LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The southern hemisphere's assault on the World Cup delivered the first two semi-finalists on Saturday when South Africa edged Wales 23-19 and New Zealand crushed France 62-13 to set up a titanic last-four clash between the rugby powerhouses.
MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid and Barcelona pulled two points clear in La Liga when Cristiano Ronaldo set a club scoring record in Real's 3-0 stroll against Levante and Neymar hit four as Barca beat Rayo Vallecano 5-2 on Saturday.
Der Schriftsteller, Komponist und Bildende Künstler Gerhard Rühm erhält den vom Südwestrundfunk (SWR) gestifteten Karl-Sczuka-Preis 2015 für Hörspiel als Radiokunst.
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls have seen their approval ratings fall again this month, with Hollande's hitting its lowest level this year, according to an Ifop poll released on Sunday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock musician Phil Lesh, a founding member of influential band the Grateful Dead, has been diagnosed with non-aggressive bladder cancer and has canceled a pair of October concerts, he said in a statement late on Friday.
A Charleston plan to drive away roadside panhandlers is working.
The Syrian army, together with Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, makes progress in its offensive to retake territory from insurgents around Aleppo. Diane Hodges reports.
The Syrian army, together with Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, makes progress in its offensive to retake territory from insurgents around Aleppo. Diane Hodges reports.
The Syrian army, together with Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, makes progress in its offensive to retake territory from insurgents around Aleppo. Diane Hodges reports.
The Syrian army, together with Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, makes progress in its offensive to retake territory from insurgents around Aleppo. Diane Hodges reports.
(Reuters) - "The shots knocked me to the ground and felt like a truck hit me," wrote Chris Mintz in his first public account of being shot five times during the deadly rampage at an Oregon community college while trying to warn fellow students to take cover.
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of 84 Church of England bishops have written to Prime Minister David Cameron to urge him to increase the number of Syrian refugees the country will take in by 2020 to at least 50,000.
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of 84 Church of England bishops have written to Prime Minister David Cameron to urge him to increase the number of Syrian refugees the country will take in by 2020 to at least 50,000.
(Reuters) - AS Roma's Daniele De Rossi celebrated his 500th appearance for the club with a goal in their 3-1 win over Empoli at the Olympic Stadium as they moved up to second place in Serie A on Saturday.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A defiant Rand Paul is brushing off weak fundraising and weaker poll numbers as would-be donors and home state Republicans push him to abandon an uphill presidential bid to focus on his Senate re-election.
CARDIFF, Oct 17 (Reuters) - New Zealand were delighted to get a monkey off their backs by crushing France 62-13 to reach the Rugby World Cup semi-finals, coach Steve Hansen said.
TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has campaigned in Massachusetts, promising a tough national defense, repeal of President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, strict enforcement of immigration laws and improved treatment of veterans.
Juergen Klopp happy after he picks up point in first game in charge of Liverpool
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The next time the United States sends warships by China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China, officers aboard will have to decide how, if at all, they will engage with a pair of giant lighthouses that Beijing lit up there this month.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The next time the United States sends warships by China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China, officers aboard will have to decide how, if at all, they will engage with a pair of giant lighthouses that Beijing lit up there this month.
(Reuters) - Neymar was delighted after netting his first four-goal haul, including two penalties, for Barcelona on Saturday but the Brazil forward was not about to give away any clues to the secret of his success.
SANAA (Reuters) - Saudi-led coalition jets targeting Houthi militiamen in Yemen killed 30 fighters loyal to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi when they mistakenly bombed a military camp in the province of Taiz on Saturday, local officials said.
SANAA (Reuters) - Saudi-led coalition jets targeting Houthi militiamen in Yemen killed 30 fighters loyal to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi when they mistakenly bombed a military camp in the province of Taiz on Saturday, local officials said.
Rudd and Pat Smith have lived for many years in a distinguished white house in Summerville’s nicest old parts. Tall, with vast porches and staircases, on a generous and wooded corner property, the house was third home to Charleston’s famed federal judge Henry Augustus Middleton Smith, who retreated there to escape the mosquitoes.
