All Wires articles, Monday 6 February

• reuters SK Hynix bids for a Toshiba memory business stake-source By Se Young Lee SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix Inc has submitted an initial bid to acquire a stake in Toshiba Corp's memory chip business, a...
• reuters Lacking local support, De Beers shelves Ontario diamond mine expansion By Susan Taylor TORONTO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - De Beers is shelving immediate plans to study an expansion project at a remote northern Ontario diamond mine after...
• ap Shortage of Philadelphia transit cars expected to continue PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia transit officials say they expect a shortage of cars to continue at peak hours on a subway line where cracks were found on a...
• reuters Lacking local support, De Beers shelves Ontario diamond mine expansion By Susan Taylor TORONTO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - De Beers is shelving immediate plans to study an expansion project at a remote northern Ontario diamond mine after...
• reuters Trump: militant attacks 'all over Europe,' some not reported By Steve Holland TAMPA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday accused the news media of ignoring attacks by Islamist militants in Europe, withou...
• reuters Hopes for a thaw as Poland's Kaczynski meets Merkel By Justyna Pawlak and Andreas Rinke WARSAW/BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Warsaw on Tuesday amid signs its conservative rul...
• reuters Canada reintroduces bison to Banff National Park By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Parks Canada has reintroduced a herd of plains bison to the country's oldest national park in Banff, Albe...
• ap How court battle over travel ban could unfold With filing of court briefs completed late Monday, President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily limiting immigration to the U.S. is squarely before t...
• ap Trump: Allow those into US who 'want to love our country' MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed Monday to allow only people who "want to love our country" into the United States, defending...
• ap UN chief: IS on defensive in conflict areas but is adapting UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group is militarily on the defensive in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria but is partially adapting by mov...
• ap Icahn says he'll sell ex-Taj Mahal casino; blames NJ pol ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he will try to sell the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, blaming a failed bill...
• ap San Diego, Tijuana mayors extol virtues of cross-border ties SAN DIEGO (AP) — The mayors of the largest metropolitan area on the U.S.-Mexico border called Monday for stronger binational ties, striking a sharp contrast ...
• ap Prosecutor: Ohio inmate slain while riding in transport van COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio inmate was strangled to death while riding in a corrections agency van with other prisoners and guards aboard, a prosecutor sai...
• ap Police: Ankle monitor helps tie suspect to house burglary SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Louisiana police say a bail bond company's ankle monitor helped make a burglary case against a New Orleans man. Police in Slidell, about ...
• ap Peru opens corruption probe into ex-President Toledo LIMA, Peru (AP) — Prosecutors in Peru are opening a formal investigation into suspicions that former President Alejandro Toledo took bribes from a Brazilian ...
• reuters Oscar awards organizers call for artistic freedom, no U.S. barriers By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The head of the organization behind the Oscar awards on Monday called for diversity and freedom of expressio...
• reuters Despite overtime finish, NFL Super Bowl draws lower TV ratings By Tim Baysinger Feb 6 (Reuters) - Fox Television's broadcast of Super Bowl LI on Sunday night drew 111.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen data released...
• ap Binge Eater: Black hole taking over decade to devour star CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected a black hole that's taken a record-breaking decade to devour a star — and it's still chewing away. The f...
• ap The Latest: Justice Dept. files brief supporting travel ban WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the lawsuit involving President Donald Trump's executive order restraining immigration (all times local): 6:15 p.m. The Justi...
• ap Jamie Lynn Spears' daughter, 8, injured in ATV accident HAMMOND, Louisiana (AP) — The 8-year-old daughter of actress and singer Jamie Lynn Spears was injured when an all-terrain vehicle she was driving fell into a...
• ap Human Rights Watch wants alleged Myanmar abuses investigated YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A human rights group urged Myanmar's government on Monday to back an independent international investigation into alleged abuses by se...
• ap 7 percent of Australian Catholic priests accused of abuse SYDNEY (AP) — Seven percent of priests in Australia's Catholic Church were accused of sexually abusing children over the past several decades, a lawyer said ...
• ap Rare snow shuts Seattle area schools, cuts power for 100,000 SEATTLE (AP) — A snowstorm that blanketed Seattle and western Washington state into Monday morning prompted widespread school closures, flight cancellations ...
• afp Trump faces deadline in court battle over travel ban President Donald Trump lashed out Monday at signs of rising public opposition to his controversial travel ban as tech giants threw their weight behind a push...
• ap Human remains found in bags in eastern Mexican state XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities are investigating several bags of human remains discovered when police stopped a vehicle in the eastern Gulf coast ...
• reuters Brazil prosecutor seeks probe into former president, senators By Brad Brooks SAO PAULO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's top prosecutor on Monday asked the Supreme Court for permission to investigate an ex-president, two sena...
• reuters U.S. House passes bill requiring warrants to search old emails WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to require law enforcement authorities to obtain a search warrant before seek...
• reuters Teva names interim CEO, new chairman as Vigodman steps down By Bill Berkrot Feb 6 (Reuters) - Israel-based generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Monday that Chief Executive Erez Vigodman was ste...
• reuters Twenty-First Century Fox profit tops estimates, revenue misses By Anya George Tharakan and Jessica Toonkel Feb 6 (Reuters) - Twenty-First Century Fox Inc reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' expectations, as i...
• reuters Canadian mother found guilty of hiding 6 baby bodies in locker By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A Canadian judge found a mother guilty on Monday of concealing the decomposing remains of her six babies ...
• reuters North Carolina's bathroom law puts NCAA events at risk -official By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb 6 (Reuters) - North Carolina is close to losing NCAA championship events for six years at a cost of more than $25...
• reuters Tyson reveals subpoena linked to alleged price fixing By Tom Polansek and Sruthi Ramakrishnan Feb 6 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc disclosed on Monday it has received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchang...
• ap Outdoor Retailer show to consider moving out of Utah SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The lucrative Outdoor Retailer show is again considering moving from Salt Lake City. Show organizers announced Monday they will request...
• ap Texas blocks release of F1's US Grand Prix payment details AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas attorney general's office will keep secret how much money Formula One receives from organizers of the U.S. Grand Prix to run t...
• ap Catholic church in El Salvador calls for mining ban SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church in El Salvador has asked the small Central American country's legislature to ban metal mining. Arc...
• ap Official asks Texas Rangers to help find lost Brady jersey AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is asking the state's top law enforcement officers to help locate Tom Brady's missing game jersey, which disa...
• reuters EBay finds 'material weakness' in controls over accounting for tax Feb 6 (Reuters) - EBay Inc said on Monday it had found that it improperly accounted for tax on certain transactions completed in December, which constituted ...
• ap Fox draws audience of 111.3M for Super Bowl, down slightly NEW YORK (AP) — Fox drew an audience of 111.3 million viewers for the first Super Bowl to go into overtime, a smaller audience than the game has had in the l...
• ap Gov. signs bill making Missouri 28th right-to-work state JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday made Missouri the 28th state to ban mandatory union fees and dues, delivering a big win fo...
• pa Health experts back vaping as healthier alternative to regular cigarettes Study finds people who swapped regular cigarettes for e-cigarettes had much lower levels of cancer causing substances in their body.
• ap Prosecutors: Bergdahl to get fair trial despite Trump jabs RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign-trail condemnation of Bowe Bergdahl — the army sergeant charged with desertion while serving in Afghan...
• ap Rates mixed at weekly US Treasury bill auction WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction, with rates on three-month bills rising to their highest level s...
• ap Package of veteran's mementos makes it home after 4 years GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — The owner of a UPS store in Minnesota spent four years searching for the intended recipient of a package filled with mementos bef...
• reuters HIGHLIGHTS-The Trump presidency on Feb. 6 at 6:10 P.M. EST/2310 GMT Feb 6 (Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Monday: IMMIGRATION ORDER National security veterans, major U.S. ...
• ap French policeman charged with rape after violent ID check PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of people marched in a Paris suburb Monday to show support for a young black man who authorities allege was sodomized by a police offic...
• reuters Cook "drained" by England captain job, says Strauss LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Alastair Cook was "drained" by the demands of being England test captain and felt new blood was needed in the role, England directo...
• ap Fighting fake news isn't just up to Facebook and Google NEW YORK (AP) — You, too, can join the battle against misleading and other "fake" news online. But your options are somewhat limited unless you're already an...
• afp Battle over Trump's immigration order: what we know A US appeals court has rejected a government request to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump's controversial immigration ban -- the latest twist in w...
• ap Anti-Trump protests complicate start of his presidency WASHINGTON (AP) — Scrappy as ever, Donald Trump on Monday dismissed polls showing low approval ratings as "fake news." But whatever his opinion, active oppos...
• reuters Portuguese championship results and standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Portuguese championship matches on Monday Monday, February 6 CD Feirense 2 Rio Ave 1 Maritimo 1 Moreirense...
• reuters Indonesia to hold court hearing into Goldman Sachs's billion-dollar dispute with tycoon By Eveline Danubrata JAKARTA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia will hold a court hearing on Tuesday into a billion-dollar dispute between Goldman Sachs and a loca...
• reuters SK Hynix submitted bid for a Toshiba memory business stake -source SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix Inc has submitted an initial bid to acquire a stake in Toshiba Corp's memory chip business, a person familiar...
• reuters La Liga top scorers Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Top scorers of the La Liga on Monday 16 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Luis Suarez (Barcelona) 13 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 11 Iago Aspas...
• reuters Trump summit with Japan's Abe to include round of golf By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will play a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida th...
• reuters U.S. EPA employees protest Trump's pick to run agency By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former and current employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expressed opposition to President...
• ap Tech cos. take stand against travel ban, risking backlash SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Through a Super Bowl ad, public statements and court filings, Silicon Valley's biggest companies are taking a strong stand against Presi...
• ap AP FACT CHECK: Trump says terrorism acts ignored. Evidence? WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made an unsupported assertion Monday that terrorist acts in Europe are going unreported. A look at the matter: TRUMP...
• ap Suspect gets 30 years in Florida mosque fire FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday for setting ...
• ap Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of 4 at nightclub YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi authorities say a Yazoo City man has been arrested and charged in the deaths of four people shot after an argument at a ...
• ap Romania PM: I may fire justice minister over graft decree BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's prime minister said Monday he may fire the justice minister for mishandling a contentious decree that has sparked the cou...
• reuters Fans camp out for tickets to more serious Berlin film fest BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Movie fans waited for hours -- and in some cases camped overnight -- to make sure they got passes to the 67th annual Berlin Film Fe...
• reuters Hedge fund firms PAAMCO and KKR Prisma to merge By Svea Herbst-Bayliss Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hedge fund investment firms PAAMCO and KKR Prisma said on Monday they were merging, signaling more consolidation in ...
• reuters Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX oppose Trump immigration order Feb 6 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Tesla Inc and SpaceX on Monday joined a legal brief filed by businesses opposed to President Donald Trump's order restricting i...
• reuters Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX oppose Trump immigration order Feb 6 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Tesla Inc and SpaceX on Monday joined a legal brief filed by businesses opposed to President Donald Trump's order restricting i...
• ap Scores of EPA workers object to Trump's pick to lead agency CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of current and former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are speaking out against President Donald Trump's pick to head...
• pa Queen is first British monarch to reach Sapphire Jubilee after 65-year reign Royal gun salutes will be staged in London on February 6, as is the tradition.
• ap Business Highlights ___ Tech cos. take stand against travel ban SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Through a Super Bowl ad, public statements and court filings, Silicon Valley's biggest compa...
• afp US stocks drop with oil prices US stocks began a heavy week of earnings reports on a down note Monday, with a drop in oil prices sending leading oil producers lower. Wall Street stocks wer...
• reuters Florida man sentenced to 30 years in prison for mosque fire By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A Florida man pleaded no contest and was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison for setting fire last year to...
• ap Debate over onsite use of pot in Alaska stores continues JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The head of the board overseeing marijuana regulation in Alaska says officials will have to address the onsite use of cannabis sold at ...
• ap Ex-medical marijuana officials charged for illegal shipment ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former officials from one of Minnesota's licensed medical marijuana manufacturers have been charged with illegally shipping marijuana ...
• pa Rhys Webb: England fixture `massive´ but Wales won´t get carried away The Ospreys scrum-half says Wales will focus on themselves rather than the hype building ahead of Saturday´s game.
• reuters Bouchard agrees to blind date after betting against Brady Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard says she will honour a promise to go on a blind date with a Twitter follower after losing a Supe...
• ap Airbnb follows Super Bowl ad with call to house 100K in need Airbnb is following up its Super Bowl ad calling for acceptance with a campaign to provide short-term housing over the next five years for 100,000 people in ...
• reuters Teva names interim CEO, new chairman as Vigodman steps down Feb 6 (Reuters) - Israel-based generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Monday that Chief Executive Erez Vigodman was stepping down effec...
• ap Gap raises fourth-quarter earnings outlook on better sales NEW YORK (AP) — Gap Inc. is raising its earnings outlook after delivering a solid sales performance during the critical holiday shopping period. The San Fran...
• ap Melania Trump re-files Daily Mail lawsuit in NY ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump has re-filed a libel lawsuit against the corporation that publishes the Daily Mail's website, this time in New...
• reuters Brazil's BTG fires M&A head after nightclub scandal -sources SAO PAULO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Grupo BTG Pactual SA has fired partner Marco Gonçalves as head of mergers and acquisitions, following reports he was sued by a N...
• reuters Brazil's BTG fires M&A head after nightclub scandal -sources SAO PAULO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Grupo BTG Pactual SA has fired partner Marco Gonçalves as head of mergers and acquisitions, following reports he was sued by a N...
• ap Alaska town's new Inupiat name to stay -- for now ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska voters in the nation's northernmost town won't get a chance at the polls after all to repeal the community's new Inupiat Eski...
• ap Trump's ban hits appeals court as travelers arrive to tears WASHINGTON (AP) — The fierce battle over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban edged up the judicial escalator Monday, headed for a possible final ...
• ap Wisconsin student abandons pro-white group MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin student trying to form a pro-white group has abandoned his efforts after intense backlash from other students ...
• ap The Latest: Judges who ruled in Brady case all praise game NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on "Deflategate" judge who let Brady play (all times local): 5 p.m. Three judges who ruled in the "Deflategate" case differed on t...
• ap BC-SOC--Spanish Standings Betis vs. Deportivo La Coruna 1945 GMT Espanyol 1, Malaga 0 Athletic Bilbao 0, Barcelona 3 Leganes 0, Atletico Madrid 2 Eibar 4, Valencia 0 Villarreal 0, Sev...
• ap BC-SOC--Spanish Results MADRID (AP) — Results from Spanish football: Barcelona 2, Atletico Madrid 1 Alaves 0, Celta Vigo 0 Ucam Murcia 1, Sevilla Atletico 0 Numancia 3, Alcorcon 2 T...
• reuters French investigators refer Fiat Chrysler emissions case to prosecutor PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - French investigators have referred carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for possible prosecution over abnormal emissions of nitr...
• reuters French investigators refer Fiat Chrysler emissions case to prosecutor PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - French investigators have referred carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for possible prosecution over abnormal emissions of nitr...
• pa Theresa May warns Tory MPs: Do not obstruct the will of the British people The Brexit Bill returned to the Commons on Monday for a further three days of debate.
• reuters Marcato nominates four directors in Buffalo Wild Wings fight By Michael Flaherty Feb 6 (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund manager Mick McGuire nominated four directors to serve on the board of Buffalo Wild Wings Inc, offi...
• ap California grandmother convicted of killing her son-in-law VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California woman who shot her son-in-law nearly a dozen times, reloading twice, has been convicted of first-degree murder. Si...
• ap Cleveland settles woman's excessive force lawsuit for $2.25M CLEVELAND (AP) — The mother of a mentally ill woman who suffocated while handcuffed by Cleveland police says she wants the officers prosecuted after settling...
• ap Pennsylvania lawmakers resume push for 20-week abortion ban HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legislation began advancing in Pennsylvania on Monday to impose new restrictions on elective abortions as backers resumed a push that ...
• ap AP Explains: Can Trump deny funds to sanctuary cities? WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to punish cities and other municipalities that shelter immigrants living in the country illegally by ...
• ap Man kicked in face by Dover officer got $300,000 DOVER, Del. (AP) — A black man whose jaw was broken when he was kicked by a white police officer received $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on his behalf by...
• ap California Democrats counter Trump's threat to defund SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The war of words escalated Monday between Democratic leaders in the nation's biggest state and Donald Trump after the Republican pr...
• reuters U.S. should expand missile defense due to N.Korea, Iran -lawmaker By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The United States should invest more in missile defense given missile testing by North Korea and Iran, the...
• ap Granada off bottom of La Liga by beating Las Palmas 1-0 MADRID (AP) — Andreas Pereira scored with a remarkable long-range shot as host Granada edged Las Palmas 1-0 to end a six-game winless streak and leave the bo...
• ap Groups slam Louisiana's public defender system in lawsuit NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's governor was sued Monday by lawyers who say the public defender system denies effective representation to the poor. The lawsui...
• ap Canadian man dies in New Mexico after being hit by a vehicle DEMING, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in southwestern New Mexico say a Canadian man is dead after being struck by a vehicle on a freeway. New Mexico State Police s...
• ap Michigan lawmaker resigns to resolve criminal loan charges LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker with a lengthy criminal record resigned from office Monday as part of a plea deal to resolve charges that he submit...
• ap Google, Facebook partner with French media over "fake news" PARIS (AP) — French journalists are teaming up with American internet giants Google and Facebook to fight propaganda and misinformation online, mirroring sim...
• ap South Dakota lawmaker hits panic button to test security PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota lawmaker whose committee was debating whether to allow concealed guns in the Capitol said he hit a panic button just to se...
• ap Chardy and Brown advance to Open Sud de France 2nd round MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Jeremy Chardy of France beat seventh-seeded Marcel Granollers 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Open Sud de France on...
• afp Israel parliament legalises settler outposts on Palestinian land The Israeli parliament on Monday finalised a controversial law legalising dozens of Jewish outposts built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Ba...
• ap 2 armed open carry advocates arrested inside police station DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Two men wearing body armor and carrying firearms and cameras have been arrested at a suburban Detroit police headquarters in a confron...
• ap New arrests in deadly 1993 Los Angeles apartment arson LOS ANGELES (AP) — Detective work decades after fire swept through a Los Angeles apartment building filled with poor immigrants has led to arrests of alleged...
• reuters Legal deadline approaches for Trump's travel ban By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - National security veterans, major U.S. technology companies and law enforcement officials from more than a dozen...
• reuters Legal deadline approaches for Trump's travel ban By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - National security veterans, major U.S. technology companies and law enforcement officials from more than a dozen...
• reuters Arconic shareholder throws support behind Elliott's directors By Michael Flaherty Feb 6 (Reuters) - A large Arconic Inc. shareholder said on Monday it supports the effort by hedge fund Elliott Management to shake-up the...
• ap Aide: Alabama's ex-gov Siegelman to be released from prison MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A longtime aide says former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is to be released from prison this week, nearing the end of a 6 and 1/2 senten...
• ap Some Boston Globe editions suggest Patriots lost Super Bowl BOSTON (AP) — It wasn't exactly "Dewey Defeats Truman," but some Florida readers of The Boston Globe learned a different Super Bowl outcome than most on Mond...
• reuters Brazil's Temer taps political ally for top court amid graft probe By Alonso Soto and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Michel Temer nominated Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes as his nominee...
