LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government will ask the BBC's competitors to scrutinise the broadcaster's remit and scale, the government said on Sunday, after years of controversy over how it has been funded.
Running of the bulls, circus tigers for sale and puppy love appeal to animal enthusiasts this week. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Running of the bulls, circus tigers for sale and puppy love appeal to animal enthusiasts this week. Jillian Kitchener reports.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq and the World Bank signed a $350 million (225 million pounds) loan agreement on Sunday to fund emergency reconstruction in towns recaptured from Islamic State militants, a deal Baghdad said marked the first international help to rebuild areas devastated by war.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq and the World Bank signed a $350 million (225 million pounds) loan agreement on Sunday to fund emergency reconstruction in towns recaptured from Islamic State militants, a deal Baghdad said marked the first international help to rebuild areas devastated by war.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Paceman Mitchell Starc took pain-killing injections for his strained ankle to bowl through Australia's opening Ashes defeat in Cardiff but is confident he will be fit for the second match at Lord's, captain Michael Clarke has said.
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and six world powers were close to nailing down a historic nuclear deal that would bring sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on Tehran's atomic programme, but the Iranian foreign minister said no agreement would be announced on Sunday.
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and six world powers were close to nailing down a historic nuclear deal that would bring sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on Tehran's atomic programme, but the Iranian foreign minister said no agreement would be announced on Sunday.
MELBOURNE, July 13 (Reuters) - Paceman Mitchell Starc took pain-killing injections for his strained ankle to bowl through Australia's opening Ashes defeat in Cardiff but is confident he will be fit for the second match at Lord's, captain Michael Clarke has said.
KABUL (Reuters) - Islamic State on Monday released an audio tape it said was of the movement's leader for Afghanistan, contradicting reports that he was killed in a U.S. drone strike.
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Young South Korean Chun In-gee showed championship maturity on Sunday as she won the U.S. Women's Open in a thrilling finish at Lancaster Country Club on Sunday for her first major title.
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, July 12 (Reuters) - The golf coach resorted to scolding his prized pupil, a putting lesson was finally learned, and on Sunday a beaming Chun In-gee was hugging the silver trophy as U.S. Women's Open champion.
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.
LONDON (Reuters) - Rickie Fowler paid tribute to his good friend Phil Mickelson after capturing the Scottish Open title at Gullane on Sunday to lift his morale before this week's British Open at St Andrews.
After a scoreless first inning for both teams, Philipsburg-Osceola’s Caleb Pellerite took it upon himself to start the offense in Sunday’s Little League Baseball 11-12 year-old championship game against Big…
Читать дальше...LONDON (Reuters) - Martina Hingis completed the doubles-double at Wimbledon on Sunday after she and Leander Paes walloped Alexander Peya and Timea Babos 6-1 6-1 to win the mixed doubles trophy at the All England Club.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is holding discussions with countries in North Africa about locating drones at a base there to heighten monitoring of Islamic State in Libya, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a senior administration official.
LONDON (Reuters) - England left Cardiff on Sunday in a state of surprised euphoria after producing a near-perfect performance to crush Australia in the first Ashes test.
LONDON (Reuters) - England left Cardiff on Sunday in a state of surprised euphoria after producing a near-perfect performance to crush Australia in the first Ashes test.
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Jennifer Abel won the gold medal in women's three-metre springboard at the Pan American Games on Sunday to earn an automatic qualifying spot for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
(Reuters) - Jordan Spieth sent a message to his critics he had not made a mistake by warming up for the British Open with a tournament in the United States and showed he was ready to challenge for the title by claiming the John Deere Classic in a playoff on Sunday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic again revealed the true depth of his steely core to grind Wimbledon idol Roger Federer's hopes of a record eighth title into Centre Court's baseline dust on Sunday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic again revealed the true depth of his steely core to grind Wimbledon idol Roger Federer's hopes of a record eighth title into Centre Court's baseline dust on Sunday.
July 12 (Reuters) - Jordan Spieth sent a message to his critics he had not made a mistake by warming up for the British Open with a tournament in the United States and showed he was ready to challenge for the title by claiming the John Deere Classic in a playoff on Sunday.
