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Federer on verge of Wimbledon immortality
Federer on verge of Wimbledon immortality
Five years after his last Wimbledon triumph, Roger Federer can capture a record eighth All England Club title Sunday and become the tournament's oldest men's champion of the modern era.
With his 36th...
Read More... I've lost all my motivation, says 'bored' Tomic
I've lost all my motivation, says 'bored' Tomic
Bernard Tomic admitted Tuesday he had lost all motivation for tennis and couldn't care less if he won or lost as every single Australian crashed out of Wimbledon men's first round.
The talented Tomic...
Read More... Wimbledon braced for new women's shock
Wimbledon braced for new women's shock
With Serena Williams preparing for the birth of her first child and Maria Sharapova sidelined by a thigh injury, the race to be crowned Wimbledon champion is the most wide-open in a generation.
Having...
Read More... 40 years on, British women still not feeling force at Wimbledon
40 years on, British women still not feeling force at Wimbledon
It was 1977: The Sex Pistols' 'God Save the Queen' was banned, Elvis Presley died and Luke Skywalker faced down a black-clad inter-galactic megalomaniac with breathing difficulties who was later...
Read More... Andy Murray suffers pre-Wimbledon injury scare
Andy Murray suffers pre-Wimbledon injury scare
Andy Murray suffered an injury scare ahead of Wimbledon as the world number one pulled out of an exhibition match at the Hurlingham Club due to a sore hip on Tuesday.
Murray had scheduled two matches...
Read More... What Europeans should be running scared of in St. Petersburg during the Confederations Cup and the World Cup: Truth and fiction
What Europeans should be running scared of in St. Petersburg during the Confederations Cup and the World Cup: Truth and fiction
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Russian football hooligans are getting ready to attack and kill Europeans if authorities order them to. We talked to one of the leaders of so-called football firms (Zenit,...
Champions Trophy: London all set to host Pakistan-India mega final
Champions Trophy: London all set to host Pakistan-India mega final
The game that always ‘stops two nations’ comes again to a third when title-holders India face Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final at London’s Oval ground on Sunday.
And the question...
Read More... Changeable Costa eyes golden Wembley sunset
Changeable Costa eyes golden Wembley sunset
Never far from the headlines, Diego Costa will look to bring a turbulent season to a doubly triumphant conclusion when Chelsea tackle Arsenal in Saturday’s FA Cup final at Wembley.
The quarrelsome...
Read More... Wenger won’t give up in top four race
Wenger won’t give up in top four race
Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can still salvage their turbulent season by defying the odds to snatch a Champions League place on the final day.
Wenger’s side kept alive their faint hopes of qualifying...
Read More... Conte brushes aside Inter talk as Chelsea eye title
Conte brushes aside Inter talk as Chelsea eye title
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte dismissed persistent rumours linking him with a move to Inter Milan as his side prepared for a match at West Bromwich Albion on Friday that could give the Blues the Premier...
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Darwin's 'strangest animal ever' finds a family
Charles Darwin, Mr. Evolution himself, didn't know what to make of the fossils he saw in Patagonia so he sent them to his friend, the renowned paleontologist Richard Owen. Owen was stumped too....Read More... -
Bear bone discovery re-writes human history in Ireland
Analysis of a bear bone found in an Irish cave has provided evidence of human existence in Ireland 2,500 years earlier than previously thought, academics announced Sunday. For decades, the earliest...Read More... -
Game over? Computer beats human champ in strategy challenge
In a milestone for artificial intelligence, a computer has beaten a human champion at a strategy game that requires "intuition" rather than brute processing power to prevail, its makers said Wednesday. Dubbed...Read More... -
Your tablet screen is brought to you with the aid of ... carrots
This Christmas, as consumers around the world hope Santa will give them a smartphone, TV or tablet computer, few people know that the lowly carrot inspired the liquid crystals at the core of such...Read More... -
Plague may have sickened humans far earlier than thought
The plague wiped out millions of people beginning in the sixth century and through medieval times, but a study Thursday suggests the illness may have existed thousands of years earlier. A DNA...Read More... -
After 100 years, Einstein's theory stands test of time
Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and his revolutionary hypothesis has withstood the test of time, despite numerous expert attempts to find flaws. "Einstein...Read More... -
New Zealand to create massive marine sanctuary
New Zealand unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments. Prime Minister John Key on...Read More... -
Climate negotiators 'frustrated' over snail's paceDiplomats tasked with forging a climate rescue pact expressed frustration Wednesday over the lagging progress, with only seven negotiating days left until a Paris conference which must seal the...Read More...