• ap The Latest: South Dakota patrol says security worked right PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Latest on a South Dakota lawmaker using a panic button to test Capitol security (all times local): 4:10 p.m. The South Dakota Highway...
• pa Rafael Nadal heading back to Queen´s club The popular Spaniard will take part in this year´s Aegon Championships.
• reuters U.S. could grant final permit for Dakota pipeline as soon as Friday -govt lawyer By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Army secretary could make a decision on the final permit needed to complete the controversial Dak...
• afp Super Bowl TV ratings miss records but fourth all-time New England's dramatic comeback victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51 drew the fourth-largest viewership in US television history but trailed the...
• ap How major US stock market indexes fared on Monday Major U.S. stock indexes closed slightly lower Monday, snapping a three-day winning streak for the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Investors were focused on the...
• ap The stories of travelers arriving in US after ban is halted Court rulings halting enforcement of President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries have reopened the door ...
• ap Court weighs halting release of police video of shootings PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court considered Monday whether to automatically halt lower court orders publicly releasing video of fatal shooting...
• afp US, Japan conduct test of joint missile The United States and Japan have conducted the first interception of a ballistic missile target using a jointly built system, amid heightened tensions over N...
• ap Supreme Court pick meets with Dems as GOP applies pressure WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and conservative groups stepped up their campaign to secure confirmation of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee as t...
• reuters Study of cancer-causing toxins finds e-cigs much safer than smoking LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Consuming e-cigarettes is far safer and less toxic than smoking conventional tobacco cigarettes, according to the findings of a stu...
• reuters Resurgent Nadal returns to Queen's Club LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A resurgent Rafael Nadal will warm up for Wimbledon by returning to The Queen's Club for the Aegon Championships in June. The 14-ti...
• reuters Pimco Total Return Fund posts January cash withdrawals of $1.6 bln By Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Investors pulled $1.6 billion from the Pimco Total Return Fund in January, leaving assets under management of $...
• reuters CBOE's profit, revenue beat estimates on higher transaction fees Feb 6 (Reuters) - CBOE Holdings Inc, the operator of the largest U.S. options exchange, reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue, helped by...
• ap Box office top 20: Shyamalan's 'Split' stays no. 1 again NEW YORK (AP) — M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller "Split" led the box office for the third straight weekend thanks to a pair of underperforming deb...
• ap US stocks close lower, snap S&P 500's 3-day winning streak Energy companies led U.S. stocks slightly lower Monday as the price of crude oil declined, snapping a three-day winning streak for the Standard & Poor's 500 ...
• ap The Latest: Trump says media underreporting attacks WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 4:45 p.m. President Donald Trump says the media is dropping the ball on reporting e...
• ap Montana examines death penalty after judge blocks executions HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana legislators are taking another look at whether to abolish the death penalty after a judge blocked the state from carrying out ex...
• reuters Israel legalises settler homes on private Palestinian land By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Israel passed a law on Monday retroactively legalising about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Pales...
• reuters CANADA STOCKS-TSX slips as energy stocks fall, gold miners shine By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index ended lower on Monday, as heavyweight energy stocks weighed with a fall in oil prices,...
• reuters KKR to merge hedge fund Prisma with PAAMCO to form new investment firm Feb 6 (Reuters) - KKR & Co LP said on Monday it would merge its hedge fund KKR Prisma with institutional investment firm PAAMCO to form an investment company...
• ap Lawyer: Police responsible for ambulance problems at protest HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police said protesters who temporarily shut down a highway over the weekend delayed an ambulance, but an attorney for the demonstrator...
• pa Donald Trump reaffirms `strong´ support for Nato The president defended his immigration restrictions during a visit to the headquarters of US Central Command.
• ap Trump remarks latest evidence of health law repeal slowdown WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans insisted Monday that they're moving ahead on their effort to void the health care law, even as President Donald Trump's latest ...
• ap Gas pump advertising campaign targets Indiana fuel tax hike INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A trade association will soon adorn gas pumps across Indiana with ads opposing a Republican plan to use higher fuel taxes to pay for infr...
• reuters In Trump appeal of immigration ruling, a battle over courts' authority: Frankel By Alison Frankel NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. judiciary is the only branch of our government that frequently restricts its own power. The constituti...
• afp Trump vows US, allies will defeat 'radical Islamic terrorism' President Donald Trump vowed Monday that America and its allies would defeat the "forces of death" and keep radical jihadists from gaining a foothold on US s...
• reuters La Liga summaries Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Summaries from the La Liga matches on Monday Monday, February 6 Granada CF 1 Andreas Pereira 17 Las Palmas 0 Halftime: 1-0;Attendance: 14...
• reuters La Liga results and standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the La Liga matches on Monday Monday, February 6 Granada CF 1 Las Palmas 0 Sunday, February 5 Celta Vigo Real ...
• ap Argentine man arrested in deaths of wife, 4 of her relatives BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Police in Argentina have arrested a man suspected of killing his police officer wife and four members of her family. They also...
• reuters French investigators refer Fiat Chrysler emissions case to prosecutor PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - French investigators have referred carmaker Fiat Chrysler (FCA) for possible prosecution over abnormal emissions of nitrogen oxide p...
• reuters Athletics-Russia set to miss world championships as ban continues MONACO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Russian track and field athletes look certain to miss out on this year's world championships after an IAAF task force recommended o...
• ap Michigan lawmaker resigns from office to resolve charges LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker with a lengthy criminal record has resigned from office as part of a deal to resolve charges alleging he submitted ...
• reuters North Carolina's bathroom law puts NCAA events at risk -official By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb 6 (Reuters) - North Carolina is close to losing NCAA championship events for six years at a cost of more than $25...
• ap Israel passes law legalizing thousands of settlement homes JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's parliament on Monday passed a contentious law meant to retroactively legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes built unlawfu...
• reuters White House confident it will "prevail" on travel ban ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The White House is confident that it will prevail in a legal back-and-forth over President Donald Trump's executive...
• reuters Cellectis gets U.S. go-ahead to test 'off-the-shelf' cell therapy Feb 6 (Reuters) - Cellectis has won U.S. regulatory approval to run an early clinical trial using its gene edited cell therapy product UCART123 for blood can...
• reuters Legal deadline approaches for Trump's travel ban By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - National security veterans and major U.S. technology companies expressed opposition to Donald Trump's temporary ...
• reuters Carmat withdraws initial request to resume artificial heart implants Feb 6 (Reuters) - Artificial heart maker Carmat said on Monday it had decided to withdraw its initial request to France's national drugs agency (ANSM) to res...
• reuters Legal deadline approaches for Trump's travel ban By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - National security veterans and major U.S. technology companies expressed opposition to Donald Trump's temporary ...
• ap Davis Cup: Defending champ Argentina KO'ed by Italy BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Defending champion Argentina was knocked out of the Davis Cup in the first round by Italy on Monday. Italy's Fabio Fognini def...
• afp IS 'besieged' in last bastion in Syria's Aleppo province The Islamic State group is "completely besieged" in its last major stronghold in Syria's Aleppo province, a monitor said Monday, as pro-regime forces pressur...
• afp Bennett won't join NFL Patriots in visiting Trump: report If the New England Patriots receive the traditional Super Bowl winner's invitation to the White House, tight end Martellus Bennett won't be involved in the v...
• ap Dutch firebrand Wilders publishes fake picture of opponent THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch far-right candidate Geert Wilders was widely criticized Monday for putting a Photoshopped picture of a political opponent...
• ap Newell Brands and LabCorp skid while Hasbro soars NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday: Hasbro Inc., up $11.68 to $94.31 The toy company reported strong fourth-quarter res...
• pa Suicide rate among young men an appalling stain on our society, says William The Duke of Cambridge wants more people to talk about their mental health problems.
• reuters Stocks, euro dip amid political, economic uncertainty By Hilary Russ NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Monday, led lower by the energy sector as oil prices slumped, following European shares and th...
• reuters Stocks, euro dip amid political, economic uncertainty By Hilary Russ NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Monday, led lower by the energy sector as oil prices slumped, following European shares and th...
• reuters US STOCKS-Wall Street slips as energy shares, oil prices drop By Lewis Krauskopf Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped on Monday, led by the energy sector as oil prices dropped, while investors awaited the next run of m...
• reuters Athletics-IAAF stops changes of allegiance, will set up new system MONACO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The governing body of world athletics (IAAF) has put an immediate stop to changes of nationality by athletes, saying the system has...
• ap AP FACT CHECK: Obama didn't order silence for Muslim prayers WASHINGTON (AP) — A story shared thousands of times online claiming former President Barack Obama filled the White House with Muslim imagery and ordered sile...
• reuters Options exchange operator CBOE's profit falls on higher costs Feb 6 (Reuters) - CBOE Holdings Inc, the operator of the largest U.S. options exchange, reported a 10.8 percent fall in quarterly profit, hit by higher costs...
• reuters U.S. 'deeply troubled' by UN report of Myanmar atrocities against Muslims WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The United States is "deeply troubled" by the findings of a United Nations report that said soldiers in Myanmar's Rakhine State...
• reuters Suspension motivated Brady no more than usual, says Belichick By Larry Fine HOUSTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Observers have speculated that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was driven more than ever this season, embittered by t...
• reuters Twenty-First Century Fox revenue rises 4.2 pct Feb 6 (Reuters) - Twenty-First Century Fox Inc reported a 4.2 percent rise in quarterly revenue, as its television unit benefited from hosting the baseball W...
• reuters United States disburses $98 million to El Salvador SAN SALVADOR, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The United States granted El Salvador $98 million on Monday, as part of a plan to combat lawlessness and corruption and dimin...
• ap Markets Right Now: Oil price slump pulls energy stocks lower NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Energy companies led U.S. stock indexes broadly lower as the pri...
• ap State: TV maker improperly tracked consumers' viewing habits TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey officials say television manufacturer Vizio and a subsidiary will pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that they surreptiti...
• reuters US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St dips as oil prices weigh on energy sector NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Monday, led lower by the energy sector as oil prices dropped, while investors awaited the next run of major e...
• reuters Germany may keep more of its A400 military transporters -report BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Germany is in talks with several countries, including the Czech Republic and Switzerland, about jointly operating a large number of...
• afp Syrian refugee, hounded over Merkel selfie, sues Facebook A Syrian refugee whose selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been repeatedly manipulated to link him to violent jihad, took Facebook to court on Mo...
• reuters Here's what could sink the Trump-Putin relationship By Josh Cohen Feb 6 (Reuters) - Donald Trump continues to defend Vladimir Putin. In his pre-Super Bowl interview with Bill O'Reilly, the U.S. president dismi...
• reuters Woman in Vatileaks trial got messages via confession box - book By Philip Pullella ROME, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The woman convicted of helping leak Vatican documents says in a new book that an official in a key office of the H...
• reuters Metro shareholders back plans to split off food business BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Shareholders in Metro voted on Monday in favour of a plan to split the German retailer into two companies, one a wholesale and hype...
• ap IAAF freezing nationality switches, upholding Russia ban MONACO (AP) — The IAAF is upholding its global ban on Russian athletes and freezing all nationality switches. Following a council meeting in Monaco on Monday...
• ap Lawmakers again propose prison time for leaving kids in car PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Parents who leave a child unattended in their car could face a year in prison under a bill being considered by Rhode Island state leg...
• ap A list of the 97 companies opposing Trump's travel ban Nearly 100 companies, mostly in the technology industry, have joined in a court filing to back lawsuits from Washington state and Minnesota to fight Presiden...
• ap Lucky delivery: Law allows for lottery tickets by courier TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey residents will soon be able to play the lottery without leaving their house. Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed legislatio...
• ap Missouri man gets probation in 8-year-old driver's death TROY, Kan. (AP) — A Missouri man whose 8-year-old granddaughter died in a car wreck when he let her drive him home from church has been sentenced to one year...
• pa Teenager who killed tourist in knife rampage could be locked up indefinitely Darlene Horton was described as "absolutely lovely" and "just one of the nicest, sweetest, family-focused people".
• ap West Virginia distributing 8,000 overdose antidote kits MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia health officials are responding to opioid overdoses by distributing more than 8,000 kits with an antidote — Naloxone —...
• ap Texas restaurant owner shrugs off 'America first' slight SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The owner of an Italian restaurant in San Antonio says he would welcome back the customers who recently scribbled on a receipt that they w...
• afp Israel detains Palestinian for six months without trial The Israeli army on Monday ordered a Palestinian journalist to be detained without trial for six months, less than a year after freeing him following a prolo...
• ap Protagonist in Vatican leaks scandal leaks more in new book ROME (AP) — The most colorful protagonist in the Vatican's leaks scandal — an ambitious, name-dropping communications consultant — has emerged from a bruisin...
• reuters Meteor lights up the night sky over Illinois and Wisconsin Feb 6 (Reuters) - A meteor plummeted in a fireball over Lake Michigan early on Monday, lighting up the night sky in bright blue just before scattering over t...
• reuters Kanye West appears to dump Trump with disappearing tweets NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Kanye West, one of Donald Trump's biggest celebrity supporters, appeared to have deleted his tweets about his meeting last year w...
• reuters FOREX-Euro falters on political uncertainty; dollar slides vs yen By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The euro slid to a one-week low against the dollar on Monday on concerns over French politics ahead o...
• pa Applause from MPs as John Bercow opposes Donald Trump address to Parliament Mr Bercow told MPs that an address to both Houses of Parliament is "not an automatic right, it is an earned honour".
• pa RMT to meet Southern for talks despite attacking Aslef deal Mick Cash branded agreement between Aslef and the company over driver-only trains a `shocking betrayal´ of staff and passengers.
• ap Man convicted in killings of woman, boy witness loses appeal HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A three-judge panel on Monday rejected the latest appeal of a Connecticut man who was once on death row for ordering the 1999 killings...
• reuters Oil falls as U.S. supplies, speculative length counter OPEC cuts By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Oil fell on Monday as ample U.S. supplies and excess speculative length outweighed OPEC output curbs and rising...
• reuters Romanian government urges calm after graft U-turn, protests persist By Luiza Ilie and Radu-Sorin Marinas BUCHAREST, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Romania's ruling Social Democrats appealed for calm on Monday after withdrawing a decree wi...
• reuters German coalition parties agree to tighten security after truck attack BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany's "grand coalition" have agreed to tighten security measures after the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Chris...
• ap Malkin practices but return from knee injury uncertain PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin's lower-body injury is healing. So too, are the 2012 MVP's feelings about being left off the NHL's 100 Greatest Players list ...
• ap Woman admits poisoning weightlifter husband with antifreeze DOVER, Del. (AP) — A woman has admitted to killing her weightlifter husband by lacing his steroid injections with antifreeze. Forty-seven-year-old Jamie Bake...
• ap Corruption tour shines unflattering light on graft in Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — Look to your right: There's the Pillar of Light, a towering monument shaped like a vanilla wafer cookie. A company was allegedly allowed t...
• ap Watchdog group that fought Catholic Church faces upheaval ST. LOUIS (AP) — A victims' support group that helped force the Roman Catholic Church to confront the problem of child-molesting priests is going through uph...
• pa Tom Brady´s jersey missing following Super Bowl LI win The veteran quarterback played a huge part in helping New England overturn a 25-point deficit in their 34-28 Super Bowl success.
• reuters GRAINS-U.S. soy rises as China trading resumes; wheat drops after rally By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean futures firmed on Monday on spillover strength from a rally in China as well as signs of good export...
• ap Vibrant Tate show traces David Hockney's artistic journey LONDON (AP) — It's not often an artist finds himself occupying 12 rooms of London's leading museum of British art and the front page of populist tabloid The ...
• ap Being a White House kid comes with pluses and minuses WASHINGTON (AP) — If it's tough being a kid, try being a "first kid" — the child of an American president. Just ask President Bill Clinton's daughter, Chelse...
• ap Michigan Republican's tweets about protesters condemned MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Democratic and Republican party leaders in Michigan and Kent State University are condemning online comments from a county-level Repu...
• reuters Scandal-hit Fillon sorry, but staying in French presidency race By Brian Love and Emmanuel Jarry PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon on Monday vowed to fight on for the pres...
• reuters Israeli championship results and standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Israeli championship matches on Monday Monday, February 6 Hapoel Ashkelon 0 Maccabi Haifa 2 Sunday, Februa...
• afp Checks and balances in spotlight in era of Trump He may be a new kind of president, employing a go-it-alone business style while upending White House norms, but Donald Trump now confronts a venerable US sys...
• reuters U.S. should expand missile defense due to N.Korea, Iran -Congress head WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The United States should expand its missile defense systems given missile testing by North Korea and Iran, the chairman of the ...
• ap The Latest: Ex-convict sentenced to 30 years in mosque fire FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of an ex-convict in the arson fire at a Florida mosque (all times local): 3 p.m. An ex-convict who inve...
• reuters Oldest captive fish euthanized in his mid-90s by Chicago aquarium Feb 6 (Reuters) - The longest-living fish in a zoological setting, a lungfish known as Granddad acquired by the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago in 1933, has been e...
• reuters U.S. embassy in Iraq reports threat against Baghdad hotels BAGHDAD, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Baghdad said on Monday it has limited the movement of its personnel after receiving "credible threats of possi...
• reuters Moroccan police clash with protesters RABAT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Protesters marking the anniversary of the death of an anti-colonial hero have clashed with police in northern Morocco, in violence w...
• reuters U.S. Chamber of Commerce warns against tearing up NAFTA trade deal By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Any move to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement would devastate the economies of members Canada, Mex...
• ap Judge who let Brady play offers his congratulations on win NEW YORK (AP) — The New York judge who ruled against the National Football League in "Deflategate" said Monday that the New England Patriots showed with thei...
• ap The Latest: Lawyer defends release of police shooting videos PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a hearing over whether a Los Angeles federal court judge abused his authority by releasing video of a fatal shooting by...
• ap Branstad says he's completed paperwork for diplomatic post DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad says he has completed paperwork necessary to be considered as the next U.S. ambassador to China. Branstad to...
• reuters Fognini ends Argentine resistance to send Italy through By Luis Ampuero BUENOS AIRES, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Fabio Fognini made his experience tell to beat Guido Pella in five sets and send Italy into the Davis Cup qua...
• reuters US STOCKS-Energy shares lead Wall Street lower By Lewis Krauskopf Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Monday, led lower by the energy sector as oil prices slumped, amid a pause in quarterly earnings rep...
• pa Andrew Strauss says Alastair Cook has been `a top quality captain´ England´s director of cricket believes Cook had become `drained´ following four years in the role.
• reuters Diamond Offshore sees recovery when oil "well over $60" Feb 6 (Reuters) - Rig contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc's chief executive officer, Marc Edwards, said on Monday oil prices needed to be "well over $60...
• reuters Romanian championship preliminary round results and standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Romanian championship Preliminary Round matches on Monday Monday, February 6 ACS Poli Timisoara 1 Gaz Meta...
• reuters Stocks, euro dip amid political, economic uncertainty By Hilary Russ NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar on Monday on uncertainty ahead of several impending European el...
• reuters Stocks, euro dip amid political, economic uncertainty By Hilary Russ NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar on Monday on uncertainty ahead of several impending European el...
• reuters EU could freeze Polish voting rights over rule of law -Katainen By Andrea Shalal BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The European Union could freeze member country Poland's voting rights unless it changes course and agrees to stick...
• ap UK Speaker: Trump shouldn't be allowed to address Parliament LONDON (AP) — The Speaker of Britain's House of Commons said Monday that he strongly opposes letting U.S. President Donald Trump address Parliament during a ...
