The US traffic safety regulator Friday imposed a record $35 million fine on General Motors for its failure to promptly recall cars with ignition faults linked to at least 13 deaths. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hit GM with its…
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Japan captain Makoto Hasebe Friday backed veteran striker Yoshito Okubo’s surprise selection for the World Cup and said he could help inspire younger players. Okubo has played only once in the last four years under Alberto Zaccheroni and there were…
US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated India’s future prime minister Narendra Modi Friday after he led his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide election victory. “Congrats to and BJP,” Kerry tweeted. “Look forward to working…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday cancelled a visit to the hometown of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants, provoking fresh criticism of his handling of the crisis. A senior government official told AFP that Jonathan…
Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov has signed a one-year extension with Monaco that will keep him at the club until the end of next season, the Ligue 1 side announced Friday. The former Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Bayer Leverkusen striker…
The winning captain in Saturday’s FA Cup final between Arsenal and Hull City at Wembley Stadium will be presented with a brand new trophy, the Football Association revealed on Friday. A new version of the famous trophy, awarded to the winners of the…
Mrs. Mayowa Ikuforiji, the wife of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, says she is set to adopt an…
Nico Rosberg responded to Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s supremacy on Friday by topping the times in Saturday morning’s third and final free practice session ahead of Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. On a warm spring day at the Circuit de Catalunya…
Wigan were left frustrated as QPR ground out a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final at the DW Stadium on Friday. There was little goalmouth action in a tense battle between two sides desperate for promotion 12 months after…
First Lady Michelle Obama is to speak out against the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamic militants when she gives the weekly presidential address instead of her husband, the White House said Friday. White House deputy spokesman…