• Motor racing-Raikkonen in the hunt without the Hunt

    Reuters - 48 mins ago

    By Alan Baldwin MONACO, May 25 (Reuters) - Formula One title contender Kimi Raikkonen has covered up a tribute on his helmet to late champion James Hunt after the lettering was deemed to contravene television regulations. The party-loving Lotus driver, second in the championship at present, is a big fan of Britain's 1976 champion and once entered a snowmobile race under Hunt's name. He has also paid tribute to him in the past with Monaco helmets. This year's had the words 'James Hunt' on the top, positioned to face the camera behind. The regulations do not allow rear-facing messages. ... More »Motor racing-Raikkonen in the hunt without the Hunt

  • CA-NEWS Summary

    Reuters - 57 mins ago

    Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time. The rioting in Stockholm abated after a week of masked youths vandalizing schools and police stations, setting cars alight and hurling stones at firefighters, police said. In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S. ... More »CA-NEWS Summary

  • Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze kill 17 children: media

    Reuters - 57 mins ago

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Seventeen Pakistani children burnt to death on Saturday when a gas cylinder on the bus taking them to school exploded, media said. Ten children were injured in the blaze on the outskirts of Gujrat, 100 miles southeast of Islamabad, DawnNews said. Many vehicles in energy-starved Pakistan are powered by relatively cheap compressed natural gas and cylinder blasts are common. (Reporting by Nick Macfie; Editing by Ron Popeski) More »Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze kill 17 children: media

  • Tennis-Brussels Open women's singles results

    Reuters - 1 hr 3 mins ago

    May 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brussels Open Women's Singles matches on Saturday SemifinalKaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat Jamie Hampton (U.S.) 7-6(6) 6-4 More »Tennis-Brussels Open women's singles results

  • Motor racing-Fernley says costs threaten some F1 teams

    Reuters - 1 hr 7 mins ago

    By Alan Baldwin MONACO, May 25 (Reuters) - Some Formula One teams face a fight for survival next season when engine costs more than double, Force India deputy principal Bob Fernley said on Saturday. "You shouldn't underestimate the resolve of Formula One teams, they are incredibly resilient and probably will come through," the Briton told Reuters in an interview at the Monaco Grand Prix. "But to add to the level of costs to the teams at this time in an economic cycle, one has to question whether they can all survive." Formula One is introducing a new 1. ... More »Motor racing-Fernley says costs threaten some F1 teams

  • Motor racing-Rosberg tops crash-filled final Monaco practice

    Reuters - 1 hr 8 mins ago

    By Alan Baldwin MONACO, May 25 (Reuters) - Ferrari's Felipe Massa crashed heavily in an accident-strewn final Monaco Grand Prix practice session on Saturday with Nico Rosberg completing a sweep of fastest times for Mercedes. The Brazilian wrestled with a seemingly unresponsive steering wheel before locking up on the brakes and smashing into the steel guardrail on the pit straight. The Ferrari then plunged nose-first into the energy-absorbing plastic safety barrier at the Ste. ... More »Motor racing-Rosberg tops crash-filled final Monaco practice

  • Japan government says unaware of ghosts at PM residence: paper

    Reuters - 1 hr 29 mins ago

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assassinations, has revived talk of ghosts in the corridors, prompting the government to deny any knowledge of hauntings. Abe has not moved into the prime minister's official residence for five months since he took power. Asked by an opposition lawmaker about the reported hauntings, the government issued a formal statement on Friday saying it was not aware of ghost sightings, Asahi newspaper and other media reported. ... More »Japan government says unaware of ghosts at PM residence: paper

  • EU steps up quest to solve youth unemployment

    Reuters - 1 hr 38 mins ago

    By Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders have decided youth unemployment and the risk of social breakdown are among the toughest challenges they face and finding solutions will be a top priority for the coming months. In a letter released late on Friday, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said youth unemployment was one of the most pressing issues for the 27-member European Union. ... More »EU steps up quest to solve youth unemployment

  • Motor racing-Formula One Monaco Grand Prix 3rd and final free practice session

    Reuters - 1 hr 44 mins ago

    May 25 (Infostrada Sports) - 3rd and Final Free Practice Session from the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix at Circuit de Monaco on Saturday 1. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:14.378 2. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault 1:15.039 3. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault 1:15.261 4. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1:15.286 5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:15.311 6. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus - Renault 1:15.380 7. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 1:15.550 8. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India - Mercedes 1:15.594 9. ... More »Motor racing-Formula One Monaco Grand Prix 3rd and final free practice session

