A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced an Estonian security service officer to 15 years in prison for spying in a case that Estonian officials dismissed as revenge for his investigation into a Russian smuggling ring.
China must wait until at least next year to join an exclusive club of the world's top currencies, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Italian MotoGP great Valentino Rossi has become the first motorcycle rider to be invited to join the exclusive British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) purely on his two-wheeled achievements.
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Italian MotoGP great Valentino Rossi has become the first motorcycle rider to be invited to join the exclusive British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) purely on his two-wheeled achievements.
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on Wednesday vowed to abandon key American policies in the Mideast if he is elected next year, endorsing positions that would put the U.S. at odds with its closest allies.
A Maine police department is offering drug dealers a free service to get their competition off the streets.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pushed Wednesday for European powers to get Ukraine to comply with a truce in eastern Ukraine.
Russian prosecutors are asking a court to send a Ukrainian filmmaker to prison for 23 years on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks.
Race of the year? Maybe not, with Gleneagles predictably pulled out after the rains came, but the Juddmonte International at York produced instead the shock of the year as Arabian Queen beat the hitherto undefeated Derby winner Golden Horn.
An exhibition of cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed in London has been cancelled after its organiser, a former Ukip candidate who runs Sharia Watch UK, decided it was too dangerous.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s personal intervention sealed a £21.1m deal to buy Barcelona winger Pedro, ahead of Manchester United who also look likely to be rejected by Southampton in their pursuit of the Senegal international Sadio Mané.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Naspers on Wednesday announced a move into the video-on-demand market in Africa's most advanced economy, saying it will have a "fighting chance" when U.S. rival Netflix launches there.
Ducati’s power cruiser, the Diavel, is all set to receive an overhaul for 2016. A recently spotted test mule of the burly machine reveals that the motorcycle will shed its badass power cruiser look for a more mainstream cruiser avatar which is likely to focus more on a laid-back, comfortable riding posture than aggressive aesthetics. I, for one, am not […]
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The fastest boat was first home in an increasingly soggy Rolex Fastnet Race, but not by much and the fastest monohull was also not early enough over the finish line in Plymouth to avoid being soundly beaten on handicap by a fellow, but rival, American.
Pedro is to undergo a medical in London tomorrow as he closes in on his transfer from Barcelona to Chelsea.
LONDON (Reuters) - England coach Stuart Lancaster may well end up feeling grateful for the raft of injury setbacks which have characterised his World Cup preparations, says former flanker Neil Back.
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - England coach Stuart Lancaster may well end up feeling grateful for the raft of injury setbacks which have characterised his World Cup preparations, says former flanker Neil Back.
Audi will showcase a completely new all-electric Audi SUV with a potential range of more than 500 kiolometers at the IAA in Frankfurt next month. The Audi e-tron quattro concept previews a road going model that will become the German brand’s first large-series electric car when it enters production in 2018. The Audi e-tron quattro concept is designed from the […]
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Almost anything Jeremy Corbyn does seems to attract attention as he continues to dominate the Labour leadership contest, but one of his forthcoming talks has drawn particular interest after it emerged a "socialist magician" had been invited to perform.
UNIVERSITY PARK Last week, linebackers coach Brent Pry said Jason Cabinda was the hardest hitting player on the team at the moment.
Читать дальше...Aug 19 (Reuters) - Jordan Spieth is "the prototype" of the modern-day golfer while Dustin Johnson, "the most immensely talented guy out there who hasn't won a major", needs to take his game to a higher mental level, according to Paul Azinger.
Elena Ferrante is due to publish the fourth, and last, of her cult “Neapolitan” novels next month. The Story of the Lost Child’s publication is a big event for her legion of readers in Italy and around the world.
Russian President Vladimir Putin would be open to meeting with American counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Russia’s foreign minister said Wednesday. “Our American colleagues are sending us signs that they want to maintain contact,” Sergei Lavrov said, after confirming that Putin was planning to attend the […]
Russian glitzy GUM mall on Red Square in Moscow fills its iconic fountain with watermelons and cantaloupes. Roselle Chen reports.
SAO PAULO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Cia Siderúrgica Nacional SA , the debt-laden Brazilian steelmaker, is likely to decide between global advisory firms Rothschild and Lazard Ltd to coordinate the sale of some non-essential assets, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Wednesday.
