Madrid, Sep 15 (IANS) The US retained their title as world basketball champions Sunday with a crushing 129-92 win over Serbia in the final held in Madrid’s Palacio de Deportes, Xinhua reported. The Americans may have ended eight points short of the world record score of 137 in the 1994 World Championship final and the Serbs […]
Bratislava, Sep 15 (IANS) Former Slovak ice hockey national team player Miroslav Hlinka Sunday committed suicide at the age of 42, police said. The death was confirmed by Banska Bystrica Regional Police spokesperson Maria Faltaniova, Xinhua reported. Miroslav Hlinka, a member of the Slovak national team that won gold medals at the 2002 Ice Hockey World […]
Los Angeles, Sep 15 (IANS) Singer Justin Bieber reportedly wants to start a family with on and off girlfriend Selena Gomez. The 20-year-old “Baby” hitmaker has been dating the 22-year-old pop star for four years, and he reportedly wouldn’t be upset if she got pregnant soon, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “They have a very romaticised and immature idea […]
Los Angeles, Sep 15 (IANS) Actress Dakota Fanning says she hated being called “precocious” when she was a child star because she was just trying to be herself. Dakota, who has starred in over 35 movies and TV shows since she was seven years old, has always been mature and hated being accused of acting older […]
Stockholm, Sep 15 (IANS) Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced his resignation Sunday night amid disappointing results of his centre-right government in the 2014 parliamentary election. Reinfeldt made the announcement in an address to his Moderate Party Sunday night when they were witnessing the disappointing results, Xinhua reported. “The election is over and the Swedish people […]
Mexico City, Sep 15 (IANS) Hurricane Odile Sunday intensified to Category 4 on the Saffir Simpson scale and was moving rapidly towards Baja California peninsula in northwest Mexico, the country’s National Meteorological Service (SMN) warned. SMN predicted that the hurricane could reach the southern tip of the peninsula with legions of luxury resorts late in the […]
Jerusalem, Sep 15 (IANS) The Israeli military Sunday sharply criticised a conscientious objection letter sent by 43 veterans of an elite intelligence unit who refused to serve their duty due to Israel’s surveillance and information gathering tactics. Military spokesperson Brig-Gen. Moti Almoz wrote online Sunday that the group used their military service “to express political opinions” […]
Los Angeles, Sep 15 (IANS) Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have reportedly spent 250 million pounds on a luxury yacht. They plan to spend a further 200,000 pounds to have the luxury vessel fitted to their own specifications. The floating palace will be decked out with the finest Italian marble and woodwork by Italian boat-makers Rizzardi. […]
Abuja, Sep 15 (IANS) Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency Sunday said that 44 bodies were recovered, while 130 people trapped in a collapsed church building were rescued in the country’s commercial city of Lagos. Spokesperson for the rescue agency Ibrahim Farinloye said in a statement that the number of dead people has risen to 44, Xinhua […]
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Two Manipuri students were attacked with a scissor, stones and iron rods by three people, two of them juveniles, when the northeastern youths objected to racist remarks against them, police said Sunday. The attackers have been apprehended. The incident took place around 9 p.m. Saturday at Babulal Chowk in Munirka area […]