• reuters Athletics-Russia unlikely to be re-admitted before November - IAAF MONACO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Russia will remain suspended from international athletics and is unlikely to be reinstated before November, the sport's governing b...
• ap Melzer ousts No. 6 Zeballos from first round in Ecuador Open QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Gerald Melzer of Austria upset No. 6-seeded Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Monday to reach the second round of ...
• reuters Zozulya unlikely to join Rayo, agent says MADRID, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine striker Roman Zozulya, falsely labelled a neo-Nazi by a Spanish newspaper, is unlikely to play for Rayo Vallecano this seas...
• ap Ex-leader of Turks and Caicos wounded in armed robbery PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands (AP) — A former leader of the Turks and Caicos Islands was shot and wounded during an apparent robbery near a strip ...
• ap Final El Faro investigative hearings focus on ship safety JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Testimony in the U.S. Coast Guard's final investigative hearings into the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro focused on the safety c...
• reuters Athletics-IAAF puts freeze on transfers of allegiance MONACO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The governing body of world athletics (IAAF) has put a freeze on changes of nationality by athletes, saying the system has become o...
• ap Red-light camera company to pay $20M to settle Chicago suit CHICAGO (AP) — A red-light camera company whose former chief executive pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge will pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit wi...
• ap Chicago aquarium euthanizes more than 90-year-old lungfish CHICAGO (AP) — An Australian lungfish that entranced visitors to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium for more than 80 years has been euthanized due to old age, the popu...
• ap Tanaka starting pre-spring training work in Florida TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka arrived at the New York Yankees' minor league complex for pre-spring training workouts in Florida. Tanaka arrived Monday a...
• ap Brady gives credit to his mom, White for Super Bowl MVP win HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Brady doesn't want to talk about "Deflategate." He'd rather reflect on a night he will never forget and how much it meant to his mother. T...
• reuters Brady loses his shirt, but smiling after emotional Super win By Larry Fine HOUSTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Triumphant quarterback Tom Brady lost his shirt, but the New England quarterback wore a smile on Monday, unlike thos...
• ap Fighting abates in eastern Ukraine, OSCE says DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors say fighting in eastern Ukraine has abated but the warring sides have kept heavy weapons near the front line. ...
• reuters Facebook, Google join drive against fake news in France PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Giant Internet firms Facebook and Google joined forces with news organisations on Monday to launch new fact-checking tools designed ...
• reuters Facebook, Google join drive against fake news in France PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Giant Internet firms Facebook and Google joined forces with news organisations on Monday to launch new fact-checking tools designed ...
• reuters Moody's warns growing debt weighs on Mexico's rating MEXICO CITY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Moody's rating agency, which has put Mexico on watch for a credit downgrade, on Monday said the Mexican government's debt rose...
• ap French presidential hopeful Fillon refuses to drop out PARIS (AP) — Francois Fillon on Monday defiantly refused to drop out of the race to be France's next president despite an investigation into whether well-pai...
• ap 2 Kansas men spared prison in prosecution over state gun law WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge spared from prison two Kansas men convicted of federal firearms violations after taking into account Monday their mistak...
• ap Merkel to visit euroskeptic Poland in struggle to save EU WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Warsaw on Tuesday for talks with Poland's top leaders, taking efforts to save the European Union...
• reuters Greek championship results and standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Greek championship matches on Monday Monday, February 6 Levadiakos 1 Platanias 2 Sunday, February 5 AEK 6 ...
• afp Israel hits Hamas in Gaza after rocket fired Israel carried out a series of strikes against the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Monday after a rocket fired from the enclave hit ...
• ap European Central Bank head warns on Trump deregulation push FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank expressed concern about the Trump administration's moves to relax financial oversight, saying...
• ap AP FACT CHECK: No arrests from 7 nations in travel ban? Nope WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge who halted President Donald Trump's travel ban was wrong in stating that no one from the seven countries targeted in Trum...
• reuters Fognini ends Argentine resistance to send Italy through BUENOS AIRES, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Fabio Fognini made his experience tell to beat Guido Pella in five sets and send Italy into the Davis Cup quarter-finals at t...
• pa Time Team´s Tony Robinson calls Stonehenge tunnel plans `old-fashioned´ Highways England wants to make the A303 into a dual carriageway tunnel where it passes the ancient site.
• reuters Despite risks, public pensions put faith in long-term returns By Robin Respaut SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. public pension funds are cutting their expectations for investment returns over the next 30 years or m...
• ap Review: Robert B. Parker's 'Revelation' "Robert B. Parker's Revelation" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Robert Knott The late Robert B. Parker made a career — a very successful, almost 40-year one — out o...
• ap Queen's porter at Treetops later joined Mau Mau rebellion NYERI, Kenya (AP) — Sixty-five years ago, Britain's Princess Elizabeth went up into a treehouse safari lodge and watched elephants below. She was informed th...
• ap The Latest: Democrat backs agriculture secretary nominee WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Senate consideration of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees (all times EST): 2 p.m. President Donald Trump's nominee fo...
• ap Player fined $7K for hitting umpire with ball in Davis Cup OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov was fined $7,000 on Monday, a day after unintentionally striking umpire Arnaud Gabas in the ey...
• ap China seeks to show pope, world its organ program reforms ROME (AP) — China is stepping up its efforts to persuade the international medical community that it has stopped using executed prisoners as organ donors, se...
• ap Sheriff's deputy charged with seeking naked photos from girl COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina deputy posing as a teen coerced an 11-year-old girl into sending him nude photographs and threatened to publicize them...
• afp 'Responsible nations' should back new Iran sanctions: Israeli PM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that all "responsible nations" should back new sanctions against Iran, speaking during a meeting with h...
• ap Kremlin protests Fox News host's 'killer' comment on Putin MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin is indignant over the comments of a Fox News host who called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "killer" in an interview with Presi...
• reuters Albanian rescuers working to reach trapped Chinese miners TIRANA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Albanian rescue teams were still working on Monday to reach three Chinese mining engineers trapped since Saturday afternoon in a ch...
• reuters Shell expects to split Motiva assets with Saudi Aramco in Q2 HOUSTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Shell Oil Co, the U.S. unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, said on Monday it expects to divide the refineries and other assets of the M...
• reuters Ecuador championship 1st round results and standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Ecuador championship 1st Round matches on Monday Monday, February 6 Barcelona SC 1 Macara 1 Sunday, Februa...
• ap Get Started: SBA nominee advances; Trump targets Dodd-Frank SBA NOMINATION MOVES FORWARD Linda McMahon's nomination as head of the Small Business Administration is moving forward, having won approval last week from th...
• ap Sheriff: Suspect in triple killing wanted in home invasion PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a man they're searching for in connection with three deaths in the Panhandle and in Alabama is now suspecte...
• ap At Hasbro, the glass slipper is a perfect fit PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Hasbro's bet on Disney is paying off. The toy maker's shares hit an all-time high Monday as it posted record annual revenue and breeze...
• ap Book Review: 'Work Pause Thrive' by Lisen Stromberg "Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career" (BenBella Books), by Lisen Stromberg It's no secret that working parents have a ...
• reuters Brazil sends troops to state torn by violence due to police strike RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's president on Monday ordered 200 troops to the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where a police strike in recen...
• ap Ex-Catalan leader on trial for holding vote on independence BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The former head of Catalonia's regional government and two of his aides went on trial Monday in Barcelona for ignoring a Constitution...
• ap Military police families' protest paralyzes Brazilian state SAO PAULO (AP) — Protests by the friends and family of military police in Espirito Santo have led to an increase in crime and forced the shut-down of some st...
• reuters Davis Cup world group round 1 Argentina v Italy result Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Result from the Davis Cup World Group Round 1 match between Argentina and Italy on Monday Italy beat 1-Argentina 3-2 On Monday Fabio Fogn...
• reuters Woods should be 'very concerned' about back flare-up: expert By Mark Lamport-Stokes Feb 6 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods' withdrawal from last week's Dubai Desert Classic due to back spasms has cast a lengthening shadow over ...
• reuters 84 Lumber's controversial Super Bowl ad steals social media spotlight By Angela Moon NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Relatively unknown U.S. building materials supplier 84 Lumber set social media ablaze with its Super Bowl ad on a ...
• ap Conflict challenges, climate change on agenda of EU-US talks BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's foreign policy chief says the Middle East, Ukraine and climate change are among the topics she plans to raise in upcomin...
• reuters Alpine skiing-'Bionic' Vonn sets out on quest for global treble Feb 6 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn opens her assault on triple gold in St Moritz on Tuesday with the great American racer threatening once again to be the most c...
• reuters Worried about Trump, asylum seekers walk cold road to Canada By Rod Nickel and Anna Mehler Paperny WINNIPEG, Manitoba/BUFFALO, New York, Feb 6 (Reuters) - R efugees in the United States fearing a worsening climate of x...
• ap Why 97 companies are opposing Trump's travel ban NEW YORK (AP) — Apple, Google and more than 90 other companies are pushing back in court against President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban, calling it un...
• ap Israel targets Hamas sites after Gaza rocket attack GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's military fired on Hamas installations in Gaza after a rocket launched from the territory exploded inside Israel on Mond...
• ap Nigel Farage egged whilst on the UK campaign trail LONDON (AP) — Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has had an egg thrown at him while campaigning in a British city. Farage, an architect of Brit...
• ap Austrian found on raft after boat sinks near Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it has rescued a 56-year-old Austrian man who was stranded on a life raft after his boat sank in the A...
• reuters U.S. tech leads nearly 100 companies in legal brief against Trump travel ban By Mica Rosenberg Feb 5 (Reuters) - Nearly 100 companies, including some of high-tech's biggest names, joined a legal brief opposing President Donald Trump's...
• reuters U.S. tech leads nearly 100 companies in legal brief against Trump travel ban By Mica Rosenberg Feb 5 (Reuters) - Nearly 100 companies, including some of high-tech's biggest names, joined a legal brief opposing President Donald Trump's...
• reuters British Speaker opposes letting Trump address parliament By William James and Kylie MacLellan LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament said on Monday he would not support any pla...
• reuters Kuwait's new opera house complex catches fire, no casualties KUWAIT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Flames ripped through the complex housing Kuwait's new opera house on Monday, just three months after the futuristic $770-million v...
• reuters Brazil sends troops to state torn by violence due to police strike RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's president on Monday ordered 200 troops to the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where a police strike in recen...
• ap Super Bowl ads normally avoid politics, but not this year NEW YORK (AP) — Messages about America, inclusiveness — and, yes, even "four years of awful hair" — kept bubbling up in Super Bowl 51 ads from Airbnb, the NF...
• afp Palestinians set vote timetable despite Hamas rejection The Palestinian electoral commission announced Monday a calendar for delayed municipal elections, despite Gaza rulers Hamas rejecting them. The commission sa...
• ap Israeli leader presses UK to impose new sanctions on Iran LONDON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to follow the American administration and impose n...
• ap AP Interview: Depression hits when soccer career ends LONDON (AP) — On the training pitches at Arsenal is where Jason Brown feels at peace. Coaching academy players, the retired goalkeeper feels unburdened of th...
• reuters Canada reintroduces bison to its oldest national park By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Rangers have successfully reintroduced a herd of plains bison to Canada's oldest national park, officials...
• ap Tricky mission: Romanian govt seeks OK to some corruption BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's government is on a high-risk mission: devise a legal and politically acceptable way to remove penalties for some types of...
• pa PM signals support for Iran nuclear deal as Netanyahu calls for sanctions The Israeli Prime Minister told Theresa May `Iran seeks to annihilate Israel´.
• reuters India women's commission chief backs ban on "barbaric" female genital mutilation By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The head of India's National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday backed a campaign to outlaw ...
• ap Man wounded in shooting with South Carolina police officers CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — State police are investigating after a man was shot and wounded in a confrontation with South Carolina police officers. State Law Enforcem...
• reuters Earthquake hits northern India, no immediate reports of damage By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand late on Monday, according to the Uni...
• reuters Ex-Millennium manager to launch $250 mln-plus equity hedge fund-sources LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former Millennium Capital Partners' portfolio manager Michael Cowley plans to launch equities hedge fund Sandbar Asset Management l...
• ap Book Review: 'Under the Knife' by Kelly Parsons "Under the Knife" (St. Martin's Press), by Kelly Parsons Kelly Parsons' new medical thriller delivers an engrossing story about revenge, grief, technology an...
• reuters EU vows to stick to Russia sanctions despite Trump's bid for detente By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The European Union will keep sanctions on Russia until Moscow drops its support for the separatist rebellion in U...
• reuters UniCredit begins $14 bln cash call against shaky backdrop By Valentina Za MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - UniCredit was hit by a slump in Italian banking stocks on Monday as it began Italy's biggest corporate share sale in...
• reuters EU trade chief backs China in fight against protectionism BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The European Union is ready to join China in fighting protectionism worldwide but Beijing also needs to show it can play fair on ...
• reuters Trump to team up with Japan's Abe for round of golf in Florida By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will play a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida th...
• ap Free tuition? Not the same as free college, students say BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — They don't mean to sound ungrateful, but ... New York public college students who would stand to gain from the nation's most ambitious f...
• ap Yemeni brothers reunite with family at Dulles CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — Aqel Aziz couldn't stop smiling after his two sons, ages 19 and 21, were finally able to join him in the United States Monday. "America...
• reuters Place your French election bets - Hollande for a comeback? By Alistair Smout and Matthias Blamont LONDON/PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - France's presidential elections has become so unpredictable that gamblers are betting ...
• ap Downhill training lost to weather on 1st day of ski worlds ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Bad weather kept Lindsey Vonn, Lara Gut, and all the women's speed skiers off the course on the opening day of the ski world c...
• reuters German power networks coping with peak winter demand - regulator ESSEN, Germany, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Germany's power grids have coped with the coldest winter in Europe since 2012, though they have had to turn to costly back-...
• reuters ECB sees seeds of next crisis in Trump deregulation plan By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank rejected U.S. accusations of currency manipulation on Monday an...
• reuters ECB sees seeds of next crisis in Trump deregulation plan By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank rejected U.S. accusations of currency manipulation on Monday an...
• reuters PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - Feb 7 WELLINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Following are some of the lead stories from New Zealand media. Stories may be taken from papers or Internet editions. Reuters h...
• reuters US STOCKS-Wall St slips as investors seek fresh catalysts By Tanya Agrawal Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped in early afternoon trading on Monday amid a lack of major catalysts, including economic data, and unce...
• reuters Nigeria's president "hale and hearty", says deputy amid health doubts By Felix Onuah ABUJA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria's absentee president is in good health and is expected to return home soon, his deputy said on Monday, after ...
• ap Poached eggs? 2 Louisiana men fined for unlawful egg-taking GRAND CHENIER, La. (AP) — Two Louisiana men have been fined for illegally collecting alligator eggs. The Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/2kzGvyi) reports Paul ...
• pa Antonio Conte: I´m turning Chelsea from an ugly duckling into a swan The Chelsea boss says his `blind faith´ has helped transform the Blues´ fortunes.
• reuters Female genital mutilation falls sharply in northern Iraq - survey By Emma Batha LONDON, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The practice of female genital mutilation has fallen dramatically in northern Iraq, campaigners sa...
• reuters EU's Katainen sees hope of reviving TTIP U.S.-European trade deal BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The European Union still sees some chance of reviving the stalled U.S.-European trade deal known as the Transatlantic Trade and Inv...
• reuters EU could freeze Polish voting rights over rule of law -Katainen BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The European Union could freeze member country Poland's voting rights unless it changes course and agrees to stick to the rule of l...
• reuters Most British voters now approve of May's approach to Brexit - poll LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A majority of Britons approve of the government's approach to leaving the European Union, a poll indicated on Monday, in a boost to...
• reuters European shares weighed down by auto and bank sectors By Danilo Masoni and Helen Reid LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - European shares closed in negative territory on Monday as risk-off sentiment prevailed, with a nega...
• ap El Salvador alleges 22 fishermen helped Mexican drug cartel SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Authorities in El Salvador say they have arrested 22 fishermen who provided logistical support for a Mexican drug cartel. Ju...
• ap WWII bomb to force major evacuation in northern Greek city THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece's second-largest city are planning to evacuate up to 60,000 residents from their homes so experts can safel...
• reuters Completing Brexit in two years will take a "little miracle"- Katainen BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - It will require "a little miracle" for Britain and the European Union to complete negotiations on Britain's exit from the bloc in t...
• ap Upstate NY digging out of 5 to 8 feet of lake-effect snow OSCEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — State crews and local public works employees are working to remove 5 to 8 feet of lake-effect snow that has fallen on parts of upstate N...
• reuters Completing Brexit in two years will take a "little miracle"- Katainen BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - It will require "a little miracle" for Britain and the European Union to complete negotiations on Britain's exit from the bloc in t...
• reuters Gas Natural contemplates Italian exit with business review - sources By Stephen Jewkes and Pamela Barbaglia MILAN/LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Gas Natural has hired Rothschild to carry out a strategic review of its Italian busine...
• reuters Priced like an automaker, sputtering Gilead shares lure value bets By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Shares of Gilead Sciences Inc are languishing over concerns about the U.S. biotechnology company's declining h...
• reuters Israel's Netanyahu urges Britain to join Iran sanctions By Michael Holden and William James LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged "responsible nations" to join new sanctions aga...
• reuters EU's Juncker says fun is over as he heads to meet Azerbaijan's Aliyev BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Juncker, the gaffe-prone head of the European Commission, on Monday highlighted the difficulty the EU has in dealing ...
• ap Oceanfront owners ask judge to block Jersey shore dune plan TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A group of oceanfront homeowners in New Jersey is asking a judge to exempt them from a protective sand dune project, arguing that the...
• ap Arctic Samis celebrate their national day centenary HELSINKI (AP) — With chants, poetry and traditional dress, the indigenous Sami people of Europe's Arctic north, formerly nomadic reindeer herders in Lapland,...
• ap Dollar General says it will add 10,000 jobs this year WASHINGTON (AP) — Dollar General Corp. says it plans to create 10,000 jobs this year tied to the opening of 1,000 stores and two distribution centers. The di...
• ap Georgia deputy inhales liquid nitrogen while rescuing woman AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff's deputy in east Georgia has died after inhaling liquid nitrogen while trying to save a worker at a sperm bank ...
• ap Gorsuch seen as business-friendly on labor, workplace issues WASHINGTON (AP) — In a decade as a federal appeals court judge, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has criticized courts for giving too much power to governm...
• pa Shapovalov fined for hitting umpire with ball in Canada-GB Davis Cup decider The unintentional nature of the offence and his remorse will have been taken into account.
• reuters Slovak supreme court clears Czech FinMin of cooperation with Communist secret police BRATISLAVA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Slovakia's Supreme Court cleared Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babis of cooperation with the former Communist secret police, a ...
• reuters VW plans to cap CEO pay at 10 mln euros - source HAMBURG, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Volkswagen is planning to cap the pay package of its chief executive at 10 million euros ($10.7 million) and keep pay for manageme...
• reuters Kremlin says it wants apology from Fox News over Putin comments MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were "unacceptable" comments one of the channel's p...
• ap Cook resigns as England cricket captain after rough 2016 LONDON (AP) — Alastair Cook, who led England in more cricket tests than any other captain, resigned from the role on Monday saying it was the right time. Cap...
