KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mobile phone market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 100 others, the country's emergency response agency said.
Ist das Schubladendenken dem Menschen angeboren? Wieso kehren selbst überkommene Vorurteile immer wieder? Können Vorurteile auch inspirierend, gar unterhaltend sein? Radio Bremen sucht in einer Wochenserie nach Antworten.
Who's 'So Vain'? Singer Carly Simon reveals Warren Beatty as one of the men who inspired her hit song but says that there are another two men who it is also based on. Rollo Ross reports.
Who's 'So Vain'? Singer Carly Simon reveals Warren Beatty as one of the men who inspired her hit song but says that there are another two men who it is also based on. Rollo Ross reports.
Who's 'So Vain'? Singer Carly Simon reveals Warren Beatty as one of the men who inspired her hit song but says that there are another two men who it is also based on. Rollo Ross reports.
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A Parisian's open letter to the killers of his wife is moving nations to tears as it spreads on social media and television.
The record-crowd of 20,111 at Johnson Hagood Stadium that Saturday night 50 football seasons ago was almost evenly divided. Not taking political risk, Gov. Robert McNair sat on the Citadel side for the first half and the South Carolina side for the second.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Efforts to reduce mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain federal drug offenses advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday with committee approval of a bipartisan bill that will head to the full House for consideration.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Efforts to reduce mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain federal drug offenses advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday with committee approval of a bipartisan bill that will head to the full House for consideration.
It will be up to each one of more than 300 property owners to ask to be annexed back into Dorchester County if they want to stay there. Either that or it will be up to the state Legislature to redraw its boundary line with Berkeley County.
LONDON (Reuters) - Austrian Alexander Wurz has ruled himself out of the running to take over as principal of Manor Marussia, the smallest team on the Formula One starting grid.
(Reuters) - New Zealand's world number one Lydia Ko and second-ranked Park In-bee of South Korea are set to battle it out for an array of LPGA Tour honours at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship this week in Naples, Florida.
(Reuters Health) - U.S. public health funding – which covers things like disease prevention, cancer screenings, contraceptives and vaccines – has been steadily falling in recent years and is expected to keep going down, a recent study projects.
(Reuters Health) - U.S. public health funding – which covers things like disease prevention, cancer screenings, contraceptives and vaccines – has been steadily falling in recent years and is expected to keep going down, a recent study projects.
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Austrian Alexander Wurz has ruled himself out of the running to take over as principal of Manor Marussia, the smallest team on the Formula One starting grid.
When actors Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson made a surprise return to the catwalk at Paris fashion week in March, movie fans instantly knew the 2001 hit comedy "Zoolander" was getting a sequel.Paramount pictures have now released the trailer, offering a first look at the ongoing adventures of the hapless male models Derek (Stiller) and Hansel (Wilson).The original, which was a spin-off of a VH-1 skit by Stiller, told the story of Derek, who teams up with his arch-nemesis Hansel to thwart a plan by t
Nov 18 (Reuters) - New Zealand's world number one Lydia Ko and second-ranked Park In-bee of South Korea are set to battle it out for an array of LPGA Tour honours at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship this week in Naples, Florida.
Lawmakers have let bailed-out Cyprus down at times, the outgoing chief executive of the country's biggest bank said Wednesday, adding that "shenanigans" which delayed key laws aimed at helping banks collect on a huge...
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Telegram, a mobile messaging service that's been adopted as a promotional and recruitment platform by Islamic State, said it was taking action to block the channels being used by the group.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency continued to crack down on Russia drug cheats on Wednesday by suspending the country's anti-doping agency amid calls to extend investigations to other countries and sports.
A Denver-area store called Isis Books & Gifts wants the world to know its name comes from the Egyptian goddess of healing and motherhood and it isn't run by terrorists.
COLUMBIA — State agriculture officials said farmers and the state’s largest industry are in crisis following last month’s devastating flooding.
SYDNEY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares were poised for a strong start on Thursday, helped by indications from the U.S. Federal Reserve that the world's biggest economy is strong enough to cope with a rate hike next month. Soft commodity prices were likely to be an overhang for investors, though. The local share price index futures rose 1.1 percent, a 52.9-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index. The benchmark ended 0.3 percent higher on Wednesday. BHP Billiton will be
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State's official magazine carried a photo on Wednesday of a Schweppes drink it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.