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Overweight in midlife may speed up Alzheimer's: studyBeing overweight at the age of 50 may speed the onset of Alzheimer's disease in old age, a study in the journal Molecular Psychiatry said Tuesday. A statistical comparison showed that every...Read More...
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Aspirin reduces bowel cancer risk in obese patients: studyBeing overweight more than doubles the risk of bowel cancer in people with a certain gene disorder, but a regular dose of aspirin can reverse the trend, a study found. The international study,...Read More...
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Builders find lost archbishops in London crypt
The remains of five archbishops of Canterbury have been accidentally discovered by builders in a hidden tomb beneath a London church, site developers said yesterday. Some 20 lead coffins were discovered...Read More... -
First gay British art exhibition opens in London
The first major retrospective of gay British art opens this week at the Tate Britain gallery in London, featuring a portrait of Oscar Wilde next to his prison cell door. "Queer British Art 1861-1967"...Read More... -
London Fashion Week brings Brexit worries to the catwalks
The British fashion industry kicked off its seasonal showcase Friday urging the government not to damage a thriving sector by cutting immigration and trade ties with the EU after Brexit. "Fashion...Read More... -
London needs new concert hall: Simon Rattle
British conductor Simon Rattle on Tuesday called for a new concert hall in London to make the city more competitive on the international music scene, as he takes up his baton at the London Symphony...Read More... -
Math explored in new London gallery by Zaha Hadid
London's Science Museum called upon the genius of late architect Zaha Hadid for the “huge challenge” of bringing life to its new gallery dedicated to mathematics, which opens on Thursday.
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Design Museum turns old London icon into new global hub
From Walkmans to iPhones and classic cars to robotic arms, London's new Design Museum will offer a journey through the world of contemporary design when it opens its doors to the public next week. The...Read More...
Designer Stella McCartney unveils first menswear collection
Fashion designer Stella McCartney unveiled her first menswear collection on Thursday at London's famous Abbey Road recording studio, where she promised men a more free and fun wardrobe. McCartney...Read More...
A vision of America: Bob Dylan's London art show
Bob Dylan, music legend and Nobel laureate, is also a prolific painter whose works depicting the landscapes and culture of the United States are now the focus of a major London exhibition. Around...Read More...
Bocelli Sings at Launch of Kuwait Culture Center
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performed Monday at the launch of a huge cultural center in Kuwait which includes a 2,000-seat opera house, the first in the oil-rich Gulf state.
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'Virtual orchestra' in London lets music fans experience being on stage
"You are sitting in the front row of the orchestra with the principal conductor Salonen conducting you," Luke Ritchie, the Philharmonia Orchestra's head of digital, told AFP. "We wanted you to hear...Read More...
The magic is back: Harry Potter play hits London stage
Harry Potter fans were buzzing with excitement Saturday as "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", a stage play that imagines the fictional boy wizard as a grown-up father of three, opened in London. After...Read More...
Victor Nekrasov and the Babi Yar Massacre Commemoration by Victoria Khiterer
Recently a number of publications appeared in the Russian and Ukrainian press about Victor Nekrasov, devoted to the 105th anniversary of his birth on 17 June, 2016. He was remembered mostly...Read More...