• ap Pats' owner Kraft has won 5 rings, but 1 belongs to Putin HOUSTON (AP) — Of the five Super Bowl rings Robert Kraft has earned as owner of the New England Patriots, one of them has an unlikely owner: Russian Presiden...
• afp Nigerians take to streets to protest economic policy Hundreds of Nigerians took to the streets in Lagos on Monday to protest against the government's handling of the country's economic crisis and to demand solu...
• ap Unusual Magritte could hit $17.5M at auction LONDON (AP) — One of the largest paintings by Surrealist master Rene Magritte could set a record for the artist when it is goes up for sale with an estimated...
• pa Van der Westhuizen hailed for fighting spirit after death at age 45 He racked up 38 tries for South Africa and helped his nation lift the 1995 Rugby World Cup on home soil.
• reuters FTSE ends lower after 2-week high, housebuilders slip By Atul Prakash and Kit Rees LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Britain's top equity index ended slightly lower on Monday after hitting a two-week high earlier in the...
• pa Ukip MEP to pay £162,000 damages to Labour MPs over child abuse scandal remarks The case was sparked by a speech Jane Collins gave at Ukip´s conference in September 2014.
• reuters Copper gains as supply woes overshadow China rate move By Maytaal Angel LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Copper rose on Monday as investors' focus returned to supply risks in Chile and Indonesia, though gains were cappe...
• reuters GRAINS-U.S. soy firms on China strength, exports; corn, wheat weak By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean futures firmed on Monday on spillover strength from a rally in China as well as signs of good export...
• reuters Israel's Delek expands in North Sea with Ithaca Energy deal By Tova Cohen and Karolin Schaps TEL AVIV/LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Israel's Delek Group has agreed to buy Ithaca Energy Inc in a deal valuing the North Sea ...
• reuters "Ashamed" Shapovalov fined $7,000 for striking umpire Feb 6 (Reuters) - Canada's Denis Shapovalov was left mortified after joining tennis's hall of infamy on Sunday, offering an apology and promising that he wou...
• reuters France's Macron seen beating Le Pen, Hamon losing momentum -poll PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and independent centrist Emmanuel Macron are set to make it through to the presidential electi...
• reuters UK speaker says opposed to allowing Trump to address parliament LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament said on Monday he would not support any plans for U.S. President Donald Trump to...
• reuters High intensity key for Atletico to beat Barcelona in King's Cup MADRID, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid will have to win at Barcelona's Nou Camp for the first time in a decade on Tuesday if they are to reach the King's ...
• ap German court delays ruling in refugee's Facebook lawsuit BERLIN (AP) — A court in German on Monday postponed its ruling in a case brought against Facebook by a Syrian refugee who wanted the social media giant to se...
• reuters Kremlin says it disagrees with Trump's assessment of Iran By Andrew Osborn and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday it did not agree with U.S. President Donald Trump's assessment of I...
• reuters Luxembourg opens criminal case over VW emissions scandal LUXEMBOURG, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Luxembourg has launched criminal proceedings over Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal, showing the German carmaker is still s...
• reuters Luxembourg opens criminal case over VW emissions scandal LUXEMBOURG, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Luxembourg has launched criminal proceedings over Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal, showing the German carmaker is still s...
• reuters EU vows to stick to Russia sanctions despite Trump's bid for detente By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The European Union will keep sanctions on Russia until Moscow drops its support for the separatist rebellion in U...
• afp Crop-killing pests 'threaten African harvests' A plague of pests spreading in Africa threatens crop harvests and food supplies for millions of people, and may endanger farming worldwide, an international ...
• ap Atletico out to end 10-year winless run at Camp Nou in Copa MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid must do something it hasn't done in more than a decade if it wants to advance to the Copa del Rey final — beat Barcelona at Cam...
• ap Police: Wal-Mart customer fatally shoots would-be thief ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Investigators say a customer who fatally shot a man suspected of stealing diapers from a Wal-Mart store in Florida also injured a second...
• ap Man who killed and dismembered UK policeman dies in prison LONDON (AP) — Britain's Prison Service says that an Italian man who was convicted of murdering a policeman and dissolving his body in acid has died in prison...
• pa Two US states launch court battle over Trump travel ban Washington and Minnesota said their underlying lawsuit was strong and a nationwide temporary restraining order was appropriate.
• pa Stefano Brizzi, jailed for cannibal killing of police officer, dies in prison He reportedly took his own life.
• ap Bon voyage, Bao Bao! National Zoo panda heads to China soon WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo says 3-year-old panda Bao Bao will fly to China this month. The zoo tweeted Monday that Bao Bao will move to China on Feb....
• ap Police: Trooper shot man with knife at Virginia rest area MOUNT SIDNEY, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police say a trooper shot and seriously wounded a man who advanced on him with a knife at an Interstate 81 rest area....
• pa Denis Shapovalov vows to learn from Davis Cup default after umpire hit in eye "I feel incredibly ashamed and embarrassed," the 17-year-old admitted.
• reuters After Nations Cup, Africa switches focus to Russia By Mark Gleeson LIBREVILLE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - After the drama of the Nations Cup which concluded on Sunday, African soccer faces a busy year of World Cup qua...
• ap Cuban player smuggling trial resumes for agent, trainer MIAMI (AP) — The trial is resuming in Miami for a sports agent and a trainer accused of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. so they could sign luc...
• reuters Stocks, euro dip amid political, economic uncertainty By Hilary Russ NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar on Monday on uncertainty ahead of several impending European el...
• reuters Stocks, euro dip amid political, economic uncertainty By Hilary Russ NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar on Monday on uncertainty ahead of several impending European el...
• reuters Sterling dips to one-week low as MPs work on Brexit law By John Geddie LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sterling hit a one-week low against the dollar on Monday as Prime Minister Theresa May faced challenges over her leg...
• reuters Anger simmers in Greek migrant camp over living conditions By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A group of Afghan refugees in Greece protested against their living conditions on Monday by chanting "Liar!" as...
• ap Meteor over Lake Michigan lights up sky in several states GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A meteor over Lake Michigan lit up the sky Monday morning across several states in the Midwest. Dashcam video from police cruisers in ...
• reuters Most UK voters now approve of May's approach to Brexit - poll LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The government of British Prime Minister Theresa May has for the first time won the approval of a majority of the public for its ap...
• afp Islamic State on the defensive: UN report The Islamic State group is militarily on the defensive, facing a drop in revenue from oil and extortion and a shrinking ability to attract new recruits, acco...
• ap Traveling exhibition features Rockwell's 'Four Freedoms' STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Norman Rockwell's most celebrated series of paintings is embarking on a multi-year tour across the U.S. and to Europe. The exhibit ...
• ap Luxembourg files complaint after it's drawn into VW scandal LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The government of Luxembourg is filing a legal complaint after it became embroiled in the Volkswagen emissions scandal. The country's susta...
• ap Landmark Srebrenica massacre trial starts in Serbia BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The landmark trial of eight former Bosnian Serb police officers charged with taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre started in a...
• pa Police seize 833 firearms in a month during clampdown on terrorist supply lines Machine guns, assault rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition were included in the haul.
• pa Ireland unlikely to rush talismanic fly-half Johnny Sexton back into action The 31-year-old has a calf problem.
• reuters Hip hop band Migos tops Billboard 200 album chart Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hip hop trio Migos scored their first Billboard 200 No. 1 with their second album "Culture," according to figures released on Monday by Nie...
• reuters BRIEF-UniCredit shares close down 7 pct in weak sector as cash call starts Feb 6 (Reuters) - UniCredit: * Shares in the Italian lender close down 6.86 percent on first day of its 13 billion-euro capital increase * Shares weakened du...
• reuters Marcato Capital nominates four directors to Buffalo Wild Wings Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Mick McGuire upped the ante in his fight for change at casual restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings Inc, nominating himsel...
• reuters Frontline town in Ukraine gets breathing space after worst shelling in months By Sergei Takhmazov and Natalia Zinets AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine Feb 6 (Reuters) - A week-long surge in violence in and around the government-held town of Avdiyivka...
• pa Zander Fagerson says Scotland must tighten up in order to win Six Nations title Vern Cotter´s side opened their campaign with victory over Ireland.
• reuters Election jitters hit French and low-rated euro zone bonds By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Investor uncertainty about France's presidential election took its toll on French and lower-rated bonds on Mond...
• reuters Election jitters hit French and low-rated euro zone bonds By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Investor uncertainty about France's presidential election took its toll on French and lower-rated bonds on Mond...
• afp Israel zoo announces rare white rhino birth A zoo in central Israel on Monday announced the rare birth of a white rhinoceros, an endangered species. Rami, a male, was born several days ago in the Ramat...
• ap University student gets 3 years' probation in cybercrime PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Carnegie Mellon University student who developed and sold malicious software through an online cybercriminal marketplace that allowed oth...
• ap French on mission to woo bankers from UK after Brexit LONDON (AP) — A team of French officials went to London Monday on a mission to make Paris the European Union's financial hub once Britain leaves the EU. Offi...
• reuters Militants prey on lone child migrants to drive recruitment - report By Lin Taylor LONDON, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Militant groups are using people smugglers to recruit desperate unaccompanied migrant children, wh...
• ap Bette Midler, Glenn Close lead Broadway's spring offerings NEW YORK (AP) — Two Broadway titans in Bette Midler and Glenn Close return to the Great White Way this spring. Here's a look at some of the highlights: A DIV...
• ap Officials: Man who killed officer died by police gunfire LITTLE ELM, Texas (AP) — An investigation has determined that a man who fatally shot a police detective during a standoff last month at a suburban Dallas hom...
• ap Oscar nominees feted at annual film academy luncheon BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Natalie Portman, Octavia Spencer, Casey Affleck and Mahershala Ali hav...
• ap Kobe Bryant memorabilia stolen from ex-NBA star's alma mater ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say memorabilia from Kobe Bryant's high school career have been stolen from a display case at the former NBA star's school ne...
• reuters London or Paris? Choice proves a taxing question for bankers By Anjuli Davies LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Forget fine wine, haute cuisine and art ... the big question from London's bankers for a French delegation trying ...
• reuters PM May told Netanyahu Britain alert to Iran's destabilising activity -spokeswoman LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May told her Israeli counterpart on Monday that Britain supports the Iran nuclear deal but needs to be alert...
• reuters Ibrahimovic hungry for more goals at Man. United Feb 6 (Reuters) - Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is refusing to rest on his laurels after becoming the oldest player to net 15 goals in a Premi...
• afp Children pay the price of Afghan conflict A bullet struck four-year-old Ezadullah in the stomach. Maysam, 12, was wounded in the leg. Both are collateral damage in a war that last year killed or woun...
• ap 6N: Jones puzzled why England record poor in 'hostile' Wales LONDON (AP) — England cannot afford to keep making sloppy starts if it hopes to stretch its record unbeaten run to 16 rugby tests, coach Eddie Jones says. Ne...
• reuters US STOCKS-Wall St little changed as investors seek fresh catalysts By Tanya Agrawal Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday amid a lack of major catalysts, including economic data, and uncertainty over Pr...
• ap Turkey hit by 2 magnitude 5.3 quakes; 11 villages damaged ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 5.3 jolted Turkey's northern Aegean Sea coast on Monday, damaging dozens of homes in 11 ...
• ap Sinkhole not worsened by Super Bowl fans' halftime flushing FRASER, Mich. (AP) — Officials feel flushed with success after water conservation efforts prevented Super Bowl fans from adding to problems associated with a...
• ap A guide to celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Revel in the bawdy French Quarter or catch a parade? Which parade? Do you plan to wear a costume on the big day? Politically themed? Histo...
• reuters Blockchain insurance consortium grows to 15 members By Anna Irrera NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A consortium aimed at developing ways blockchain can be used to improve processes in the insurance sector has adde...
• reuters Claimant to Libyan wealth fund returns to office armed with court ruling By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A claimant for the chairmanship of Libya's sovereign wealth fund says he has retaken control of the fund's head o...
• reuters Viacom CEO to present turnaround strategy on Thursday By Jessica Toonkel Feb 6 (Reuters) - Newly named Viacom Inc Chief Executive Officer Bob Bakish will outline his plans to revive the company's struggling busi...
• reuters EU's Juncker says fun is over as he heads to meet Azerbaijan's Aliyev BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Juncker, the gaffe-prone head of the European Commission, on Monday highlighted the difficulty the EU has in dealing ...
• ap TBI: Authorities shoot driver following Tennessee chase NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) — An investigation is underway after authorities shot a driver following a chase in Tennessee. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation tell...
• reuters Sexton in contention for Ireland Six Nations return Feb 6 (Reuters) - Johnny Sexton is in contention to return to the Ireland team in Saturday's Six Nations match against Italy in Rome after being sidelined th...
• reuters World Bank links financial support for Iraq to reconciliation By Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The World Bank plans to offer Iraq financial support in parallel with projects to foster reconciliation after ...
• afp Fashion magazine giant Grazia to launch in Pakistan Italy's glossy style magazine Grazia will launch in Pakistan, publishers said Monday, as the deeply conservative Muslim country's growing fashion industry se...
• afp Lady Gaga to headline Rock in Rio Lady Gaga will headline the Rock in Rio festival for the first time, organizers in Brazil confirmed Monday. The US superstar, who will be on her newly announ...
• ap Germany: Artist installs bus barricade in tribute to Aleppo DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — A Syrian-born artist is standing three buses on their ends on a square in the eastern German city of Dresden to evoke the suffering o...
• ap Rick Pitino accuser moved from prison to halfway house LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A woman imprisoned for trying to extort money from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino is now in a halfway house. Fi...
• reuters Hasbro's record holiday quarter lifts shares to all-time high Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hasbro Inc, the No. 2 U.S. toymaker, reported record holiday-quarter revenue, helped by strong demand for Disney princess dolls and its boa...
• afp Egypt salutes team 'dignity' after agonising Cup of Nations loss The Egyptian president and newspapers applauded the "dignity" of the national football team on Monday, calling them champions despite agonisingly 2-1 Africa ...
• afp South African rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen dead at 45 South African legend Joost van der Westhuizen died on Monday aged 45 after a long battle with motor neurone disease, triggering a wave of tributes to one of ...
• ap Syrian rebels and insurgents battle in split over peace push BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's ragtag rebel groups and insurgents trying to oust President Bashar Assad have turned their guns on each other in some of the worst infi...
• pa Five memorable moments of Alastair Cook´s time in charge of England The 32-year-old was in charge for 59 Tests.
• reuters Germany's Magdeburg zoo presents four rare white lion cubs MAGDEBURG, Germany, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Four rare white lion cubs born at Germany's Magdeburg zoo last Christmas made their first appearance to the outside wor...
• ap The Latest: French candidate Fillon defends his reputation PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the scandal surrounding French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon (all times local): 5 p.m. French conservative p...
• ap Woman captive for decade hopes new TV role helps the missing CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman who escaped a home where she and two others were held captive for a decade is joining a Cleveland television station to bring attent...
• reuters Accept European Court or risk losing euro clearing, ECB tells UK FRANKFURT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Whether Britain accepts the authority of the European Court of Justice will be a key factor when the European Central Bank decid...
• reuters FOREX-Euro declines amid political uncertainty; dollar dips vs yen By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar on Monday on concerns over French politics ahead o...
• reuters Latin America resilience tested by recession, disasters and Trump By Sophie Hares TEPIC, Mexico, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Faltering growth in many Latin American nations could aggravate the impact of disasters a...
• ap Syrian troops, Turkey-backed forces surround IS stronghold BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian pro-government forces advanced Monday toward al-Bab, completing the encirclement of the Islamic State-held town which had been partially...
• afp Bloody 2016 for Afghan civilians Violent clashes between Afghan security forces and militants, particularly in populated areas, resulted in a record number of civilian casualties last year. ...
• reuters Israel's Netanyahu calls on "responsible" nations to join Iran sanctions LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to Britain to join new sanctions against Iran as he met his British counterpart ...
• reuters PM May warns lawmakers about thwarting will of British people on Brexit LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Monday not to obstruct the will of the British people with a series of amendments to...
• reuters Scottish lawmakers to hold non-binding vote on rejecting Brexit EDINBURGH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Scotland's devolved government will attempt to underscore its displeasure at British Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to exit t...
• pa What happened next to the England captains who played on? Alastair Cook was in charge of England for 59 Tests.
• reuters S.African World Cup winner Joost van der Westhuizen dies at 45 By Nick Said CAPE TOWN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Joost van der Westhuizen, who as scrumhalf for South Africa triumphed at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, died on Monday a...
• reuters CANADA STOCKS-TSX barely higher as banks, gold miners shine TORONTO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index was barely higher in morning trade on Monday, as financial stocks and gold miners gained along with bond...
• reuters Myanmar officials "in denial" over UN report on crimes against Rohingya By Serajul Quadir and Simon Lewis DHAKA/YANGON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Myanmar's government remains "in denial" about alleged atrocities by its military against m...
• ap Yemeni rebels say they targeted Saudi capital with a missile SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Shiite rebels said on Monday they have "successfully" fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh for the first time, vowing more attacks...
• ap Washington University lifts suspension of men's soccer team KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Washington University in St. Louis lifted its suspension of the men's soccer team Monday after an internal investigation found that t...
• ap Dominion Resources plans to change name to Dominion Energy RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond, Virginia-based energy giant Dominion Resources is planning to change its name. The company announced Monday it will seek share...
• reuters France's scandal-hit Fillon says he will fight on for presidency PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon on Monday defended his past conduct in a scandal involving payments to hi...
• reuters Mosul mine, explosives removal could cost $50 million - U.N. By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A programme to remove mines, explosives and booby traps left by Islamic State forces in and around the Iraqi c...
• ap Stunning rally raises question: How do Pats rank in history? HOUSTON (AP) — The Patriots have the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history. Cue the debate on whether it translates into the greatest dynasty in the NFL, an...
• ap Hundreds of Nigerians protest corruption; Buhari ill abroad LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of Nigerians marched Monday to protest poverty and corruption as President Muhammadu Buhari's prolonged absence abroad for med...
• afp Leaked emails tarnish golden boy David Beckham David Beckham's squeaky-clean image as a British cultural icon has taken a battering following the leaking of expletive-strewn emails in which he apparently ...
• pa Eddie Jones confident England will leave Wales victorious He knows they will be ambushed in Wales if they do not adopt the right psychology.
• reuters Facebook vulnerable to expected changes in key visa program By Stephen Nellis and Mica Rosenberg SAN FRANCISCO/ WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Among Silicon Valley's top tech employers, Facebook Inc could be the most v...
• reuters Facebook vulnerable to expected changes in key visa program By Stephen Nellis and Mica Rosenberg SAN FRANCISCO/ WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Among Silicon Valley’s top tech employers, Facebook Inc could be the most v...
• reuters BT supports Google's Android in EU antitrust row LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - BT has become the first major telecoms company to back Google in a battle with EU regulators, defending the "stability and compatib...
• reuters U.S. and Russian ministries must restore direct links - Russian diplomat MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - One of Russia's top diplomats said on Monday that government ministries in the United States and Russia should restore direct commu...
• reuters Remittances from expatriate Egyptians rise after pound float CAIRO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Remittances from expatriate Egyptians rose 11.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, the central bank said on Monday, with most of...
• reuters Remittances from expatriate Egyptians rise after pound float CAIRO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Remittances from expatriate Egyptians rose 11.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, the central bank said on Monday, with most of...
• pa Lennox Lewis: Klitschko would beat Joshua with Steward in his corner The pair go head-to-head at Wembley Stadium on April 29.
