DHAKA, July 13 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's teenage fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has been rewarded for his strong limited overs performances with a call-up to the squad for next week's first test against South Africa.
Anyone who has ever filled out standard form 86 will attest that it is arduous. This 127-page “Questionnaire for National Security Positions” is part of the process of being cleared…
Читать дальше...A cluster of submerged volcanoes has been discovered off Sydney, scientists said Monday, with the potential to help unlock the secrets of the sea floor between Australia and New Zealand. The four extinct volcanoes were found about 250 kilometres (150 miles) offshore from Australia’s biggest city last month during a search for larval lobster breeding […]
BANGKOK, July 13 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets edged up on Monday as investors cautiously bought back shares amid an uncertainty over the Greek debt deals, with Indonesian bank and property shares rising a day ahead of the central bank meeting on interest rates. Jakarta composite index traded up 0.5 percent, extending the rebound on Friday. The property sub index was up 0.8 percent and the financial sub index was 0.4 percent higher. All 14 analysts in a Reuters poll ex
* Major banks would need to lift capital levels by 200 bps - APRA
MANILA (Reuters) - Torrential monsoon rains killed at least eight people in the Philippines, the country's disaster relief agency said on Monday, and the toll was expected to rise as two tropical storms battered northern Luzon, the main island in the archipelago.
Hong Kong, China | AFP – Asian markets rose Monday while the euro was marginally lower as European leaders struggle to hammer out a debt reform deal to keep Greece in the eurozone, with a source saying a compromise had finally been found. Shanghai continued its recovery from weeks of wild volatility as several firms returned to trading while […]
Satoru Iwata, who led Japanese video game company Nintendo Co. through years of growth with its Pokemon and Super Mario franchises, died on the weekend of a bile duct tumor, the company said Monday. He was 55.
Malaysian police say they are investigating the leak of confidential documents that allegedly show millions of dollars were funneled to Prime Minister Najib Razak's account.
Talks between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and distrustful European leaders dragged past a self-imposed weekend deadline and beyond dawn Monday without an agreement that would give the Greek leader a rescue package...
SEOUL, July 13 (Reuters) - As a maths prodigy with a near genius IQ level of 138, it is safe to say the nickname 'Dumbo' is not a reference to South Korean golfer Chun In-gee's intelligence.
With flashes of flesh and impressive resumes, Miss USA was crowned Sunday, after the pageant was shunned by major networks following controversial comments on Mexican immigrants by presidential candidate Donald Trump. Miss Oklahoma, Olivia Jordan, took top honors at the contest, which is co-owned by Trump and came under fire after his controversial claim that […]
RIYADH (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates executed a UAE woman early on Monday for the militant-inspired killing of an American kindergarten teacher in December 2014, the state news agency WAM reported.
SHANGHAI, July 13 (Reuters) - Miniu98.com, a Chinese P2P company that provides loans to stock investors, has become the first firm to publicly announce an exit from this type of business, in response to regulators' renewed crackdown on grey-market margin financing.
(Reuters) - Mexico squandered numerous opportunities to advance to the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals when they drew 0-0 with Guatemala on Sunday, while Trinidad and Tobago did make the last eight with a 2-0 win over Cuba.
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Football (NZF) have launched an appeal over the decision to expel them from the Oceania Football Confederation's Olympic qualifying final for fielding an ineligible player.
Screams and cheers are cheap at Comic-Con, but the energy stepped up a notch Saturday evening after fans got their first look at "Deadpool."
The capture of drug lord Joaquin Guzman was the crowning achievement of President Enrique Pena Nieto's government in its war against drug cartels, a beacon of success amid domestic woes. That makes the bold escape by...
On his weeklong swing through South America, Pope Francis burnished his credentials as a new kind of pontiff, issuing a searing apology to indigenous people for church crimes more than a half millennium old and even making...
Due to mounting public complaints, the Quezon City government will now randomly inspect business establishments to determine if they strictly adhere to the standard waste disposal rules. The move was made in the heels of the routine flood control inspection conducted by the Quezon City Engineering Department (QCED) where piles of garbage were retrieved from […]
(Reuters) - Oklahoma's Olivia Jordan was crowned Miss USA on Sunday, capping weeks of controversy in the run-up to the annual beauty pageant after its co-owner Donald Trump made incendiary remarks about Mexican immigrants while announcing his run for president.
If you’re like most of us, you’re wondering what the Internet is doing to your attention span. You toggle over to check your phone during even the smallest pause in…
Читать дальше...Ultra Lotto 6/58′s P110-million jackpot escaped bettors Sunday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said on July 13. The winning combination 08-12-44-02-18-27 for Ultra Lotto yielded to no major winner; although 34 bettors guessed five of the drawn numbers correctly, giving them P27,990 each as second prize. The jackpot combination had at stake a total of […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone leaders argued late into the night with near-bankrupt Greece at an emergency summit, demanding that Athens enact key reforms this week to restore trust before they will open talks on a financial rescue to keep it in the European currency area.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone leaders argued late into the night with near-bankrupt Greece at an emergency summit, demanding that Athens enact key reforms this week to restore trust before they will open talks on a financial rescue to keep it in the European currency area.
