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(Reuters) – New York Giants sack master Michael Strahan and Raiders punter Ray Guy were among seven former NFL players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame during ceremonies at Canton, Ohio on Saturday. They joined defensive end Claude Humphrey, linebacker Derrick Brooks, tackle Walter Jones, receiver Andre Reed and cornerback Aeneas Williams in boosting the Hall’s ranks to 287. “I’ve waited almost 30 years to get to this podium, so don’t rush me […]
(Reuters) – Top seed Serena Williams won the final eight games to rout Andrea Petkovic in the semi-final at the Stanford Classic in California on Saturday. Williams eventually turned what started as a closely-fought contest into a one-sided romp as she beat the frustrated German 7-5 6-0. The American will go for her third title in four years when she meets third seed Angelique Kerber in the final on Sunday. “Andrea and I both had really long matches yesterday, […]
(Reuters) – An American doctor stricken with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia and brought to the United States for treatment in a special isolation ward is improving, the top U.S. health official said on Sunday. Dr Kent Brantly, a 33-year-old father of two young children, was able to walk, with help, from an ambulance after he was flown on Saturday to Atlanta, where he was being treated by infectious disease specialists at Emory […]
(Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed 10 people and wounded about 30 on Sunday in a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said, as dozens died in Israeli shelling of the enclave and Hamas fired rockets at Israel. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the attack as a “moral outrage and a criminal act” and called for those responsible for the “gross violation of international humanitarian law” to be held accountable. The […]
(Reuters) – Islamic State fighters seized control of Iraq’s biggest dam, an oilfield and three more towns on Sunday after inflicting their first major defeat on Kurdish forces since sweeping through the region in June. Capture of the Mosul Dam after an offensive of barely 24 hours could give the Sunni militants the ability to flood major Iraqi cities or withhold water from farms, sharply raising the stakes in their bid to topple Prime Minister […]
(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 175 people and leaving more than 180 missing and 1,400 injured in a remote area of Yunnan province, causing thousands of buildings, including a school, to collapse. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile (1.6 km). Chinese state media said it was felt most strongly in Yunnan as well as in […]
There was frustration and disappointment when a slated World Trade Organization (WTO) reform package was blocked by India’s demand for amendments.
After an Israeli attack on a UN facility resulted in wounded children being evacuated . This is not the first time Israel targeted a UN facility.
A Czech top-seeded player was defeated by a Canadian in the ATP 500 world tournament.
Despite the ongoing clashes nearby, a team of investigators was able to gain access to the crash site of the Malaysian Airlines MH17.
A series of gas explosions in a southern Taiwanese city resulted in 25 deaths and injured about 270, the cause of the gas leaks is still not known, but rupture of gas pipes has been reported.
A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for converting from Islam has arrived at the United States after her ordeal.