• ap Republicans seek distance from Trump's comments on Putin, US WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has long expressed a desire for improved relations with Moscow, but his latest comments about Russian Pre...
• ap Sweetest of all: Patriots reign in mighty Super Bowl rally HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the rest of the New England Patriots have long been reluctant to rank their victories. They've refused to label ...
• reuters Bavarian conservatives back Merkel despite differences on migrant cap By Andreas Rinke and Michelle Martin MUNICH/BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Bavarian allies agreed to support he...
• reuters Lady Gaga announces North American, European tour NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Fresh off her performance at the Super Bowl halftime show in Houston, Lady Gaga on Monday announced a North American and European...
• afp Joost, the Springbok warrior who dumped Lomu Joost van der Westhuizen's place in the pantheon of rugby greats is indisputable. He earned it the hard way -- with grace, skill, but most of all guts. Talle...
• ap Tales from a Train: Travelers tell stories of their journey Where are you traveling on this train? And where are you traveling in life? I traveled around the U.S. on Amtrak for two weeks — beginning in Orlando, Florid...
• reuters South Sudan president says soldiers who rape should be shot By Denis Dumo JUBA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The president of South Sudan said on Monday that soldiers who rape civilians should be shot, trying to mollify citizens...
• ap Liz Weston: The never-ending car payment Car payments have morphed from a temporary nuisance into a permanent part of many people's budgets. Whether that's a bad thing depends on what you do with th...
• ap Teen admits killing Florida woman in London knife rampage LONDON (AP) — A teenager on Monday admitted killing a retired Florida teacher and injuring five other people in a stabbing rampage near the British Museum in...
• reuters Tanzanian president tells security forces to target drug traffickers DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 6 (Reuters) - President John Magufuli told Tanzania's security forces on Monday to crack down on the drugs trade and said no one should be...
• reuters Aguero says he will stay and fight for future at Man City Feb 6 (Reuters) - Striker Sergio Aguero says he is eager to win back his place in Manchester City's starting line-up and it will be up to the Premier League ...
• reuters ECB's bond-buying rules are equal in all countries -Draghi to Greece FRANKFURT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank follows the same rules in every country where it buys bonds, its president said on Monday, responding ...
• reuters German Cup last 16 fixtures Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Fixtures from the German Cup Last 16 matches on Monday Last 16 Tuesday, February 7 (GMT) FC-Astoria Walldorf(IV) v Arminia Bielefeld(II) ...
• reuters Serie A fixtures Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Fixtures from the Serie A matches on Monday Tuesday, February 7 (GMT) AS Roma v Fiorentina (1945) Wednesday, February 8 (GMT) Crotone v J...
• reuters Ligue 1 fixtures Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Fixtures from the Ligue 1 matches on Monday Tuesday, February 7 (GMT) Montpellier HSC v Monaco (1800) Caen v Girondins Bordeaux (1800) Pa...
• reuters Russia, Turkey, Iran discuss Syria ceasefire in Astana ASTANA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Experts from Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United Nations held a technical meeting in the Kazakh capital on Monday to discuss the im...
• ap Spring break alternative: A road trip in southeast Mexico CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — The police didn't ask for bribes. The roads were safe and fast. The food was particular, yet delicious. A road trip across southeast Me...
• reuters Goldman economists see more risks for U.S. economy Feb 6 (Reuters) - A fiscal boost to the United States is more likely in 2018 than this year, according to Goldman Sachs economists, as "the balance of risks ...
• ap Merkel to seek common ground with Trump 'wherever possible' BERLIN (AP) — Germany will seek common ground "wherever possible" with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday, de...
• reuters Shapovalov sorry for "letting country down" with angry outburst Feb 6 (Reuters) - Canada's Denis Shapovalov was left mortified after joining tennis's hall of infamy on Sunday, offering an apology and promising that he wou...
• pa Robbie Keane pictured training with UAE team Al-Ahli The striker is a free agent after leaving LA Galaxy last year.
• ap Fire breaks out at Kuwait's new performing arts center KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwaiti authorities say firefighters have extinguished a blaze at the oil-rich country's recently opened performing arts center. The offic...
• reuters Relaxing bank regulation is the last thing we need: ECB's Draghi BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Financial regulation since the global financial crisis underpins stability and the idea of relaxing bank rules is 'very worrisome...
• afp Nigerians push for clarity on absentee president's health Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is apparently unwell. Or he might not be. Either way, it's enough for his health to have increasingly become a national ...
• afp Lady Gaga lights up Super Bowl with inclusion message Lady Gaga dazzled the Super Bowl on Sunday with a high-tech, tightly choreographed half-time show celebrating American diversity and unity as she chose the p...
• ap Lady A would like Taylor Swift to write a song for them, too HOUSTON (AP) — Taylor Swift has written hit songs for herself for years, but she recently lent her talent to others, from former boyfriend Calvin Harris to c...
• ap Pizza Hut manager goes to Super Bowl while boss dishes pies HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — On one of the busiest nights for pizza restaurants, the president of Pizza Hut spent the Super Bowl working at stores in Alabama whil...
• reuters US STOCKS-Wall St opens lower as political uncertainty weighs By Tanya Agrawal Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday as investors sought fresh catalysts after a strong jobs report last week, while uncerta...
• ap Cambodian PM , citing 'One-China' policy, bans Taiwan flag PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's prime minister says raising Taiwan's flag is banned because Cambodia follows the "One China" policy promoted by Beijin...
• pa Rosberg: Alonso would have been my choice to partner Hamilton at Mercedes Rosberg will take on a role as a Mercedes ambassador this season and intends to attend some of the races.
• ap Somali extremists announce public killings of 4 for spying MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's al-Shabab extremist group announced it has killed four men accused of spying for the CIA and the Kenya and Somali governm...
• afp Joost van der Westhuizen -- one of the greatest South African rugby legend and World Cup winner Joost van der Westhuizen, who died Monday aged 45, will be remembered as one of the greatest scrum-halves of ...
• reuters Iraqi forces wage psychological war with jihadist corpses By Michael Georgy MOSUL, Iraq, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The flyblown corpses of Islamic State militants have been rotting along a main street in north Mosul for two...
• reuters Kindness matters, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge tells schoolchildren LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Britain's Duchess of Cambridge told a group of children to look for opportunities to be kind as she and her husband Prince William ...
• reuters EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil stocks fall; Kroton, Estácio slump on regulatory scrutiny By Bruno Federowski SAO PAULO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks fell on Monday, with shares of education companies Estácio Participações SA and Kroton Educ...
• reuters Islamic State encircled in Syria's al-Bab after army advance By Ellen Francis and Humeyra Pamuk BEIRUT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Syrian government forces advanced on the northern Islamic State-held city of al-Bab on Monday, c...
• ap Queen Elizabeth II marks record 65 years on throne LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British monarch to reach the milestone of 65 years on the throne. The queen's Sapphire Jubilee was mark...
• ap Qatar Airways launches longest flight with Auckland route DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar Airways has launched the world's longest scheduled commercial airline route with the arrival of its flight from Doha...
• ap The Latest: 500 migrants on way to Europe rescued off Libya ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migration influx (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Spain's defense ministry says one of its frigates has rescued almo...
• reuters Beset by economic, political woes, Nigerians protest for change By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Nigerians marched through the streets of Lagos calling for a change of government on Monday, a rare sh...
• pa Six men jailed over sexual exploitation of girls in Rotherham The men were given sentences of between 10 and 20 years for offences against two young girls between 1999 and 2001.
• reuters Beset by economic, political woes, Nigerians protest for change By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Nigerians marched through the streets of Lagos calling for a change of government on Monday, a rare sh...
• pa In pictures: Royal gun salutes mark Queen´s 65-year reign Prime Minister Theresa May also offered her congratulations.
• ap Queen's 65-year reign a milestone in a record-breaking life LONDON (AP) — On Monday, Queen Elizabeth II marks her Sapphire Jubilee, becoming the first British monarch to reign for 65 years. It's just one of many miles...
• reuters Russia says worried by escalating rhetoric between USA and Iran MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Russia is concerned by escalating rhetoric between the United States and Iran and will do its best to reduce tensions between the t...
• reuters US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens lower amid political uncertainty Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday as investors sought fresh catalysts after a strong jobs report last week, while uncertainty over Preside...
• ap Rwanda fires 200 police officers accused of corruption KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda's government has dismissed 200 police officers implicated in corruption as the East African country strives to maintain its repu...
• reuters Norwegian firms to create offshore oil industry supply vessels giant By Gwladys Fouche and Jonathan Saul OSLO/LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The pace of consolidation in the crisis-hit shipping industry accelerated on Monday after ...
• reuters MIDEAST STOCKS-UAE outperforms in an otherwise flat Gulf; Egypt dips By Celine Aswad DUBAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Most stock markets in the Gulf moved little on Monday but United Arab Emirates bourses outperformed with mid-to-larg...
• ap Man wants Anne Frank story shared through national monument BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The man who spearheaded the planting of a tree in honor of Anne Frank in a Birmingham park doesn't want it to be forgotten once tours...
• pa Boris Johnson poked in the face with microphone at EU council in Brussels He used the visit to reiterate the case for sanctions against Russia amid a flare-up of violence in Ukraine.
• reuters Afghan diplomat shot dead at consulate in Karachi, Pakistan By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - An Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday by a guard at the Afghan consulate in Pakistan's southern city of K...
• reuters Ryanair says profits on track as fares continue to fall By Conor Humphries DUBLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Ryanair's average fares fell more than expected in the last three months of 2016 amid a capacity glut in Europe'...
• reuters Oil becoming a crowded trade as hedge funds pile in: Kemp By John Kemp LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hedge funds have accumulated a record bullish position in crude futures and options, betting on further price rises, b...
• ap Strong 5.6 magnitude earthquake rattles parts of Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A shallow, 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled residents of Colombia's largest city on Monday, leading office workers to evacuate buildi...
• reuters OBITUARY-Rugby-Fierce competitor Van der Westhuizen loses his final battle By Nick Said CAPE TOWN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - South African World Cup winner Joost van der Westhuizen, counted among rugby's greatest scrumhalves, died on Monday...
• ap Virginia mom charged in 6-year-old daughter's shooting death HOT SPRINGS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia sheriff says a woman has been charged with fatally shooting her 6-year-old daughter. WDBJ-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2jToyx...
• reuters Morocco threatens to cut EU ties if farm deal founders By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Morocco's government said on Monday it would end economic cooperation with the European Union if the bloc does n...
• reuters Germany can increase spending without breaking debt rules, study says By Gernot Heller BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Germany can increase public investment to boost growth without breaching domestic legislation that limits the gove...
• reuters Germany's SPD seen beating Merkel's conservatives in election -poll BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) would beat Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives if an election was held today, a poll said on ...
• ap Battle for Premier League top 4 finish to be closely fought LONDON (AP) — The battle to secure a top four finish and a coveted Champions League place is warming up in the Premier League. Leader Chelsea is nine points ...
• reuters Euro zone economy still needs ECB support: Draghi FRANKFURT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The euro zone's economic recovery is picking up strength but still requires stimulus, so the European Central Bank is not ready ...
• ap KitchenWise: Sole Meuniere: Improving on Perfection Julia Child was able to remember the single most decisive moment in her life with photographic clarity. It was her first bite of her first meal in France, a ...
• reuters "Beckileaks" email furore puts brand Beckham on the back foot LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - David Beckham, the former England soccer captain turned international celebrity, was hit by a media onslaught on Monday after a ser...
• ap German conservatives unite behind Merkel for September vote BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian conservative allies threw their weight Monday behind her quest for a fourth term, putting aside a long-runn...
• ap Abduction feared, but girl was in car that rolled from home BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was thought to be abducted was actually in a car that rolled out of a driveway and into woo...
• ap Springboks World Cup winner Van der Westhuizen dies at 45 Joost van der Westhuizen, who won the 1995 World Cup with South Africa as Nelson Mandela looked on, has died after a six-year-battle with motor neuron diseas...
• ap IS suspects detained in Turkey raids rises to nearly 750 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has now detained nearly 750 suspects in a police operation against the Islamic State group, authorities said Monday. Anti-terror...
• reuters Czech employers call for more foreign skilled workers PRAGUE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Leading Czech corporate lobby groups urged the government on Monday to relax rules for bringing in foreign workers, in particular f...
• reuters South Africa's farm minister says cannot yet tell impact of pest on output PRETORIA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - South Africa's agriculture minister said on Monday that the country was taking measures to determine the extent of the invasive f...
• reuters Cook, one of English sport's quiet achievers By Ian Chadband Feb 6 (Reuters) - Alastair Cook was never the most innovative England cricket captain, his batting was designed to soothe rather than stir th...
• reuters US STOCKS-Wall St set to open lower amid political uncertainty By Tanya Agrawal Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks looked set to open lower on Monday as investors sought fresh catalysts after a strong jobs report last week, w...
• reuters Germany opposes unilateral tariffs on imports - Merkel BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was opposed to unilateral steps to impose tariffs on imports, adding that should the ne...
• reuters Germany opposes unilateral tariffs on imports - Merkel BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was opposed to unilateral steps to impose tariffs on imports, adding that should the ne...
• reuters Australia Catholic Church faces six decades of child abuse allegations By James Regan SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Seven percent of Catholic priests working in Australia between 1950 and 2010 were accused of child sex crimes but fe...
• ap UN: More than 900 children killed in Afghanistan in 2016 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — More than 900 children were killed in Afghanistan's conflict last year, the United Nations said Monday, calling it the most violent...
• ap Pro-Russian opposition in Montenegro plans NATO referendum PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro's main opposition party said Monday that it will organize a referendum on the country's membership in NATO — with the...
• reuters Portugal particularly exposed to rising trade risks, OECD warns LISBON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Portugal's high debt load, limited growth and weak banks saddled with bad loans make the country particularly vulnerable to an inte...
• reuters Luxembourg launches criminal case over VW emissions scandal - minister LUXEMBOURG, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Luxembourg launched criminal proceedings over the Volkswagen emissions scandal on Monday, saying its type approval authority wa...
• ap Burundi: UN experts say situation worsening for NGOs KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Civic groups and rights defenders in Burundi face growing repression amid sporadic violence stemming from the president's disputed thi...
• ap Cyprus: UN Security Council has role in reunification talks NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — U.N. Security Council member states must take part in a future summit aiming to remove a key stumbling block to a deal reunifying ethn...
• reuters Getting kicked into action brings out the best in Hazard Feb 6 (Reuters) - Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has no problems being one of the most fouled players in English soccer's top flight as the physical aspect of t...
• reuters Investors peer through policy fog - dollar up, stocks dip By Nigel Stephenson LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The dollar edged higher on Monday but European stocks fell as investors sought clarity in the face of a host of...
• ap Lady Gaga follows up Super Bowl show with tour announcement HOUSTON (AP) — Fresh off a high-wire, crowd-pleasing halftime performance at the Super Bowl, Lady Gaga has announced plans for a world tour kicking off this ...
• afp Teen admits killing US tourist in London knife attack A teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to killing a US tourist and injuring five others in a central London knife attack, with prosecutors accepting his admissi...
• reuters Investors peer through policy fog - dollar up, stocks dip By Nigel Stephenson LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The dollar edged higher on Monday but European stocks fell as investors sought clarity in the face of a host of...
• reuters Somalia presidential hopefuls make last vote pitch in first-ever TV debate By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Presidential candidates in Somalia rounded off campaigning with an unprecedented televised debate on Monday, domi...
• ap Cambodia arrests Japanese man suspected in sex trafficking PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian police have arrested a Japanese man and two Cambodians suspected of tricking Cambodian women into working in the sex tr...
• ap Austrian ski jumper Schlierenzauer out with knee injury INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Gregor Schlierenzauer is out indefinitely and could miss this month's ski jumping world championships in Finland after hurting his ...
• ap Swiss investigates possible crimes by Gambian ex-minister GENEVA (AP) — Gambia's former interior minister who applied for asylum in Switzerland is being investigated for possible crimes against humanity committed in...
• ap Russia increases 2018 World Cup budget by $325 million MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has increased government spending on the 2018 World Cup by 19.1 billion rubles ($325 million) without explanation. Total spending rises ...
• reuters Germany opposes unilateral tariffs on imports - Merkel BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was opposed to unilateral steps to impose tariffs on imports, adding that should the ne...
• pa William and Kate visit school providing lessons in kindness The royal couple joined a special school assembly at a primary school as part of Children´s Mental Health Week.
• reuters Swedish competition watchdog opposes proposed financial tax By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sweden's competition watchdog has come out against a proposed tax on financial services companies, saying it w...
• reuters EBRD delegation visits Uzbekistan to discuss cooperation ALMATY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) visited Uzbekistan on Monday to discuss cooperation fol...
• reuters Legal battles to test Trump and his immigration ban By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's temporary immigration ban faced on Monday the first of several crucial legal hurdles th...
• reuters Timeline for Britain's Brexit legislation LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking parliament's approval to trigger the legal process for leaving the European Union. To do that...
• reuters Low-budget village team tops the Austrian league By Brian Homewood ALTACH, Austria, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Alpine village of Altach boasts one supermarket, a small bakery, a furniture shop, one restaurant - ...
• reuters Poll shows Macron-Le Pen French presidency runoff, Macron winning PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - French pollster Opinionway published a survey on Monday that showed independent Emannual Macron resoundingly winning a presidential ...
• reuters Randgold 4th-qtr profit jumps; raises FY dividend by 52 pct By Zandi Shabalala and Sanjeeban Sarkar Feb 6 (Reuters) - Gold miner Randgold Resources Ltd reported a 76 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit, boosted by h...
• reuters Randgold 4th-qtr profit jumps; raises FY dividend by 52 pct By Zandi Shabalala and Sanjeeban Sarkar Feb 6 (Reuters) - Gold miner Randgold Resources Ltd reported a 76 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit, boosted by h...
• ap English vs. French tensions in Cameroon turn deadly YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A single student out of 4,000 showed up on the first day of the new term at one high school in Bamenda, the English-speaking city at...
• pa Willy Caballero hails Claudio Bravo response after losing number one spot Caballero´s run in the side started with a convincing 3-0 win at Crystal Palace in the FA Cup.
• ap Afghan diplomat killed by his guard in Pakistan KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An Afghan diplomat was shot and killed by his security guard inside the consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Monday, o...
• ap EU envoys back keeping sanctions against Russia over Ukraine BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top diplomats vowed Monday to uphold sanctions against Russia for destabilizing conflict-torn Ukraine, despite confusion...
• afp Ski resort brings winter cheer to Iraq displaced In the fledgling ski resort of Korek in war-torn Iraq, the only battles are snow fights between visitors who often leave their traumatic memories at the foot...
• reuters Teenager pleads guilty to stabbing U.S. tourist to death in London LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A teenager who suffered from mental health issues pleaded guilty on Monday to killing a U.S. tourist during a stabbing rampage in L...
• reuters S.African World Cup winner Joost van der Westhuizen dies at 45 CAPE TOWN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Joost van der Westhuizen, the scrumhalf for the South African rugby side that triumphed at the 1995 World Cup, died on Monday af...
• reuters Bavarian conservatives back Merkel despite differences on refugee cap BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies on Monday said they support her candidacy in a general election in September desp...
• reuters Legal battles to test Trump and his immigration ban By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's temporary immigration ban faced on Monday the first of several crucial legal hurdles th...