  • Senegal drop Ba for World Cup qualifiers

    Reuters - 1 hr 48 mins ago

    (Reuters) - Senegal have dropped Chelsea striker Demba Ba for next month's World Cup qualifiers, with coach Alain Giresse calling the decision "purely a sporting one" as he made four changes from the squad that drew 1-1 with Angola two months ago. "I've decided to go without him for these two games," Giresse told reporters of upcoming Group J matches in Angola on June 8 and Liberia one week later. Ba missed a penalty in the home draw against Angola in March. ... More »Senegal drop Ba for World Cup qualifiers

  • Slick Brumbies tame conditions to give Auckland the Blues

    Reuters - 1 hr 50 mins ago

    (Reuters) - The ACT Brumbies mastered the wet and windy conditions in Auckland on Saturday to beat the Blues 20-13 in the 1,500th game of Super Rugby. Scrumhalf Nic White scored their only try and Christian Lealiifano kicked five penalties as the Brumbies bounced back with a win after consecutive defeats to the Crusaders and Waratahs. The Australian Conference leaders success was built on tactical kicking which pinned the Blues back for the majority of the first half, with the home side guilty of numerous handling errors and struggling at the lineout. ... More »Slick Brumbies tame conditions to give Auckland the Blues

  • Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer

    Reuters - 1 hr 56 mins ago

    By Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time. The rioting in Stockholm abated after a week of masked youths vandalizing schools and police stations, setting cars alight and hurling stones at firefighters, police said. "It was much calmer - rocks weren't being thrown at police or firefighters - and that's a sign that it's calmer. ... More »Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer

  • Rugby-Slick Brumbies tame conditions to give Auckland the Blues

    Reuters - 1 hr 56 mins ago

    May 25 (Reuters) - The ACT Brumbies mastered the wet and windy conditions in Auckland on Saturday to beat the Blues 20-13 in the 1,500th game of Super Rugby. Scrumhalf Nic White scored their only try and Christian Lealiifano kicked five penalties as the Brumbies bounced back with a win after consecutive defeats to the Crusaders and Waratahs. The Australian Conference leaders success was built on tactical kicking which pinned the Blues back for the majority of the first half, with the home side guilty of numerous handling errors and struggling at the lineout. ... More »Rugby-Slick Brumbies tame conditions to give Auckland the Blues

  • Cricket-England win toss, bat first v New Zealand

    Reuters - 2 hrs 8 mins ago

    LEEDS, England, May 25 (Reuters) - England won the toss and chose to bat in the second and final test against New Zealand at Headingley on Saturday. England named an unchanged team from the side that won by 170 runs in the first test at Lord's, retaining paceman Steven Finn and leaving out Tim Bresnan. New Zealand called up Doug Bracewell to make an all-seamer attack having declined to take a gamble on spinner Daniel Vettori, who only arrived in England this week as a replacement for the injured Bruce Martin. ... More »Cricket-England win toss, bat first v New Zealand

  • Soccer-Senegal drop Ba for World Cup qualifiers

    Reuters - 2 hrs 11 mins ago

    May 25 (Reuters) - Senegal have dropped Chelsea striker Demba Ba for next month's World Cup qualifiers, with coach Alain Giresse calling the decision "purely a sporting one" as he made four changes from the squad that drew 1-1 with Angola two months ago. "I've decided to go without him for these two games," Giresse told reporters of upcoming Group J matches in Angola on June 8 and Liberia one week later. Ba missed a penalty in the home draw against Angola in March. ... More »Soccer-Senegal drop Ba for World Cup qualifiers

  • Rugby-Auckland Blues 13 ACT Brumbies 20 - Super Rugby result

    Reuters - 2 hrs 29 mins ago

    May 25 (Reuters) - ACT Brumbies (Australia) beat the Auckland Blues (New Zealand) 20-13 (halftime 14-0) in a Super Rugby match at Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday. Scorers: Blues - Try: Rene Ranger; Conversion: Chris Noakes; Penalties: Noakes, Baden Kerr. Brumbies - Try: Nic White; Penalties: Christian Lealiifano (5) (Compiled by Patrick Johnston; Editing by John O'Brien) More »Rugby-Auckland Blues 13 ACT Brumbies 20 - Super Rugby result

