them to pull off a shock in Brazil. The Central American minnows excelled in qualifying, finishing second…
Russell Westbrook sank three clutch free throws with six seconds left as Oklahoma City rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 105-104 in game five of their second round playoff series. “I just try to take my time, take a deep breath and knock them…
Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds will visit Nigeria on Wednesday for talks to try and bring about the release of around 130 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants a last month. It has been reported that Britain could send drones and other…
More than one-in-four adults harbor anti-Semitic attitudes and barely half worldwide have heard of the Holocaust, according to a global study released Tuesday by a major Jewish rights group. The US-based Anti-Defamation League, in a survey of 53,100…
North Korea vowed “merciless” reprisals on Tuesday after a South Korean military official suggested the isolated Stalinist nation should simply disappear. Speaking to reporters in Seoul on Monday, Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok had argued that…