• reuters Australia's Catholic church tallies up six decades of child abuse allegations SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Seven percent of Catholic priests working in Australia between 1950 and 2010 were accused of child sex crimes, but few were pursued...
• reuters Swiss say to probe ex-Gambian minister for possible crimes against humanity By John Miller ZURICH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The man who served as interior minister under ousted Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh could face charges of crimes agains...
• ap Chelsea Peretti shows off baby bump, one-ups Beyonce "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star Chelsea Peretti has done her best to one-up Beyonce's pregnancy announcement by showing off her own baby bump. Peretti posted a pic...
• reuters Rocket from Gaza draws Israeli air strikes, one person wounded GAZA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A Palestinian rocket launched from Gaza struck Israel on Monday, causing no casualties or damage, in a rare attack that drew Israeli ...
• reuters Kenya's disabled mothers neglected due to dearth of data By Moraa Obiria NAKURU, Kenya, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Everline Achieng has a disability you only notice when she stands. She walks with the sup...
• reuters Ricky Gervais' shtick gets tricky in Trump and Brexit era By Jill Serjeant NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Playing a brash, bigoted bore in the Trump and Brexit era is double trouble for comedian-actor Ricky Gervais. "I...
• pa Harry Kane looking to put more daylight between Tottenham and Liverpool Second-placed Spurs sit four points above Jurgen Klopp´s side.
• pa Tom Brady wins fifth Super Bowl title as Patriots overturn record deficit No other team has ever come from more than 10 points down before in a Super Bowl.
• reuters New GlaxoSmithKline CEO prepares for R&D choices, potential deals By Ben Hirschler LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Emma Walmsley, GlaxoSmithKline's incoming CEO, will take over Britain's biggest drugmaker at a challenging time bu...
• pa Harlequins swoop for Exeter scrum-half Dave Lewis Lewis racked up 88 appearances in six years with Gloucester ahead of his Exeter switch.
• ap Swedish utility plans to change car fleet to fully electric HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish energy company Vattenfall says it will switch its car fleet to electric vehicles in about five years. The state-owned company says th...
• ap Tepid start to the week in markets as Trump remains in focus LONDON (AP) — European stock markets traded in narrow ranges Monday amid a dearth of economic data and as investors gauged the fallout from President Donald ...
• reuters Tyson Foods quarterly profit jumps 28.6 pct Feb 6 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc, the biggest U.S. meat processor, reported a 28.6 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by higher exports of beef and po...
• reuters Ranieri certain he has the backing of Leicester players Feb 6 (Reuters) - Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri insisted his players are fully behind him following media reports suggesting he has lost control ove...
• pa Fare-dodger who attacked train ticket inspector jailed for 15 weeks Shocking footage from one ticket officer´s body-worn camera shows Elliot Nash repeatedly swearing and taking a running kick at a staff member.
• ap Fire at gay sauna in Berlin kills 3 men, injures 1 BERLIN (AP) — German officials say three men have died and one was seriously injured in a fire at a gay sauna in Berlin. The fire broke out late Sunday at th...
• afp Rescuers battle to reach Afghanistan avalanche victims Rescuers are battling to reach survivors of avalanches in Afghanistan's remote and mountainous north, as the official nationwide death toll neared 120 and fe...
• pa Trusts will have legal duty to check if overseas patients are eligible for care Patients will be able to choose not to have the treatment if they have no means of paying the bill.
• reuters Express Scripts says prescription drug spending slowed in 2016 Feb 6 (Reuters) - Express Scripts Holding Co, the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the United States, said prescription drug spending for its members slow...
• reuters US STOCKS-Futures flat as investors seek fresh catalysts By Tanya Agrawal Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Monday as investors looked for fresh trading catalysts after a strong jobs...
• reuters Gun salute marks Queen Elizabeth's 65 years on British throne LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth, the world's longest-reigning living monarch, celebrated her Sapphire Jubilee on Monday as Britain commemorated 65 ...
• afp US-bound Bhutanese refugees left in limbo in Nepal Kalimaya Magar had given away most of her belongings as she prepared to leave the refugee camp in Nepal for a new life in the United States. But after more t...
• ap FDNY enlists diverse firefighter group to attract recruits NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's fire department is pumping $10 million into a new campaign to help recruitment efforts. The Daily News reports (http://nydn.u...
• reuters Hungary court orders retrial in toxic red sludge case By Krisztina Than GYOR, Hungary, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A Hungarian court ordered a retrial on Monday over the spill of toxic red sludge in 2010 that killed 10 pe...
• reuters Memorial in Philippines for South Korean whose murder stunted drugs war MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Philippines held a memorial on Monday for a South Korean businessman whose kidnapping and murder by rogue anti-narcotics police...
• pa 5 things we learned from Super Bowl LI The New England Patriots won their second Super Bowl in three years.
• pa 5 things we learned from the Premier League this weekend While the title race is all but over, the battle to avoid the drop is really hotting up.
• pa Super Bowl winner won´t attend White House victory ceremony with Donald Trump Martellus Bennett has been critical of the new Commander-in-Chief.
• ap Liberia leader bars official travel abroad for 60 days MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's president has ordered a 60-day moratorium on official overseas travel to save the country's depleted foreign currency hold...
• afp India's Tata completes purge of ex-chairman Cyrus Mistry Indian salt-to-steel giant Tata completed its purge of former chairman Cyrus Mistry on Monday by removing him from the board of the conglomerate's holding co...
• reuters Romania's justice ministry scraps plan to amend criminal code-Digi24 BUCHAREST, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Romania's justice ministry scrapped plans for a bill on changing the criminal code, Digi24 TV said on Monday, after days of mass...
• reuters South Africa to publish contested mining charter by March - minister By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - South Africa will publish its revised Mining Charter by next month, a minister said on Monday, bringing closer ...
• reuters Toyota, Suzuki courtship intensifies as partnership talks begin By Naomi Tajitsu TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp said on Monday they plan to trade expertise in parts supplies and R&D, in a...
• afp Cameroon toast unlikely Africa Cup of Nations triumph Cameroon celebrated the most improbable of victories at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday which coach Hugo Broos hoped would pave the way towards a bright ...
• reuters Stranded migrants in Greek camp protest over living conditions ATHENS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A group of migrants and refugees on Monday blocked a Greek minister from entering the former Athens airport terminal, where they ha...
• reuters "We woke up in 1989": Romanian graft decree turned back the clock By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST, Feb 6 (Reuters) - When fire tore through a Bucharest nightclub in 2015, victims were rushed to the city's Floreasca hospital - but i...
• ap Ryanair profit falls amid pressure to lower fares LONDON (AP) — Ryanair, Europe's biggest budget airline, saw its profits drop 8 percent in the final three months of 2016 as it lowered fares and was hurt by ...
• reuters FOREX-Euro fades in face of French election risks By Patrick Graham LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The euro fell around half a percent on Monday as concerns over French politics ahead of presidential elections se...
• reuters Trump faces uphill battle to overcome court's hold on travel ban By Lawrence Hurley Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump faces an uphill battle to overcome a federal judge's temporary hold on his travel ban on sev...
• ap Afghan official: Avalanches in Afghanistan kill at least 119 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Avalanches in Afghanistan triggered by heavy snowfall across the country have killed at least 119 people in recent days, officials ...
• reuters Bill Gross: Without ECB, BOJ policies, U.S. 10-yr yield would be 3.5 pct By Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Bond investor Bill Gross said on Monday that without quantitative easing from the European Central Bank and Ban...
• reuters Iran's missile test "not a message" to Trump DUBAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday a recent missile trial launch was not intended to send a message to new U.S. President Donald Trump and to test ...
• reuters Gas line rupture in southeastern Iran kills two DUBAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A gas pipeline rupture in southeastern Iran during a pressure test killed two workers, Mehr news agency reported on Monday. The pipe...
• reuters British government says will not allow lawmakers to block Brexit LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Lawmakers seeking to change Theresa May's Brexit strategy will not be able to block Britain from leaving the European Union, May's ...
• reuters Egyptian army kills 14 militants in central Sinai raid - spokesman CAIRO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Egyptian soldiers killed 14 militants and arrested ten others in a raid in central Sinai, the military said on Monday. The operation...
• ap Portugal is cautioned over high debt, low investment LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is warning Portugal that its fragile banks and high national debt make it e...
• pa Sport England announces latest funding totals Netball got the biggest award, with £16.9million for development and £3million to help the England team prepare for the 2019 World Cup.
• ap 'Stranger Things' season 2 set to hit Netflix on Halloween LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix has used the Super Bowl to announce the return of "Stranger Things." Last summer's 1980s-set science-fiction hit for the streaming...
• reuters Former England test captain Alastair Cook Feb 6 (Reuters) - Factbox on opening batsman Alastair Cook, who stepped down as England test captain on Monday. *Born Dec. 25, 1984, in Gloucester, England. ...
• reuters UK's May to tell Israeli PM Netanyahu that settlements undermine trust LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Britain's Theresa May will tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that continued settlement activity undermines t...
• reuters Scotland headed to new independence vote, says Greens lawmaker By Elisabeth O'Leary EDINBURGH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Scotland is almost certainly headed towards a new independence referendum after the UK triggers the process...
• reuters Greek bailout programme would end if IMF pulled out - German FinMin BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Germany believes the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will remain on board with Greece's bailout, a finance ministry spokesman rei...
• reuters Toymaker Hasbro's quarterly sales rise 11.2 pct Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hasbro Inc reported an 11.2 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Monday, helped by strong demand for its Disney Princess and Frozen dolls i...
• reuters Toyota raises profit outlook, says will keep producing at home By Naomi Tajitsu TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp reported a drop in quarterly operating profit on Monday but still added 9.7 percent to its full-y...
• reuters China to improve foreign permanent residence policies - Xinhua BEIJING, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China will improve its rules for issuing permanent residence status to foreigners, state media said on Monday, in an effort to boo...
• reuters Talks on banking regulation should create level playing field-German FinMin BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Negotiations on new regulations for banks known as Basel III should aim to create a level playing field in the financial industry i...
• afp China promotes traditional medicine to combat AIDS China will double the number of AIDS patients it treats with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), officials have said, part of a broader push to increase the ...
• pa Australia international Rob Horne heading for Northampton He has racked up more than 100 appearances for the Sydney-based Waratahs.
• reuters Philippine miners say closures 'illegal' as minister sticks to decision By Manolo Serapio Jr MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Philippine mining minister's decision to close over half of the country's mines and suspend others is "ill...
• reuters Philippine miners say closures 'illegal' as minister sticks to decision By Manolo Serapio Jr MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Philippine mining minister's decision to close over half of the country's mines and suspend others is "ill...
• reuters Saudi Arabia to appoint ambassador to Lebanon - president's office BEIRUT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will appoint a new ambassador to Lebanon, encourage the return of Saudi tourists and increase flights there by Saudi a...
• reuters Western European car sales mark strong start to 2017 PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Western European car sales rose 9.5 percent in January on buoyant demand in France, Germany and Italy, according to industry data co...
• reuters PRESS DIGEST- Canada-Feb 6 Feb 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their ac...
• afp Israeli ministers endorse bill to export medicinal cannabis Israeli ministers on Sunday endorsed a draft bill to legalise export of cannabis for approved medical use, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked's office said, with...
• ap China's first large homemade passenger jet to fly in 2017 BEIJING (AP) — After years of delays, China's first large homemade passenger jetliner will take to the air for its maiden flight in the first half of this ye...
• pa We have been living separate lives for years, says Nigel Farage´s wife Kirsten Farage said that the former Ukip leader moved out of their family home in Kent "a while ago".
• ap Dubai developer Emaar to collect $332M for high-rise fire DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The developer of the world's tallest building says it will collect $332.4 million from its insurer to cover damage sustain...
• afp Kerry, Albright urge court to uphold block on Trump travel ban A group of prominent Democrats including former secretaries of state John Kerry and Madeleine Albright called Monday for a federal appeals court to continue ...
• ap Suspect in Florida mosque fire may plead no contest FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — An ex-convict who investigators say confessed to setting fire to a Florida mosque tied to the Orlando nightclub shooter may plead no...
• ap China ex-deputy intelligence chief graft probe proceeding BEIJING (AP) — The corruption investigation into a former Chinese deputy intelligence chief is proceeding, prosecutors said Monday, signaling President Xi Ji...
• ap Sudanese president criticizes Iran and Egypt CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir accused Egyptian intelligence of supporting Sudan's opposition forces, and vowed to take a border dispute betw...
• ap 1st major German customer sues VW over diesel emissions BERLIN (AP) — A fish wholesaler has become the first major Volkswagen customer in Germany to sue the automaker for selling diesel vehicles rigged to cheat on...
• reuters Brexit already having negative impact on UK business-survey LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - More than half of British business leaders believe the vote to leave the European Union has had a negative impact on their companie...
• reuters Brexit already having negative impact on UK business-survey LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - More than half of British business leaders believe the vote to leave the European Union has had a negative impact on their companie...
• ap Toyota takes 23 percent hit to profit on lower sales, yen TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that its profit fell 23 percent in the October-December quarter from a year earlier as its sales fell and a stron...
• ap 10 Things to Know for Today - 6 February 2017 Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TWO STATES TELL COURT THAT RESTORING TRAVEL BAN WO...
• reuters Rescuers work to reach areas hit by deadly Afghanistan avalanches KABUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Afghan officials were working on Monday to reach remote villages after avalanches and heavy snow killed at least 119 people around t...
• reuters German court hears Syrian's 'selfie with Merkel' case against Facebook WUERZBURG, Germany, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A German court will on Monday hold its first hearing in the case of a Syrian refugee who is suing Facebook after the so...
• ap Philippines resumes assaults on rebels after talks scrapped MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have resumed assaults against communist rebels, killing at least one guerrilla, after President Rodrigo Duterte ...
• pa Tom Varndell agrees contract extension with Bristol He is determined to help Bristol beat the drop.
• reuters Real Madrid's game at Valencia rescheduled for Feb. 22 MADRID, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Real Madrid's postponed league game at Valencia will be played on Feb. 22, La Liga announced on Monday. The 16th round encounter, w...
• ap Migrant protesters confront Greek minister ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek and refugee protesters have confronted the country's migration minister at the entrance of a sprawling migrant camp in the south ...
• reuters Scotland almost certainly headed to new independence vote, says Greens lawmaker EDINBURGH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Scotland is almost certainly headed towards a new independence referendum after the UK triggers the process to leave the Europea...
• reuters Hexagon to cut jobs as weak oil sector hits growth By Johannes Hellstrom STOCKHOLM, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Measurement technology and software firm Hexagon is cutting about 480 jobs to lower its costs after core p...
• reuters European shares supported by good earnings updates; Ryanair dips By Danilo Masoni MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - European shares edged up in choppy trade on Monday with better- than-expected corporate results helping support the...
• pa Demarai Gray insists Claudio Ranieri still has backing of Leicester squad The Foxes have won just twice in their last 14 league games.
• afp Made-in-China large passenger plane targets 2017 debut China's first homegrown big passenger plane will make its maiden voyage in the first half of this year, state media said Monday, as the country seeks to chal...
• afp Thailand blames PM death threats on exiled anti-monarchists Thailand's national security chief said Monday that a group of Laos-based Thais wanted for spreading anti-monarchy messages had made death threats against th...
• reuters Morocco threatens to cut EU ties if farm deal founders Feb 6 (Reuters) - Morocco threatened on Monday to end economic cooperation with the European Union if the bloc did not honour a farming deal, without giving ...
• reuters Japan Tobacco bets on e-cigarette's growth prospect, boosts annual dividend By Taiga Uranaka TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco Inc said it was still confident about the prospect of its Ploom Tech tobacco-based electronic cigaret...
• reuters German conservatives agree on Merkel as chancellor candidate for Sept election MUNICH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Germany's conservative parties agreed on Monday to nominate Angela Merkel as their candidate for chancellor in a Sept. 24 election ...
• pa In video: 65 images from the Queen´s 65 years on the throne As is usual on Accession Day, the monarch will be spending it privately at her Sandringham Estate.
• reuters Russia c.bank: inflation expectations speak for moderately tight plcy MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Russia's central bank said on Monday that inflation expectations among households remained high even though they were falling, addi...
• pa In video: Alastair Cook in numbers He won 24 Test matches as captain.
• pa Aguero vows to fight for place as Man City assure striker has Etihad future The Argentina international has started City´s last two matches on the bench.
• ap Italy's Innerhofer out injured from ski world championships ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Former gold medalist Christof Innerhofer has ended his season due to injury on the eve of the Alpine skiing world championship...
• reuters EMERGING MARKETS-Emerging equities, currencies firm; Turkish stocks slip off 2-yr high By Claire Milhench LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Emerging equities rose to five-month highs on Monday after solid Chinese services sector data and disappointing ...
• reuters Senior Chinese health official to attend Vatican summit BEIJING, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A top Chinese health official will attend a conference at the Vatican on organ trafficking this week, a state run newspaper said o...
• reuters Cook steps down as England test captain Feb 6 (Reuters) - Alastair Cook has stepped down as England's test captain but plans to carry on as a player, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said ...
• reuters British government's vaunted China export deals don't add up By Tom Bergin SOLIHULL, England, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Each aluminium Land Rover body that rolls along the production line at Solihull carries a lengthy sheet of...
• reuters British government¿s vaunted China export deals don't add up By Tom Bergin SOLIHULL, England, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Each aluminium Land Rover body that rolls along the production line at Solihull carries a lengthy sheet of...
• afp Dolores Huerta: little-known militant icon with a big part in history "Who has the power? People have the power!" Small, slender Dolores Huerta, with her soft but firm voice, was whipping up a crowd at a Los Angeles rally again...
• reuters Siemens completes key test of 3D-printed gas-turbine blades FRANKFURT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - German engineering group Siemens has run a successful test of power generation gas turbine blades produced wholly by metal-based...
• reuters Britain's FTSE rises as Randgold shines By Kit Rees LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index steadied on Monday, helped by gains among mining stocks after Randgold Resources posted solid...
• afp Japan resumes work on controversial US base on Okinawa The Japanese government on Monday resumed work on building a controversial US airbase on Okinawa island, sparking angry protests and scuffles with police. Th...
• reuters Youtube comments could bring tougher sentence for U.S. woman in Bali suitcase murder DENPASAR, Indonesia, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Indonesia are examining online video comments by a U.S. woman jailed for 10 years over the 2014 murder ...
• reuters Kuwait's new opera house catches fire KUWAIT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Flames ripped through Kuwait's new opera house on Monday, just three months after the futuristic $770-million venue opened to the p...
• reuters China welcomes Mattis' emphasis on South China Sea diplomacy BEIJING, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China on Monday welcomed U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' suggestion that diplomacy should be the priority in the South China Se...
• reuters Philippines "unfit for mining" because of nation's unique ecosystem - minister By Manolo Serapio Jr and John Chalmers MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez will not reconsider her ...
• reuters Philippines ¿unfit for mining¿ because of nation¿s unique ecosystem ¿ minister By Manolo Serapio Jr and John Chalmers MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez will not reconsider her ...
• reuters Japan's snow festival opens with ice replicas of Trump, Pikotaro SAPPORO, Japan, Feb 6 (Reuters) - More than 2 million visitors are expected at this year's Sapporo snow festival, which kicked off on Monday, showcasing hund...
• reuters China to try former secret police official for bribery BEIJING, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China will prosecute a former high ranking official in its secret police for suspected bribery, the state prosecutor said on Monda...
