More than a quarter of a million people have fled in terror as opposition militias plot their return. Without international assistance a humanitarian disaster looms. Thierry wants to talk, but chokes on memories of blows and stabs punctuated by the sound of his father pleading for his life before masked men hacked him to death. He shrinks into himself, cold and small on a damp wooden bench just inside Tanzania... “We can never go back.” ... ....
In a bad news for astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life in deep space, NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler has gone into an emergency mode 75 million miles from the Earth. ....
SpaceX has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), delevering the world's first inflatable tent for astronauts. The US aerospace company's unmanned Dragon cargo ship, carrying lettuce seeds, lab mice and an inflatable pop-up room, arrived on Sunday at the space station where six spacecraft are now docked ... "It looks like we've caught a Dragon," said Peake ... Source. AFP. ....
Ukrainian Prime MinisterArseniy Yatsenyuk resigned after weeks of pressure, paving the way for a government revamp seeking to end the nation’s worst political crisis in two years and resume a $17.5 billion bailout. Yatsenyuk, 41, said on Facebook that he’d submit his resignation to parliament on April 12, adding that his party will stay in the coalition allied with PresidentPetro Poroshenko... More from Bloomberg.com....
BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China's key Hushen 300 index futures opened higher on Monday, as the contract for settlement in April 2016opened 1.45 percent higher at 3,207 points....
The Twins play their homeopener today against the Chicago White Sox. Show how much you know about the team by taking this quiz about past home openers... ....
Louis Cardinals need motivation beyond the pomp and circumstance of the homeopener, they'll be getting it from one of their on-the-mend Hall of Famers....
ToddCunningham hit SaltLake’s first homer of the season — a three-run shot — to power the Bees to a 7-4 win over Sacramento on Sunday at Smith’sBallpark. Salt Lake swept its season-opening series for the first time since 2008. Turning Point • Trailing 1-0, the Bees exploded for six runs in the second inning, highlighted by Jett Bandy’s RBI double, Rafael Ortega’s two-run single and Cunningham’s two-out home run ... ....
A multimillion dollar detention dam designed to better protect Whangarei’s Central Business District from damaging and costly floods has been officially named and opened... ....
AUGUSTA, GA. Jordan Spieth was nine holes away from a second Masters title. It was over by the time he played three of them. Spieth blew a five-shot lead with two bogeys and a stunning quadruple-bogey 7 at the par-3 12th hole of the Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday to open the door for Danny Willett of England to become the first player from his country to win the tournament since Nick Faldo in 1996. read more ... ....
For 29 minutes, the JacksonvilleArmada looked to be giving Tony Meola the result he hoped for in his coaching debut. Then, a sudden slip brought back the old road-trip blues. The Armada held out for half an hour, but a mistake turned the tide in Sunday’s season-opening 2-0 loss to the New York Cosmos in Hempstead, N.Y. read more ... ....