Liverpool’s Premier League title bid was left in ruins after Crystal Palace mounted a sensational comeback from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 at Selhurst Park on Monday. Liverpool were on course to move three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the…
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Yaya Toure has declared himself fit for the final two matches of Manchester City’s Premier League title push. The Ivory Coast midfielder, a key figure in City’s bid for the English championship trophy, was substituted during the second half of the 3…
A strong and shallow earthquake rattled northern Thailand on Monday afternoon, shaking tall buildings in Bangkok hundreds of miles to the south, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The 6.0-magnitude quake, at a depth of just 7.4 kilometres…
A Nigerian woman who led a protest demanding the release of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists was arrested Monday after meeting Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan, activists said. The first lady’s office has denied reports…
The European Union has named David O’Sullivan of Ireland to become the bloc’s new envoy to Washington amid negotiations to forge a free trade pact between the two economic giants. “I am delighted to announce the appointment of David O’Sullivan to this…
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned South Sudan’s warring factions Monday against walking away from ceasefire agreements and recently agreed peace talks, saying the implications of such a move would be “serious”. “Let me make clear: if there is…
Three foreigners have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, police said Monday, after the Dutch foreign ministry told AFP it was “aware” of reports that those taken were Dutch citizens. “Three expatriates tried to access…
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez completed a notable ‘double’ on Monday after it was announced he’d been voted the 2014 Footballer of the Year by England’s Football Writers’ Association. Suarez’s 30 goals have kept Liverpool in sight of their first English…
Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial resumed Monday with a neighbour and friend giving a heart-wrenching account of finding the “broken” athlete coming down the stairs, holding his dead girlfriend in his arms. After a two-week break in the trial, the defence…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday kept Nigeria guessing over whether or not he will seek re-election, saying the issue was not important at the present time. “Whether Jonathan declares or not (his intention for re-relection) is not a key factor,”…