• reuters Philippine agency running drugs war says army to play only support role By Martin Petty and Karen Lema MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Philippine troops will only provide back-up in the war on drugs and not patrol the streets or play a...
• reuters Cook steps down as England test captain Feb 6 (Reuters) - Alastair Cook has stepped down as England's test captain, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday. Cook, who was appointed...
• pa The Queen in numbers on her Sapphire Jubilee Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to have reigned for 65 years.
• pa Gabriel Jesus is Manchester City´s saviour in win over Swansea Pep Guardiola´s side were made to work for the three points.
• reuters Sterling stuck at one-week low as MPs work on Brexit law By John Geddie LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sterling hit a one-week low against the U.S. dollar on Monday, adding to a near 2 percent fall last week, as Prime M...
• ap Demands for inquiry in poison death of Yemeni journalist SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Yemeni journalists' union, rights groups, and family members are demanding an inquiry into the mysterious death of a top investigativ...
• reuters Kremlin says it wants apology from Fox News over Putin comments MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were "unacceptable" comments one of the channel's p...
• afp Brady fairytale as Patriots fightback seals Super Bowl Tom Brady inspired the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history as the New England Patriots stunned the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in an epic overtime duel. In an ...
• reuters Kremlin says disagrees with Trump over Iran comments MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman told reporters on Monday that the Kremlin did not agree with comments by U.S. Presiden...
• reuters France's Fillon to launch counter-offensive -sources PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon will launch a counter-attack on Monday to defend himself after more than ...
• reuters "Sensationally" strong industry orders set Germany up for buoyant 2017 start By Michael Nienaber BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Higher demand at home and abroad for goods needed in production drove the biggest monthly increase in German in...
• reuters "Sensationally" strong industry orders set Germany up for buoyant 2017 start By Michael Nienaber BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Higher demand at home and abroad for goods needed in production drove the biggest monthly increase in German in...
• ap Super Bowl ad winners: Tide, T-Mobile NEW YORK (AP) — The New England Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons during a nailbiter Super Bowl 51 — and there were clear winners and losers off the fiel...
• afp Tom Brady stands alone after Super Bowl epic With four Super Bowl victories in his previous six appearances, Tom Brady had already carved himself onto the Mount Rushmore of quarterback icons. But after ...
• reuters Hungarian court orders new procedure in toxic spill case GYOR, Hungary, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A Hungarian court on Monday annulled an earlier ruling that acquitted 15 people tried in connection with a toxic spill from ...
• reuters FOREX-Dollar steadies after fourth straight weekly fall By Patrick Graham LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The dollar steadied on Monday after poor wages data pushed back any speculation of a near-term rise in Federal Re...
• reuters Thousands protest as former Catalonia head starts referendum trial BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters gathered outside a Barcelona court on Monday as the former head of the eastern Spanish region of ...
• reuters Syrian army, allies cut off Islamic State supply route near al-Bab - monitor BEIRUT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Syria's army and its allies advanced towards the northern Islamic-State held city of al-Bab on Monday, cutting off the last main su...
• reuters Japan's Mr Yen says dollar could fall below 100 yen by end-2017 By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's former currency czar Eisuke Sakakibara said the dollar could fall below 100 yen ...
• reuters Investors shun French bonds on election jitters, seek safety in Germany By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Investor uncertainty about France's presidential election took its toll on French bonds on Monday, lifting the ...
• reuters Disruption at UK's Rough gas storage site to extend beyond April LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Britain will not be able to inject additional supplies to its largest gas storage site after six of its wells failed tests, delayin...
• reuters Turkey says detains 748 Islamic State suspects in weekend operations ANKARA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Turkey detained 748 Islamic State suspects in weekend operations in 29 provinces, the interior ministry said, in its biggest round-...
• pa Emails leaked by hackers reveal David Beckham´s anger at knighthood snub A representative of the former England captain said the material "gives a deliberately inaccurate picture".
• ap Australian woman dies in watercraft crash in Thailand BANGKOK (AP) — An Australian woman died when the personal watercraft she was operating collided with one operated by her companion off the Thai island of Phu...
• reuters Brexit already having negative impact on UK business-survey LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - More than half of British business leaders believe the vote to leave the European Union has had a negative impact on their companie...
• reuters Philippine army arrests communist rebel leader after peace bid collapses MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Philippine soldiers arrested on Monday a communist rebel leader, days after President Rodrigo Duterte scrapped a ceasefire with the...
• reuters In India, ice towers could turn deadly lake into water bank By Athar Parvaiz GANGTOK, India, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The government of Sikkim in India's northeast is lowering the risk of a devastating flo...
• reuters Iran says U.S. sanctions stop American oil firms taking part in projects DUBAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Iran has imposed no restrictions on U.S. oil firms willing to participate in energy projects in the country but American sanctions m...
• reuters At former jihadist training camp, Iraqi police face drones, crack snipers By Michael Georgy MOSUL, Feb 5 (Reuters) - As a walkie-talkie carried word of another casualty from an Islamic State mortar attack, an Iraqi policeman peered...
• ap Walker's Wisconsin could be a model for Trump on unions WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's crackdown on collective bargaining could serve as a model for President Donald Trump's plans to overhaul the ...
• reuters India keen to buy foreign coking coal assets - Minister Feb 6 (Reuters) - Coal India Ltd, the world's top coal miner, plans to acquire coking coal assets abroad as India lacks technology to economically develop lo...
• reuters Samsung Group to disband its corporate strategy office after probe ends By Se Young Lee SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Samsung Group said it will disband its corporate strategy office after a special prosecution probe ends, setting a t...
• reuters Samsung Group to disband its corporate strategy office after probe ends By Se Young Lee SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Samsung Group said it will disband its corporate strategy office after a special prosecution probe ends, setting a t...
• afp For Kurds in Syria, world novels finally speak their language Abdo Shehu sits in an office in Kurdish-majority Qamishli in northeast Syria, surrounded by copies of the first Western novel available in the city in his ow...
• reuters Afghan diplomat shot dead at Karachi consulate in Pakistan KARACHI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - An Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday in the Afghan consulate in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, a police official said....
• reuters China protests U.S. sanction list on Iran that hits Chinese firms BEIJING, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China on Monday said it had "lodged representations" with the United States over Washington's new sanctions list targeting Iran, w...
• ap Egypt's foreign reserves reaches 26.4 billion in January CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Central Bank says that the country's foreign reserves have reached $26.4 billion in January, up from $23 billion in November. The bank a...
• reuters Facebook launches anti fake-news drive in France as election approaches PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Social media company Facebook launched on Monday an initiative to tackle fake news stories in France, with the media in the spotligh...
• afp Afghan civilian casualties hit record high in 2016: UN Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in 2016 were the highest recorded by the UN, the world body said Monday, with nearly 11,500 non-combatants -- one third of...
• reuters World Rankings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - The World Rankings 1. (1) Jason Day (Australia) 9.93 2. (2) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 9.49 3. (4) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 8.93 4. (3) Dustin...
• pa Marine Le Pen blasts `two totalitarianisms´ threatening France If elected, she envisions a "government of national unity" formed after June legislative elections.
• ap Brady suspects game jersey was stolen after Super Bowl win HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Brady thinks his Super Bowl jersey has been picked off. The Patriots quarterback, selected the MVP of New England's 34-28 victory over the...
• afp China ships sail near disputed isles after Mattis visit: Japan Japan said Chinese coast guard vessels sailed Monday into its territorial waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea, days after the new US defence...
• ap Trump's week: Brief calm amid more chaos WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments of order and calm came to Week Two at the Trump White House. You just had to look fast to catch them amid the name-calling, indelic...
• reuters Hong Kong stocks snap 4-day losing streak on mainland demand Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks rebounded on Monday, drawing inspiration from a firmer Wall Street and helped by rising capital inflows from the mainland....
• reuters Cameroon triumph caps inspiring Nations Cup tournament By Mark Gleeson LIBREVILLE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The African Nations Cup in Gabon will be remembered for delivering an inspiring success story culminating with ...
• reuters S.Korea confirms foot-and-mouth disease at dairy farm SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth at a dairy farm, the first discovery of the disease in the country in nearl...
• ap Gorsuch was a conservative voice at liberal Columbia U NEW YORK (AP) — As a conservative student at Columbia University in the mid-1980s, future Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was a political odd man out, and...
• pa Lady Gaga avoids politics in patriotic Super Bowl performance The singer´s half-time performance promoted a positive message of inclusivity.
• pa White House expects courts to reinstate travel ban Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday `we will win the case on the merits´.
• ap US spy alliances may be tested by unpredictable Trump WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's unpredictable foreign policy could hamper longstanding U.S. intelligence-sharing partnerships as countries react to a presid...
• ap Who's White? The young Pats RB had 3 TDs including winner HOUSTON (AP) — James White sure waited a long time to get his first rushing touchdown of the season. It came with 57 seconds left in the fourth quarter of th...
• ap New Pentagon chief Mattis a hit in Japan, South Korea TOKYO (AP) — In his debut abroad as the first retired general to lead the Pentagon in more than half a century, Jim Mattis found that in Japan and South Kore...
• afp Iran imports 149 tonnes of uranium from Russia: atomic chief Iran will receive the final part of a 149-tonne shipment of uranium from Russia as part of its nuclear deal with world powers, it was announced on Monday. "T...
• ap Trump's Supreme Court pick adheres closely to Constitution Judge Neil Gorsuch recalls being blinded by tears in the middle of a ski run after someone rang his cellphone with news of the unexpected death of Supreme Co...
• ap AP FACT CHECK: Reality in Washington took a beating Reality took a beating from the Washington blame game this past week. Americans heard about a Kentucky massacre that never happened, a travel ban that was a ...
• reuters S.Korea confirms foot-and-mouth disease at dairy farm SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth at a dairy farm, the first discovery of the disease in the country in nearl...
• reuters Randgold Q4 profit up 76 pct; raises annual dividend by 52 pct Feb 6 (Reuters) - Gold miner Randgold Resources Ltd reported a 76 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit and said it would raise its annual dividend by 52 per...
• ap Travelers denied entry a week ago, now arriving in US NEW YORK (AP) — Travelers from the seven Muslim-majority countries targeted by President Donald Trump who were denied entry into the United States a week ago...
• reuters Romania to publish new criminal bill after protests stop decree BUCHAREST, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Romania's Justice Minister Florin Iordache said he would publish the details of a new bill on the criminal code later on Monday,...
• ap Super Bowl ads get political or go escapist, sometimes both NEW YORK (AP) — For advertisers on Super Bowl Sunday, it was time to get political — or provide some escapist humor. On advertising's biggest night, marketer...
• reuters Slovak Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 6 BRATISLAVA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Sl...
• reuters PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Feb 6 SOFIA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for ...
• reuters Thailand says royal insult suspects in Laos made death threats against PM BANGKOK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Thai people wanted for breaking a law on insulting the monarchy have issued death threats against the Thai prime minister, from La...
• pa Man Utd ease past Leicester to heap pressure on defending champions Three goals in seven minutes either side of half-time leaves the Foxes looking nervously over their shoulders.
• reuters Final defeats not getting any easier for Egypt's Cuper LIBREVILLE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Egypt's defeat by Cameroon in Sunday's African Nations Cup final extended Hector Cuper's miserable record in finals, with the c...
• pa Wales recover from half-time deficit to overcome Italy with late charge The visitors´ power told after the break in a 33-7 victory.
• reuters Toyota raises full-year profit outlook on weaker yen, cost cutting TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp on Monday raised its full-year profit forecast by 9.7 percent as the world's No. 2 automaker expects a bigger repr...
• reuters WeChat users send 46 bln digital red packets over Lunar New Year - Xinhua BEIJING, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Users of WeChat sent around 46 billion electronic red packets - digital versions of traditional envelopes stuffed with cash - via ...
• ap New Chinese missile makes latest appearance in drills BEIJING (AP) — A highly accurate Chinese ballistic missile capable of threatening U.S. and Japanese bases in Asia has made its latest appearance at recent Ro...
• pa Number of patients missing key waiting times `more than doubles since 2012´ The total number of people on the waiting list is 3.7 million.
• pa Isaiah Thomas stars as the Boston Celtics continue winning run against Clippers The Celtics keep the pressure up on the Cleveland Cavaliers by notching their seventh consecutive win.
• reuters Romania - Factors to watch on Feb. 6 Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on Monday. DEBT TENDER Romanian debt managers tender 300...
• reuters London copper steadies above 2-week low, buoyed by supply woes By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - London copper edged up on Monday on supply concerns, finding firmer footing after its biggest daily fall so fa...
• ap Offshore work begins on relocating US base on Okinawa TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government started offshore construction work Monday on relocating a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa. The step marks the beginning of the ma...
• reuters Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 6 PRAGUE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Czech R...
• reuters Deleted postings about missing Chinese billionaire hint at tensions By Julie Zhu and Venus Wu HONG KONG, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Scores of China social media postings about a well-connected billionaire who went missing from a Hong ...
• reuters China stocks end up, but investors cautious over tightening SHANGHAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China stocks rose on Monday in thin activity as investors stayed largely cautious over the central bank's policy tightening after...
• ap Chinese navy wraps up visits to 4 Persian Gulf states BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese navy task force has wrapped up visits to four Persian Gulf states as the increasingly capable maritime force grows its presence in t...
• reuters Australia confident Wade will be fit for India WELLINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Australia are confident wicketkeeper Matt Wade will be fit for the upcoming test tour of India and have no plans to call up ano...
• reuters Philippines unfit for mining - environment minister MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez said on Monday she will not reconsider her decision to shut dow...
• reuters Philippines unfit for mining - environment minister MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez said on Monday she will not reconsider her decision to shut dow...
• reuters PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - Feb 6 MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for thei...
• ap Refugees in Indonesia protest slow UN resettlement process JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Asylum seekers who have been in Indonesia for years rallied in the capital on Monday urging the U.N. refugee agency to speed up the...
• ap Patriots fans take to streets of Boston to celebrate victory BOSTON (AP) — New England Patriots fans have taken to the streets of Boston to celebrate their team's 34-28 dramatic overtime Super Bowl win over the Atlanta...
• reuters Tale of Two Donalds: Trump gives Europe splitting headache By Alastair Macdonald VALLETTA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - "Our Donald", or "the other Donald"? European Union leaders meeting in Malta found themselves taking sides,...
• reuters Indonesia faces struggle lifting growth well above 5 pct after soft Q4 By Nilufar Rizki and Hidayat Setiaji JAKARTA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia posted slower economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2016 and looks set to strugg...
• reuters JPMorgan gets China corporate bond underwriting licence HONG KONG, Feb 6 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co < JPM.N> said on Monday it had received approval and licence to underwrite corporate bonds in China's interb...
• reuters Japan's Mr Yen says dollar could fall below 100 yen by end-2017 By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's former currency czar Eisuke Sakakibara said the dollar could fall below 100 yen ...
• reuters Trading giant Glencore extends major Libyan oil deal - sources By Julia Payne and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Swiss-based commodities giant Glencore has extended a deal with Libya's state oil firm to be the s...
• reuters Japan's Marubeni ups profit forecast on solar asset sales, firmer metal prices TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp on Monday raised its profit and dividend forecasts for the current financial year due to gains ...
• ap Toyota, Suzuki to work together in green, safety technology TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automakers Toyota and Suzuki, which began discussing a partnership in October, said Monday they would work together in ecological and s...
• ap Bennett doesn't fear backlash for skipping White House trip HOUSTON (AP) — Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett says he is not worried about upsetting team owner Robert Kraft by not attending New England's trip to the...
• reuters Takata shares slide, KSS seen backing court-led restructuring TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Shares in Japan's Takata Corp lost a fifth of their value on Monday after sources said Key Safety Systems (KSS) had been selected to...
• pa Gabriel Jesus nets on full Premier League debut as Man City thrash West Ham He was chosen ahead of Sergio Aguero.
• reuters U.S. tech firms file legal brief opposing Trump's immigration ban Feb 5 (Reuters) - Several technology giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, banded together on Sunday to file a legal brief opposing President Donald...
• reuters 'Patriot Way' paves road to New England dynasty By Steve Keating HOUSTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Tom Brady and the New England Patriots engineered the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history to claim a breathta...
• reuters Poland - Factors to Watch Feb 6 Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch that may affect Poland's financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour): T-B...
• afp How Indian power play helped Bangladesh rise When India host a Test match against Bangladesh for the first time this week, it marks the culmination of a political power play which helped change the dyna...
• reuters Europe without Merkel? Investors think through another 'surprise' By Marc Jones and Paul Carrel LONDON/BERLIN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A serious challenger to German Chancellor Angela Merkel is forcing global investors to parse a...
• reuters Europe without Merkel? Investors think through another 'surprise' By Marc Jones and Paul Carrel LONDON/BERLIN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A serious challenger to German Chancellor Angela Merkel is forcing global investors to parse a...
• afp Super Bowl ads caught in political whirlwind The ads appearing during the Super Bowl weren't supposed to be political -- but some brands wanted to make a statement, and others may have been just caught ...
• afp With Trump travel ban still blocked, travelers head to US After a US appeals court refused to restore President Donald Trump's controversial immigration order, travelers who had been banned from entering the country...
• reuters Many Patriots heroes, including White and Edelman By Larry Fine HOUSTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Record-setting quarterback Tom Brady got the hardware as Super Bowl most valuable player but there were many heroes ...
• reuters Toyota and Suzuki agree to begin formal talks on partnership TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp on Monday said they have agreed to begin formal talks aimed at forging a partnership between...
• reuters Nikkei rises as banks gain on U.S. deregulation hopes TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Monday as bank stocks climed following measures ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump to reduc...
• ap 16-year-old victim in Ohio school shooting back home WEST LIBERTY, Ohio (AP) — The 16-year-old victim of an Ohio school shooting has returned home after several days in the hospital as a court case continues ag...
• ap Bangladesh sticks to plan to relocate Rohingya Muslims DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is sticking to a plan to relocate Rohingya Muslims, who fled Myanmar in the face of persecution, from overcrowded and unh...
• reuters Somalia's al Shabaab executes four men accused of spying MOGADISHU, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Al Shabaab militants in Somalia publicly beheaded four men accused of spying for the country's Western-backed government, the Un...
• afp One in 14 Catholic priests accused of abuse in Australia Seven percent of Catholic priests were accused of abusing children in Australia between 1950 and 2010 but the allegations were never investigated, "shocking ...
• reuters Islamic State, air strikes help drive spike in Afghan civilian casualties - U.N. By Josh Smith KABUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose to new highs in 2016, driven by more Islamic State attacks, the most deaths an...
• reuters Cutters turn counsellors to fight female genital mutilation in Benin By Anne Mireille Nzouankeu COTONOU, Benin, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - B rowsing a market in Parakou, a city in Benin, 63-year-old Yon Sokogi was tr...
• reuters Legal battles to test Trump and his travel ban By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's temporary immigration ban faces crucial legal hurdles this week that could determine wh...
• reuters Samsung Group says process to disband its corporate strategy office underway SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group said on Monday it will disband its corporate strategy office tasked with managing long-term ...
• ap Oscar and Tevez kickoff Shanghai's Asian challenge New Chinese Super League recruits Carlos Tevez and Oscar get the chance to repay at least part of their massive salaries when they make their debuts in the 2...
• ap Brady leads biggest comeback, Patriots win 34-28 in OT HOUSTON (AP) — They looked old and outmanned. Their star quarterback was frazzled, their stingy defense was a sieve. So what? Tom Brady and the New England P...
