US fast food giant McDonald’s said on Friday it was temporarily shutting its three stores in Crimea following the Ukrainian peninsula’s annexation by Russia. McDonald’s said in a statement posted on its Ukrainian website that the decision was taken “…
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Europe’s main stock markets pushed higher on Friday as jobs data showed the recovery in the US economy is back in form after catching a winter cold. London’s FTSE 100 index climbed 0.56 percent compared with Thursday’s closing value to stand at 6,686…
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will rest his Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo for Saturday’s La Liga clash against Real Sociedad, the Italian confirmed on Friday. The double Ballon d’Or winner has been struggling with a knee injury and fatigue in…
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Friday on the central bank to cut interest rates in order to stimulate the economy as political instability saps momentum. “The central bank should hold an extraordinary meeting to cut (rates) … just as…
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg hammered home Mercedes’ early season dominance on Friday when they set the fastest times in opening practice for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton, the winner in Malaysia last weekend, clocked 1min 37.502sec to top…
Kenyan police and Muslim youths clashed in Mombasa following Friday prayers, witnesses said, days after a firebrand Islamist cleric was gunned down in the port city. Security was tight and tensions high around the Musa mosque, seen by Kenyan authorities…
PORTLAND, OR and OMAHA, NE–(Marketwired – Apr 4, 2014) – ProKarma, a global IT solutions company, today announced its acquisition…
FRAMINGHAM, MA–(Marketwired – Apr 4, 2014) – IDG Enterprise — the leading enterprise technology media company comprising Computerworld, InfoWorld, Network…
British businessman Shrien Dewani will arrive in Cape Town next week to stand trial on charges that he arranged the murder of his 28-year-old Swedish bride, it was announced on Friday. “After a successful extradition process, Mr Dewani is expected to…
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants riding in a convoy of vehicles attacked an army post in Hadramawt province in southeast Yemen on Friday, killing eight soldiers and wounding 11, a military source said. “The attackers approached the position on board several…
An official in Nigeria’s central Nasarawa state and a local leader on Friday accused the military of killing scores of people in a disarmament operation, but defence officials denied the charge. The alleged incident took place on Thursday in the Keana…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists Fernando Torres still has a future at the club despite being overlooked for the Champions League defeat at Paris Saint-Germain. Mourinho selected winger Andre Schuerrle ahead of the Spain forward for the 3-1 quarter…
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works, Dr. Abubakar Koro Muhammed has stated that corruption is the bane of development…
Last week saw the launch of Office for iPad, a suite of long-awaited productivity apps that offer faithful recreations of the more robust versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint on Apple’s tablet. All three apps are free to download, and give users…
An Indian judge on Friday ordered three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes, the first death sentences to be handed down for multiple sex attacks since the law was toughened last year. The sentences were announced at a court in Mumbai…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday that he supports FIFA’s decision to hand Barcelona a year-long transfer ban for breaching rules on signing under-age players. The Spanish champions were sanctioned on Wednesday by FIFA’s disciplinary committee…
South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat against India in the World Cup semi-final in Dhaka on Friday. Du Plessis returned to lead the Proteas after being forced to sit out of the previous match due to a one-game suspension…
Nigeria could leap-frog South Africa to become Africa’s biggest economy this weekend, when the results of a new way of calculating national output are announced. Government statisticians will unveil the new figures on Sunday, with widespread expectations…
WEEHAWKEN — Drivers, start your motors. With hopes of a New Jersey Formula 1 race diminishing with each passing year, the racing world’s newest – and perhaps quietest – circuit may take its place along the Hudson River, according to a published report…
Luxembourg, 4 April 2014 – Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), the world’s leading provider of satellite services, along with partners BT…