Sydney FC chief executive Tony Pignata has implored the club's fans to come out in full force for Wednesday's Asian Champions League round of 16 second leg against Shandong Luneng, saying it is one of the most important matches in the club's history.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday headed for his first visit to Vietnam, a trip aimed at sealing the transformation of an old enemy into a new partner to help counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region. Four decades after the Vietnam War, Obama – the first U.S. leader to come of age after a conflict that bitterly divided America - will seek to deepen defense and economic ties with the country’s communist government while also prodding them on human rights, aides say.
By Marcie Kagawa, SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The White House has invited an American former World War II prisoner of war to accompany President B...
Miranda Kerr looks beautiful in a blue coat as she arrives at Charles de Gaulle Airport on Saturday (May 21) in Paris, France. The 33-year-old model posted a view of the city from her hotel room after arriving later that day, writing, “J’adore Paris.” PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Miranda Kerr The day [...]
As we condemn the burning of institutions let us ask ourselves: how did we get here? says Malaika wa Azania.
Mike Trout tracked Zach Britton’s fastball into the mitt of Matt Wieters during the ninth inning Saturday night at Angel Stadium. It was low, he knew. The count would be 2-0. Perhaps he’d see a pitch into which he could put a force, with a teammate on second and the Angels trailing by two runs...
He opened fire into a crowd of 150 people.
Bruce Gordon's WIN Corporation is appealing the court decision that rejected its bid to stop Nine Entertainment streaming in regional areas.
He jumped into the cage in a suicide attempt but survived after the animals were killed.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Nepal official says some 30 climbers have gotten frostbite or become sick on Mount Everest, in addition to two who died in recent days on the world's highest mountain.
The 40-year-old could not hide his disappointment after watching his side slip to an extra-time defeat to Juventus with Alvaro Morata's winner seeing them clinch the double
Food drives often are focused on the holiday seasons, when turkeys are on the big-meal menu. But everyday insecurity about where the next meal comes from is a year-round problem for thousands of families in Washington.
Two main arguments seem to keep popping up as it relates to the Millennium Bulk Terminals (MBT) project — coal dust and the future demand for coal.
A guitar given to Elvis Presley by his father in 1969 went under the hammer for $334,000 in New York during an auction that also saw a Michael Jackson vest fetch $256,000. Vernon Presley is said to have changed the finish of the Gibson Dove acoustic guitar to ebony after his son earned his black belt in karate. During a 1975 concert in Asheville, North Carolina, Presley had given the guitar to fan Mike Harris, who had kept it until now.
Venezuela’s president is fighting tooth and nail to save the Bolivarian revolution from “a war of regime change by the capitalist oligarchs”, says Shannon Ebrahim.
A mother and son wowed the "Britain's Got Talent" judges with their sensational rendition of A Great Big World's "Say Something."
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The world's longest and deepest railway tunnel opens Jun. 1 in the Swiss Alps, an engineering feat that will cut journey times across Europe.
ENSCHEDE - De Hoge Raad sprak ex-neuroloog Ernst Jansen Steur afgelopen week vrij van opzettelijke mishandeling van zijn patiënten. Na vier jaar onderzoek door justitie en een proces van twee jaar staan de slachtoffers met lege handen. Toch was de strafzaak niet voor niets.
Na de Nederlandse klimmer Eric Arnold (35) is ook zijn Australische reisgenote Maria Strydom (34) overleden na het beklimmen van de Mount Everest in Nepal. Net als Arnold kreeg de vrouw last van hoogteziekte - een acuut gebrek aan zuurstof in de ijle berglucht - op de weg terug naar beneden. De twee zaten in dezelfde klimgroep, meldt ABC Australia.
Jose Mourinho is set to replace Louis van Gaal despite United’s FA Cup victory on Saturday, according to the British media.
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Suppose the neighbour over the back fence wanted to chop down a bunch of much-loved mature trees, despite an iron-clad planning condition set a decade earlier stopping them – the council responsible for your neighbourhood would step in, right?