London's Tate Modern museum expands horizons
London's Tate Modern museum will this week unveil a vast pyramidal extension providing extra gallery space for the millions of guests who pour through its doors each year. The modern art museum...Read More...
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London fire survivors heckle authorities at tense meeting
Survivors of last month's deadly tower block inferno in London packed a tense meeting Wednesday and heckled the new leader of the local authority...20 July 2017Read More...
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London delivery drivers protest against rise in acid attacks
Distressed over a rise in acid attacks, some 200 delivery drivers protested in front of the British parliament on Tuesday, demanding the government...19 July 2017Read More...
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London economy suffering 'wobble' over Brexit worries, says think tank
London's economy is wobbling from the early effects of Brexit judging from the capital's faltering housing market, fewer European Union citizens...18 July 2017Read More...
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Brexit has shaken Spanish businesses, says king
Brexit has created uncertainty for both Spanish businesses and citizens, King Felipe VI of Spain said Thursday during his state visit to Britain,...14 July 2017Read More... -
Britain starts overhauling its legal system for Brexit with the 'Great Repeal Bill'
The British government on Thursday (July 13) begins the mammoth task of overhauling its legal system in time for Brexit, also revealing its stance on...13 July 2017Read More... -
Massive fire breaks out at London's Camden Market
Seventy firefighters battled a large fire in a building in London's popular Camden Lock Market in the early hours of Monday, the London Fire Brigade...10 July 2017Read More... -
350,000 demand UK allow terminally ill baby to travel to US
The parents of a terminally-ill British baby boy on Sunday delivered a petition of over 350,000 signatures demanding they be allowed to take him...09 July 2017Read More... -
British PM May supports plan for Thatcher statue outside British parliament
British Prime Minister Theresa May called for plans to put up a statue of "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher outside the British parliament to go ahead...07 July 2017Read More... -
Saudi funding extremism in UK: study
Foreign funding for Islamist extremism in Britain mostly originates from Saudi Arabia, a think-tank report said on Wednesday in claims that were...05 July 2017Read More... -
‘I want to kill all Muslims,’ London mosque attacker said, ramming worshipers
Worshipers leaving a London mosque just after midnight on Monday were helping an unwell elderly man when the driver of a van deliberately targeted them,...30 June 2017Read More... -
UK's new aircraft carrier sets sail for first time
Britain's new and only aircraft carrier -- the largest and most powerful ship ever built for the Royal Navy -- set off for its first sea trial in...26 June 2017Read More... -
UK's last governor demands China honour its word to HK
The world is watching Hong Kong as a "test case" of whether Chinese promises mean anything, Britain's last governor said ahead of the 20th anniversary...26 June 2017Read More... -
UK parliament cuts e-mail access after cyberattack
Britain's parliament shut down external access to e-mail accounts on Saturday following a cyberattack. Parliamentary authorities described the attack...25 June 2017Read More... -
Britain's Prince Philip, 96, in hospital with infection
Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been admitted to hospital as a "precautionary measure" for treatment of an infection,...21 June 2017Read More... -
Tears and unity as terror-hit London market reopens
As London's terror-hit Borough Market reopened Wednesday, a local poet's words echoed around: "Let them, the traders, appeal to your tastes, there...19 June 2017Read More...
