Istanbul, May 14 (IANS) At least 200 people were killed and some 400 workers remain trapped underground after an explosion and fire in a coal mine in Turkey Tuesday, officials said Wednesday. A total of 787 people were inside the mine in Soma, 250 km south of Istanbul, when the disaster occurred. As many as […]
Berlin, May 14 (IANS) Werder Bremen has signed defender Alejandro Galvez from Spanish side Rayo Vallecano until June 2017, both sides announced via their official homepages. The 24-year-old defender has joined the “Green-Whites” in a deal that keeps him at the club until 2017, reported Xinhua. “He is a young and well trained central defender, […]
Los Angeles, May 14 (IANS) Singer Christina Aguilera isn’t shy of flaunting her baby bump. The singer, who is expecting a baby with fiance Matthew Rutler, flaunted her baby bump in a form-fitting black dress at the KIIS FM Wango Tango concert in Carson, California, reports eonline.com. The 33-year-old paired her dress with platform pumps […]
Rome, May 14 (IANS) Top seed Li Na beat Casey Dellacqua in straight sets in the second round of Internazionali BNL d’Italia tournament Tuesday to record the 500th professional match win of her career. The Chinese player compiled an 84 percent first serve percentage and converted five of seven break points to brush aside the […]
Berlin, May 14 (IANS) Germany’s second-string side with many youngsters were unable to break the deadlock against passive visitors from Poland at an international friendly Tuesday. Germany’s national soccer team dominated the one sided affair but lacked in penetration against the visitors, Xinhua reported. Germany coach Joachim Loew presented an experimental squad as the majority […]
Los Angeles, May 14 (IANS) Musician Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs believes his Oasis bandmate, singer Liam Gallagher would be the first one to tell him if the band was to reformed. The 48-year-old reckons he would be the first to know if Gallagher brothers to put their feud behind and plan to work together once more, […]
Istanbul, May 14 (IANS) At least 157 miners were killed, 75 injured and more than 200 workers were trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa Tuesday, officials said. “According to unofficial information, we have 157 dead and 75 injured workers,” Xinhua quoted Manisa Mayor Cengiz Ergun […]
Britislava, May 14 (IANS) Slovakia is lagging significantly behind the rest of the European Union (EU) in terms of food self-sufficiency, a minister said Tuesday. Slovak Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Lubomir Jahnatek made the remarks at an international conference organised by the Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber (SPPK), Xinhua reported. The minister said the […]
Budapest, May 14 (IANS) Bela Biszku, a high-ranking former senior official, was Tuesday sentenced by a Budapest court to five years and six months of imprisonment. The decision is subject to appeal. Biszku was charged with conspiration to commit multiple homicides which qualify as so-called war crimes, Xinhua reported. On December 6, 1956 three people […]
Paris, May 14 (IANS) A French journalist was assassinated in the Central African Republic (CAR), French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday. “The corpse of (Camille) Lepage was found after a patrol by (French) Sangaris troops stopped a car driven by anti-balaka groups, in the Bouar region,” Xinhua quoted Hollande as saying in a statement. “Everything […]