• reuters China services sector extends strong growth in Jan but pace eases-Caixin PMI By Elias Glenn BEIJING, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Growth in China's services sector remained robust in January as companies reported a solid increase in orders, thou...
• ap Nepal commission probing conflict abuses seeks extension KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A commission investigating deaths and abuses during a decade-long communist insurgency in Nepal said Monday that it has requested an ...
• afp Sri Lanka's Mathews out of Australia T20 tour Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews was on Monday ruled out of this month's three-match Twenty20 series in Australia with a hamstring injury. "Captain Angelo Ma...
• reuters 10-year JGBs steady after BOJ buying, other tenors fragile TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Yields on 10-year Japanese government bond stabilised on Monday after the Bank of Japan extended buying in that maturities for the s...
• reuters No tailgating, but no lack of partying at Super Bowl By Larry Fine HOUSTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Despite the absence of tailgating, there was no shortage of partying for Sunday's Super Bowl, as what has grown to b...
• ap Brady earns 4th Super Bowl MVP trophy with epic comeback HOUSTON (AP) — The greatest quarterback in NFL history led the biggest Super Bowl comeback to be the MVP on Sunday night. Tom Brady rallied New England from ...
• ap Falcons' flop a new low for Atlanta's sad sporting history ATLANTA (AP) — Well, Atlanta, there's nothing left to say. The city once known as "Loserville" was cruising toward its first Super Bowl championship, leading...
• reuters Brady's Patriots stage historic rally to win Super Bowl By Steve Keating HOUSTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The New England Patriots pulled off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history with a stunning overtime victory ...
• ap They owed 'em one: Edelman collects on crazy catch for Pats HOUSTON (AP) — You could say the Super Bowl owed 'em one. Julian Edelman was the man to collect. The Patriots receiver made a catch for both the highlight re...
• reuters China targets green, branded food products as part of farm reform By Dominique Patton and Ben Blanchard BEIJING, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China will promote high-quality, branded farm products as it reforms its agricultural sector...
• reuters Asia shares lag Wall St gains, dollar in doldrums By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Asian shares crept up on Monday as Wall Street gathered momentum into a busy week of earnings with more than 100 majo...
• reuters Asia shares lag Wall St gains, dollar in doldrums By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Asian shares crept up on Monday as Wall Street gathered momentum into a busy week of earnings with more than 100 majo...
• ap 2017 Super Bowl Records Some records set or tied in the 2017 Super Bowl: Most Yards Passing, Game — 466, Tom Brady, New England vs. Atlanta (Old record: 414, Kurt Warner, St. Louis,...
• reuters China stocks gains curbed by central bank's tightening; Hong Kong up SHANGHAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China stocks rose on Monday morning, with sentiment helped by reported progress in restructuring state-owned enterprises (SOE), b...
• reuters Australian PM under threat from party split as shift to the right grows By Colin Packham SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A prominent member of Australia's government is set to defect to form his own conservative party, media reported o...
• reuters Falcons 'ran out of gas' in painful Super Bowl loss, says coach By Larry Fine HOUSTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Atlanta Falcons came agonizingly close to winning their first Super Bowl title on Sunday, and head coach Dan Qui...
• reuters Lady Gaga soars over Super Bowl stage with bow to inclusion By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Standing atop the roof of Houston's NRG Stadium with drones illuminating an American flag in the night sky b...
• ap PICTURED: Editor selections from the past week in Asia U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said last week that the Trump administration will stick to the previous U.S. stance that the U.S.-Japan security treaty app...
• reuters Myanmar commanders should be punished for rape of Rohingya-Human Rights Watch By Simon Lewis YANGON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Monday called for Myanmar to punish army and police commanders if they allowed troops to rape ...
• ap 'Hamilton' actress, Luke Bryan reflect on Super Bowl moments HOUSTON (AP) — Super Bowl 51 may be about football, but celebrities matter, too. Here's a breakdown of what is happening with entertainers on Sunday in Houst...
• reuters Reuters Science News Summary Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Scientists find crop-destroying caterpillar spreading rapidly in Africa Scientists tracking a crop-des...
• ap Philippine rebels want peace talks even without a cease-fire MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Communist guerrillas in the Philippines said Monday they want to proceed with peace talks that President Rodrigo Duterte has scrap...
• afp Australia cracks down on illegal home buying by foreigners Australia has forced the sale of more than Aus$100 million (US$76 million) worth of residential property bought illegally by foreigners since it introduced a...
• afp Eighteen killed in massage parlour fire in China Police detained one person Monday in connection with a fire at a foot massage parlour in China that killed at least 18 people and injured another 18, media s...
• afp Record cocaine bust in Australia Australia has made its largest cocaine haul ever after seizing a yacht carrying 1.4 tonnes of the drug with an estimated street value of Aus$312 million (US$...
• reuters WTA Tour singles standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Standings from the WTA Tour singles Points 1 (1) Serena Williams(U.S.) 7780 2 (2) Angelique Kerber(Germany) 7115 3 (3) Karolina Pliskova(...
• reuters Super Bowl lures rush hour crowd as NFL seeks China touchdown By Cate Cadell and Lisa Richwine BEIJING/LOS ANGELES, Feb 6 (Reuters) - As millions around the world settled into couches and tuned into the Super Bowl on bi...
• reuters China's yuan firms as dollar drifts SHANGHAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China's yuan rose against a subdued dollar in light trading on Monday after the central bank set a firmer official midpoint than ...
• reuters Pats' Brady named Super Bowl MVP after record comeback By Larry Fine HOUSTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was named the Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl on Sunday after lead...
• reuters Indonesia GDP growth slows to 4.94 pct y/y in Q4 JAKARTA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia's annual economic growth in the fourth quarter dipped below 5 percent again, weaker than expected and a second straight ...
• afp Australian dies in jet ski crash on Thai holiday A 21-year-old Australian woman was killed in a jet ski crash after she collided with her boyfriend off the coast of Thailand's Phuket island, police said Mon...
• reuters China services sector extends strong growth in Jan but pace eases-Caixin PMI By Elias Glenn BEIJING, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Growth in China's services sector remained robust in January as companies reported a solid increase in orders, thou...
• reuters "Medicalisation" of female genital mutilation is serious threat - experts By Emma Batha LONDON, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A growing trend for midwives and nurses to carry out female genital mutilation (FGM) is underminin...
• ap Vietnam allows betting on international soccer competitions HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese gamblers will soon be allowed to place bets on international soccer competitions under a pilot project. Under the decree sig...
• ap The Latest: After game, Hyundai airs ad filmed during game NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the Super Bowl ads as an expected 110 million tune in to watch the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots face off (all times...
• ap Super Bowl MVPs 2017_Tom Brady, QB, New England 2016_Von Miller, LB, Denver 2015_Tom Brady, QB, New England 2014_Malcolm Smith, LB, Seattle 2013_Joe Flacco, QB, Baltimore 20...
• ap Venezuela rallies to beat Dominican in Caribbean Series MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rene Reyes hit a two-run homer to cap a three-run rally with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and Venezuela beat the Dominican ...
• reuters Foreign holdings of China govt bonds fall in Jan for first time since Oct 2015 SHANGHAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Foreign investors reduced their holdings of China's government bonds in January for the first time in more than a year, official ...
• ap North Korean economics 101: How much is a dollar worth? PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — To get a feel for how North Korea's economy works, go buy a roll of toilet paper. Or start up a mobile phone network. As capita...
• reuters Sri Lanka skipper Mathews to miss Australia tour COLOMBO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews will miss the upcoming Twenty20 series in Australia after injuring his hamstring against South Af...
• reuters List of Super Bowl MVP winners Feb 5 - List of Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) winners: Feb. 5, 2017 - Tom Brady (New England) Feb. 7, 2016 - Von Miller (Denver) Feb. 1, 2015 - Tom B...
• reuters Pats' Brady named Super Bowl MVP after historic comeback HOUSTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was named the Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl on Sunday after leading his team o...
• ap Super Bowl-Winning Coaches 5 — Bill Belichick, New England, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017 4 — Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980 3 — Bill Walsh, San Francisco, 1982, 1985, 1...
• ap 10 Things to Know for Monday - 6 February 2017 Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday. 1. WHITE HOUSE FIGHTS TO RESTORE REFUGEE BAN The leg...
• reuters Elastic band: Chinese speculators ping global rubber prices to 5-year high By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - First, Chinese speculators came for coking coal and iron ore, catapulting markets into orbit. Now, they're carpetba...
• ap The Latest: Pats pull of biggest Super Bowl comeback HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Super Bowl 51 (all times local): ___ 9:25 p.m. Tom Brady has a record fifth Super Bowl win for a quarterback after the biggest c...
• reuters List of Super Bowl winners Feb 5 (Reuters) - List of the National Football League's Super Bowl champions. Feb. 5, 2017 - New England 34, Atlanta 28 (OT) Feb. 7, 2016 - Denver 24, Carol...
• reuters Patriots rally to stun Falcons in Super Bowl thriller HOUSTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The New England Patriots stormed back from a 25-point deficit to win their fifth Super Bowl with a stunning 34-28 overtime win ove...
• ap Managers held over China massage parlor fire that killed 18 BEIJING (AP) — Authorities have detained those in charge of a foot massage parlor in eastern China in which 18 people were killed and another 18 injured in a...
• reuters Knee surgery sidelines Pumas scrumhalf Cubelli SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Argentina scrumhalf Tomas Cubelli faces up to six months on the sidelines after rupturing a patellar tendon in his knee during a pr...
• reuters Games-Japan to let North Korea athletes attend Asian Winter Games: reports TOKYO - Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan will allow North Korean athletes and officials to take part in the Sapporo Asian Winter Games this month despite sanctions ag...
• ap Lady Gaga delivers a show big on flash and inclusiveness NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Gaga dropped from the top of Houston's NRG Stadium to open her halftime show and dropped the mic at the end, offering a program that del...
• reuters Taiwan stocks, currency jump on Wall St; financials up TAIPEI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks and currency rose on Monday following gains on Wall Street and regional bourses, with financial firms such as Cathay ...
• reuters GRAINS-Soybean prices climb on weaker dollar, but S.America output caps gains SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean prices rose on Monday as the dollar weakened, recouping nearly all their losses from the previous session, although bu...
• reuters Nikkei rises as banks advance on U.S. deregulation hopes By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Monday morning as bank stocks soared following moves by U.S. President Donald ...
• reuters Seol joins South Korea national team as assistant coach SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Korea Football Association have appointed former Fulham forward Seol Ki-hyeon as assistant coach to national team manager Uli St...
• ap The Latest: Iranian researcher turned away, arrives at JFK WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries (all ...
• reuters Colombian championship liga aguila i results and standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Colombian championship Liga Aguila I matches on Sunday Sunday, February 5 Millonarios 1 Independiente Mede...
• ap Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea BANGKOK (AP) — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral...
• reuters Australia Q4 retail sales hit two-year high, lack strong momentum By Swati Pandey SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Australian retailers boasted their best quarter of sales in two years, a sign that the economy had likely averted i...
• ap Hideki Matsuyama wins Phoenix Open playoff _ again SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama was the last man standing at golf's biggest party — again. Matsuyama won the Waste Management Phoenix Open on the f...
• reuters Foreign holdings of China govt bonds fall in Jan for first time since Oct 2015 SHANGHAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Foreign investors' holdings of Chinese government bonds fell in January for the first time since October 2015, official data show...
• afp Trump to create voter fraud commission led by VP Pence Donald Trump says he is creating a commission headed by Vice President Mike Pence to investigate what the US leader alleges was massive voter fraud in the 20...
• ap Taylor Swift's pre-Super Bowl show might be her only in 2017 Taylor Swift's pre-Super Bowl concert broke some news: She announced it may be her only concert of this year; she performed for the smallest number of fans i...
• ap Police: DNA leads to arrest in strangling of NYC jogger NEW YORK (AP) — DNA evidence, some of it matching what was found beneath the victim's fingernails, led investigators to make an arrest in last summer's stran...
• afp Matsuyama out-lasts Simpson for second straight Phoenix crown Japan's Hideki Matsuyama won his second straight Phoenix Open title, and just like last year he needed a fourth playoff hole to do it. Matsuyama holed a 12-f...
• ap Iranian grad student returns to US after she was sent back LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Iranian graduate student expelled shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning people from seven ...
• reuters ATP Tour singles standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Standings from the ATP Tour singles Points 1 (1) Andy Murray(Britain) 11540 2 (2) Novak Djokovic(Serbia) 9825 3 (3) Stan Wawrinka(Switzer...
• reuters Wanted: high-tech grads to work with Aussie farmers By Cecile Lefort SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Parts of Australia's farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the secto...
• ap Truck and bus crash in Honduras, killing 16, injuring 34 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — An out-of-control cargo truck crashed into a bus on a highway outside Honduras' capital Sunday, killing 16 people and injuring 3...
• reuters London copper steadies above 2-week low on supply concerns MELBOURNE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - London copper edged up on Monday on supply concerns, steadying after falling by its most this year in the previous session in th...
• reuters Falcons lead Patriots 21-3 at halftime of Super Bowl HOUSTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Atlanta Falcons came to life in the second quarter with three touchdowns to lead the stunned New England Patriots 21-3 at half...
• reuters Trump agrees to meet NATO leaders in Europe in May By Steve Holland WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump agreed to meet alliance leaders in Europe in May in a phone call on Sunday w...
• reuters Gold up on weaker dollar after U.S. jobs data Feb 6 (Reuters) - Gold prices crawled higher on Monday on a weaker dollar after mixed U.S. jobs data late last week lowered expectations for near-term intere...
• reuters Paraguayan championship results and standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Paraguayan championship matches on Monday Sunday, February 5 Nacional A. 1 Deportivo Capiata 2 Rubio Nu 0 ...
• reuters Chilean championship results and standings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Chilean championship matches on Sunday Sunday, February 5 Universidad Catolica 1 San Luis 0 Deportes Iquiq...
• reuters FedEx Cup rankings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - FedEx Cup rankings 1. (2) Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) 1697 2. (1) Justin Thomas (U.S.) 1614 3. (3) Pat Perez (U.S.) 858 4. (4) Brendan Steel...
• reuters U.S. gasoline stocks are rising much faster than usual: Kemp By John Kemp LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline stocks are rising much faster than normal at the start of the year, threatening to leave refiners strugg...
• reuters France's Fillon under pressure to quit presidential bid as fake work row rages By Richard Balmforth PARIS , Feb 6 (Reuters) - France faces a week of political uncertainty with Francois Fillon, the rightwing presidential candidate, under...
• reuters U.S. gasoline stocks are rising much faster than usual: Kemp By John Kemp LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline stocks are rising much faster than normal at the start of the year, threatening to leave refiners strugg...
• reuters Matsuyama defends Phoenix Open title with playoff win Feb 5 (Reuters) - Japan's red-hot Hideki Matsuyama maintained his sizzling run of form, successfully defending his Phoenix Open title with a gripping playoff...
• ap The Latest: Man arraigned on murder charge in jogger's death NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a man in the strangling death of a New York City woman out jogging (all times local): 7:30 p.m. A 20-year-old man...
• reuters Oil prices edge up on Iran tensions, but rising shale output caps gains By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Oil prices edged up on Monday on fears that new U.S. sanctions against Iran could be extended to start affe...
• reuters FOREX-Dollar subdued after U.S. wage growth disappoints TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The dollar started the week on the back foot on Monday, after U.S. data showed a smaller-than-expected rise in wages in January that...
• ap Umpire hit in face by ball, Canada defaults vs Britain OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — In a startling turn, Canada lost the decisive match to Britain in the first round of the Davis Cup on Sunday when a player, disappoint...
• ap BC-SOC--Mexican Standings Atlas 1, Puebla 1 Jaguares 0, Veracruz 2 Queretaro 1, Cruz Azul 1 Toluca 1, Tigres 0 America 2, Monarcas 0 Tijuana 4, Leon 2 Monterrey 1, Necaxa 1 Pachuca 1,...
• reuters GB qualify, but Davis Cup champs Argentina must wait Feb 5 (Reuters) - Britain qualified for the Davis Cup quarter-finals in bizarre circumstances on Sunday but reigning champions Argentina must wait another da...
• reuters Australia seizes record 1.4 tonne of cocaine on yacht SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Australian law enforcement agencies seized a record 1.4 tonnes of cocaine worth A$312 million ($239.5 million) from an Australia-bo...
• ap Trump, when asked about Putin, says US isn't 'so innocent' WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he respects Vladimir Putin, and when told the Russian leader is "a killer," Trump said the United St...
• ap Capitals beat Kings, Rangers defeat Flames WASHINGTON (AP) — Marcus Johansson and Brett Connolly each had a goal and an assist as the Washington Capitals chased shutout king Peter Budaj on their way t...
• reuters Toyota says board to decide on Suzuki partnership Monday TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said its board would make a decision on Monday regarding a partnership the automaker has been exploring with Suzuk...
• ap Shortage of Philadelphia transit cars expected due to cracks PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia area's main transit agency says there will be a temporary shortage of rail cars during peak hours following the discover...
• reuters U.S. PGA Tour Phoenix Open scores Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Phoenix Open at the par-71 course on Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona PLAY-OFF 1 Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) afte...
• reuters Australia's home market boom may be starting to crumble as buyers hold back By Jonathan Barrett and Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - After a long pause, the auctioneer commissioned to sell a northern Sydney beach-side apartment f...
• reuters Australia¿s home market boom may be starting to crumble as buyers hold back By Jonathan Barrett and Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - After a long pause, the auctioneer commissioned to sell a northern Sydney beach-side apartment f...
• reuters Race to Dubai rankings Feb 6 (Gracenote) - Race to Dubai rankings 1. (1) Tommy Fleetwood (Britain) 526481 2. (2) Wang Jeunghun (South Korea) 436151 3. Sergio Garcia (Spain) 410224 ...
• reuters Takata shares untraded with heavy sell orders, KSS seen backing restructuring TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Shares in Japan's Takata Corp were untraded with a glut of sell orders on Monday after sources said the struggling air bag maker had...
• ap Boston beats Lakers, Thunder defeat Trail Blazers BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Thomas stole the spotlight from Paul Pierce on Sunday, scoring 28 points to lead Boston to its seventh straight victory, a 107-102 win o...
• afp Art star Anish Kapoor wins $1m Jewish prize Sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor was named on Monday as this year's winner of the million-dollar Genesis Prize, awarded for commitment to Israel and Judaism, organi...
• ap Cameroon champion of Africa again, denies Egypt 8th title LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Cameroon rose again after years of underachievement to win the African Cup of Nations title on Sunday with a fabulous goal in the 89...
• reuters Scientists find crop-destroying caterpillar spreading rapidly in Africa By Kate Kelland LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Scientists tracking a crop-destroying caterpillar known as armyworm say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland...
• reuters Queen Elizabeth marks 65 years on British throne LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth, the world's longest-reigning living monarch, celebrates her Sapphire Jubilee on Monday, commemorating 65 years sin...
• reuters Scotland needs own immigration deal within Brexit, committee says By Elisabeth O'Leary EDINBURGH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Scotland depends on young migrants to expand its workforce and its population and should seek a tailor-made...
• reuters For street kids in space-starved Indian city, school is in a container By Rina Chandran MUMBAI, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - To get street children in the western Indian city of Thane into school, civic officials first f...
• reuters Weaker sterling only mixed benefit to UK exporters - survey LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sterling's sharp fall against the U.S. dollar and euro since June's Brexit vote has so far hurt almost as many exporters as it has ...