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Ransomware, the weapon wielded in cyber attacks
Ransomware demands which hit a clutch of multinationals Tuesday are the latest in a wave of international cyberattacks in recent months. In Europe,...28 June 2017Read More... -
No chance for single EU migration policy: Hungarian PM
Hungary's populist prime minister said Monday he sees no chance for a single EU-wide migration policy, just days after the bloc launched legal action...27 June 2017Read More... -
Super-agent Mendes in court over Falcao ‘tax evasion’
Football super-agent Jorge Mendes is due to be questioned by a Spanish judge for the first time Tuesday as part of a probe into striker Radamel Falcao’s...27 June 2017Read More... -
Exploding whipped cream dispenser kills French fitness blogger
An Instagram star and well-known fitness blogger has died in a freak accident after a pressurised cannister used for dispensing whipped cream exploded,...22 June 2017Read More... -
MEPs at the European Parliament declare their support for the Shor Party
Summarising the two-day discussions of the delegation of Shor Party from Moldova to the European Parliament, moderator of the concluding press...16 June 2017Read More... -
Turin bomb scare sparks stampede, leaving 1,500 injured
More than 1,500 people were injured, three seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans watching the Champions League...04 June 2017Read More... -
Russia gets 2018 Winter Paralympic warning over doping
Russia have been warned they will be barred from July's World Para Athletics Championships in London and the 2018 Winter Paralympics unless "something...22 May 2017Read More... -
David Roytman, Luxury Judaica brand owner, “I understand that I create history…”
The David Roytman brand is one of the most recognizable brands in modern Judaica. Arguably, he was the first to bring the elements of high fashion...19 May 2017Read More... -
French line up abroad to vote in presidential cliffhanger
From London to Berlin, Washington to Tel Aviv, French voters lined up at polling stations abroad at the weekend to cast ballots for one of the closest...23 April 2017Read More... -
'Islamist' held as 'terrorist link' probed for Dortmund blasts
German investigators on Wednesday detained an Islamist suspect over three explosions that rocked Borussia Dortmund's team bus, prosecutors said,...12 April 2017Read More... -
Man held for driving car at crowd in Belgium's Antwerp
Belgian security forces arrested a man Thursday after he drove into a shopping area at high speed in the port city of Antwerp, officials said. Authorities...29 March 2017Read More... -
A lesser role: Veteran diplomat reflects on UK's EU journey
As a Foreign Office diplomat, Crispin Tickell helped Britain join the European Union in 1973. Now 86, he reflects on missed opportunities and his...28 March 2017Read More... -
Spanish media denounces xenophobia
During an interview on aired Spanish National Television (TVE), Mr. Jose Antonio Penichet, the attorney of the Russian Consulate in Las Palmas,...28 March 2017Read More... -
New York skyscrapers adapt to climate change
With a skyline crowded with ever-more luxury towers, the construction of another Manhattan skyscraper wouldn't normally be remarkable. But the American...28 March 2017Read More... -
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to build fences in New York
The Chinese activist artist Ai Weiwei will build dozens of fences in New York for an exhibition opening in October that focuses on walls that divide...28 March 2017Read More...
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Designers send models down Paris runway in garbage bags
Top fashion designers set out Sunday to prove the saying that a stylish woman can even look good in a bin bag. Belgian husband and wife team Filip...03 July 2017Read More...
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Timbuktu recovers its mausoleums, risen from ruins
Mali's fabled city of Timbuktu on Thursday celebrated the recovery of its historic mausoleums, destroyed during an Islamist takeover of northern Mali...06 February 2016Read More... -
Florida Indian tribe's last alligator wrestler bows outOn billboards across the Florida Everglades, a burly Native American man pries open an alligator's mouth, pressing his face dangerously close...06 January 2016Read More...
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Bubbling up: Italy's other FerrariItalians call it a brindisi, the celebratory clinking of glasses to mark a special occasion. And if the occasion is really special, there is...07 December 2015Read More...
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Facebook to block access to non-members in BelgiumFacebook on Wednesday said it would block access to its website by non-members in Belgium, as it battles a court order to stop tracking Internet...03 December 2015Read More...
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Anti-war protesters march in London on eve of Syria strikes voteThousands of protesters gathered in central London on Tuesday in an effort to stop Britain joining air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria, a day...02 December 2015Read More...
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Weekly sex makes for happy couples: US studyHow much sex is enough? Just once a week is all it takes for optimal happiness among married heterosexual couples and those in long-term relationships,...18 November 2015Read More...
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