LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City made Raheem Sterling the most expensive English player in history when they completed a deal for the 20-year-old forward on Tuesday, rubber-stamping an acrimonious end to his Liverpool career.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's is expected to post its weakest growth since the global financial crisis on Wednesday, which together with a stock market rout raises pressure on authorities to do more to stir the economy after a run of stimulus steps has had little impact.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is facing the tightest winter power supplies in a decade mostly due to power plant closures, although measures have been taken to ensure electricity meets demand, National Grid said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is facing the tightest winter power supplies in a decade mostly due to power plant closures, although measures have been taken to ensure electricity meets demand, National Grid said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - British pensioners have withdrawn more than 1.8 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) from their retirement pot in the two months since the government gave them the freedom to spend it on whatever they wished, the UK insurance trade body said.
LONDON (Reuters) - British pensioners have withdrawn more than 1.8 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) from their retirement pot in the two months since the government gave them the freedom to spend it on whatever they wished, the UK insurance trade body said.
“This deal is not built on trust; it’s built on verification,” President Barack Obama asserted in his statement on the agreement.
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“This deal is not built on trust; it’s built on verification,” President Barack Obama asserted in his statement on the agreement.
Читать дальше...Here are the latest developments involving an agreement between Iran and world powers in Vienna over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program (all times EDT):
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni forces recaptured Aden's international airport and some city districts from Houthi militia fighters on Tuesday, in a sudden advance after months of stalemate, the exiled government said.
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni forces recaptured Aden's international airport and some city districts from Houthi militia fighters on Tuesday, in a sudden advance after months of stalemate, the exiled government said.
BEIJING, July 15 (Reuters) - China produced 327 million tonnes of coal in June, down 4.9 percent from the same period last year, with major producers slashing output to minimise losses, according to data from the country's statistics bureau.
BEIJING, July 15 (Reuters) - Growth in China's real estate investment slowed to 4.6 percent in the first half of this year from a year earlier, while the floor area of property sold rose 3.9 percent from the year-earlier period, data showed on Wednesday.
July 15 (Reuters) - Argentina will hand Rugby Championship debuts to number eight Facundo Isa, lock Guido Petti and winger Santiago Cordero when they take on world champions New Zealand in the competition opener on Friday.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazil international Rivaldo and his 20-year old son Rivaldinho have both scored goals for Mogi Mirim in a 3-1 win over Macae in a second division game.
In a story July 11 about Harper Lee, The Associated Press erroneously identified a senior editor for The New Republic. His correct name is Jeet Heer.
TORONTO (Reuters) - Peru's Francisco Boza Dibos gave up shooting three years ago but his decision to return paid off on Tuesday as he won the gold medal in men's trap at the Pan American Games to qualify for his eighth Summer Olympics.
(Reuters) - Planned Parenthood said on Tuesday a secretly recorded video that surfaced on the Internet falsely portrayed the reproductive health group's participation in the sale of tissue and body parts from aborted fetuses.
(Reuters) - Planned Parenthood said on Tuesday a secretly recorded video that surfaced on the Internet falsely portrayed the reproductive health group's participation in the sale of tissue and body parts from aborted fetuses.
Doris Hardin watched the water rise from the window of her mobile home in rural Johnson County. Her lights flickered off then her neighbor banged on the door, shouting for her to flee.
Ernestine Tobias Felder, a Charleston-based civil rights activist who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and was a former secretary for the local NAACP, died Monday. She was 93.
ZHENGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Just before midnight, the pavement outside the glowing high-rise towers of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University is littered with slumbering bodies. Splayed on colourful mats or tucked into folding cots, these are patients' relatives.
Lindsey Miller, the stepfather of Ole Miss offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil, is no longer serving as his own counsel. He has also entered a plea of not guilty for both…
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The Biloxi Shuckers begin a seven-game homestand, the longest yet at MGM Park, with a 7:10 p.m. contest today against the Chattanooga Lookouts.
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