  • Victoria plans action after girl's racial slur

    Reuters - 2 hrs 35 mins ago

    (Reuters) - A teenage girl's abusive slur aimed at Australian Rules Football player Adam Goodes has jolted the state of Victoria into establishing programs that will educate children on racism, according to local media on Saturday. The 33-year-old Sydney Swans player, who is of Indigenous Australian heritage, was called an "ape" by the 13-year-old spectator at Friday's AFL game against Collingwood at the MCG in Melbourne. Goodes told a news conference he was "gutted" by the remark but added that the girl, who was escorted out of the stadium following the incident, had called him to apologies. ... More »Victoria plans action after girl's racial slur

  • Australian Rules-Victoria plans action after girl's racial slur

    Reuters - 2 hrs 59 mins ago

    May 25 (Reuters) - A teenage girl's abusive slur aimed at Australian Rules Football player Adam Goodes has jolted the state of Victoria into establishing programmes that will educate children on racism, according to local media on Saturday. The 33-year-old Sydney Swans player, who is of Indigenous Australian heritage, was called an "ape" by the 13-year-old spectator at Friday's AFL game against Collingwood at the MCG in Melbourne. ... More »Australian Rules-Victoria plans action after girl's racial slur

  • Freeport Indonesia union says mine shut but maintenance under way

    Reuters - 3 hrs ago

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - Between 35 and 40 percent of workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit returned to work on Saturday to carry out maintenance work after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 people, a union official said. The resumption of work was a possible sign the firm was gearing up towards restarting operations at the world's No. 2 copper mine. Arizona-based Freeport suspended operations at the remote Papua mine on May 15, at a cost estimated at about $15 million a day in lost production. ... More »Freeport Indonesia union says mine shut but maintenance under way

  • Bayern meet Dortmund in all-German Champions League final

    Reuters - 3 hrs ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Germans will descend on London's Wembley Stadium later on Saturday (1845 GMT) when four-times winners Bayern Munich take on domestic rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final. The world's most prestigious club soccer match pits unassuming 68-year-old Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes against excitable Dortmund boss Juergen Klopp, 45, in an intriguing clash of styles. ... More »Bayern meet Dortmund in all-German Champions League final

  • Egyptian tycoon to buy MTS fiber network in new Canada push

    Reuters - 3 hrs ago

    By Alastair Sharp and Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc will sell its Allstream fiber optic network to a company controlled by telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris for C$520 million (US$503 million), a deal that signals the Egyptian magnate is still keen on Canada. Under an agreement announced on Friday, Accelero Capital Holdings, which was founded by Sawiris and is stacked with executives from telecom companies he owns or in which he is invested, gets Allstream landline network and its 50,000 business customers. ... More »Egyptian tycoon to buy MTS fiber network in new Canada push

  • Google to bankroll, build wireless networks across Africa

    Reuters - 3 hrs ago

    (Reuters) - Google Inc intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Internet search giant - which has for years espoused universal Web access - is employing a patchwork quilt of technologies and holding discussions with regulators from South Africa to Kenya, the WSJ cited people familiar with the strategy as saying. ... More »Google to bankroll, build wireless networks across Africa

  • Niger attacks are 'shockwave' of Mali conflict

    Reuters - 3 hrs ago

    By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) - French special forces and Niger troops shot dead on Friday the last two Islamists involved in a twin attack on a military base and a French uranium mine in Niger claimed by the mastermind of January's mass hostage-taking in Algeria. Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a one-eyed veteran of al Qaeda's North African operations, said in a statement that his Mulathameen brigade organised Thursday's raids with the MUJWA militant group in retaliation for Niger's role in a French-led war on Islamists in Mali. ... More »Niger attacks are 'shockwave' of Mali conflict

  • Brazil to boost investments in Ethiopia

    Reuters - 4 hrs ago

    By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Brazil signed cooperative agreements with Ethiopia on Friday and Brazilian companies are looking to expand investments in the fast-growing Horn of Africa country, an Ethiopian minister said. Ethiopia's State Minister of Foreign Affairs Berhane Gebrekristos said a visiting Brazilian delegation had signed memorandums of understanding and agreements on education, agriculture, science and technology, and air transport. ... More »Brazil to boost investments in Ethiopia

  • Cricket-IPL's Chennai official arrested in spot-fixing scandal

    Reuters - 4 hrs ago

    NEW DELHI, May 25 (Reuters) - Mumbai Police apprehended a key official of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Chennai franchise late on Friday in connection with a spot-fixing scandal that has also led to the arrest of three cricketers. Former India test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other local cricketers were arrested last week on suspicion of taking money to concede a fixed number of runs and police have intensified investigations to discover the extent of the scandal. ... More »Cricket-IPL's Chennai official arrested in spot-fixing scandal

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