Newly promoted Leicester made a treble swoop for Marc Albrighton, Matt Upson and Jack Barmby on Friday as the Foxes prepare for life in the Premier League. Nigel Pearson’s side booked their place in the English top-flight by winning the Championship…
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Spanish La Liga side Villarreal said Friday they will close part of their stadium for a Europa League match in an anti-racism gesture after one of their fans threw a banana at Barcelona’s Dani Alves. The club will close part of the stands in its El…
Honda Motor said Friday it has cut production in its Thai plant by 40 percent, blaming a drop in demand, the day after the country’s army chief seized power in a military coup. “We have cut the volume of production to 60 percent of the plant’s annual…
Scandal-hit Barclays has been fined more than £26 million pounds after a former trader at the bank was accused of trying to manipulate the price of gold, Britain’s financial regulator said on Friday. The Financial Conduct Authority said in a statement…
The International Criminal Court on Friday sentenced Congolese warlord Germain Katanga to 12 years in jail for arming an ethnic militia that carried out a “particularly cruel” 2003 village massacre. “The chamber sentences Germain Katanga to 12 years…
Imagine a world with few traffic citations, if any. No speeding cars. No illegal u-turns. No “California stops.” That’s what the future of autonomous cars could bring. Sounds great right? It could be — unless you work in law enforcement. According…
Doosan Bears infielder Jorge Cantu apologised and said he’s against racism after retweeting an offensive post which suggested many Koreans look alike. The former Major League Baseball player, who arrived in South Korea this season, called the tweet…
The United Nations blacklisted and imposed sanctions on Boko Haram as an Al-Qaeda-linked terror group Thursday, a month after it claimed the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. The designation, which was immediately welcomed by Britain…
Pro-Russian rebels firing mortar shells and grenades killed 14 Ukrainian soldiers on Thursday, the blackest day yet for the military and a dramatic ratcheting up of tensions just three days before a crunch election. The attacks in the eastern industrial…
A California man was charged Thursday with kidnapping and repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman for a decade while holding her captive with threats and coercion, police said. Isidro Medrano Garcia, 42, was indicted a day after police announced that…
FLORHAM PARK — Michael Vick is competing for a starting job as an NFL quarterback for the second year in a row. But this year’s competition between Vick and Geno Smith with the Jets is not the same as the one Vick was in last year, when he was with…
Mali was in crisis Thursday after admitting it had lost the flashpoint town of Kidal to Tuareg separatists in a humiliating defeat forcing the government to call for an “immediate ceasefire”. Ministers have not revealed how many lives have been lost…
The leader of Thailand’s pro-government “Red Shirt” movement called Thursday for a national referendum to resolve a political deadlock that prompted the army chief to declare martial law. Jatuporn Prompan said he made the proposal a day earlier during…
US Vice President Joe Bidens met Cyprus leaders Thursday to spur talks on ending their island’s 40-year division and seek support for threatened sanctions against Russia. After talks with President Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Turkish…
Nigerian officials say the bodies of 118 people have been recovered from the scene of a twin bombing in the crowded business section of the central city of Jos. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan called the bombings “Cruel and evil,” and said he is…
Chinese online retailer JD.com rallied Thursday in its Wall Street debut, suggesting an appetite for its larger rival Alibaba. The company, trading under the symbol JD on the Nasdaq exchange, jumped 10.5 percent to $21 from its initial public offering…
The United States deployed 80 military personnel to Chad on Wednesday to help find 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as Nigeria probed its deadliest attack ever with the militant group the main suspect. In a letter to congress, US President Barack…
Boko Haram gunmen killed more than 50 people in three separate attacks, including two near Chibok, the Nigerian town where the Islamists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, witnesses said on Wednesday. The first attack on Monday afternoon…
South Africa batsman Hashim Amla is to replace Graeme Smith at Surrey after the former Proteas captain was ruled out for the rest of the English season with a fractured right knee. Smith is now set to return to his native South Africa, with Gary Wilson…
Nigeria on Wednesday probed its deadliest ever bomb attack, with Boko Haram blamed for the atrocity that killed at least 118 people and fresh attacks near the town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped. Emergency services picked through the…