Hey big spenders: Qatar woos the rich with luxury World Cup
With deluxe match packages selling for thousands of dollars and five-star hotels doing a brisk trade, a sheen of glamour coats Qatar's World Cup despite football's working-class roots.
Read moreCrimea bridge resumes traffic after blast, Russian army leadership changed
Traffic resumed Saturday over a key bridge linking Russia with Crimea -- seen as a symbol of the Kremlin's annexation of the peninsula -- after it was partially destroyed by an explosion Moscow blamed on a truck bomb.
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All Blacks named for Northern Hemisphere tour
New Zealand coach Ian Foster is sticking with the players who won the Rugby Championship and restored some pride to the wounded All Blacks, saying they "deserve" selection in the squad named on Sunday to tour the northern hemisphere.
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Martinez beats Ancajas in 115-pound title rematch
Argentina's undefeated Fernando Martinez retained the International Boxing Federation junior bantamweight title on Saturday, defeating former champion Jerwin Ancajas of the Philippines by unanimous decision.
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Israeli forces hunt east Jerusalem checkpoint attacker
Israeli forces were hunting the assailant behind an attack that killed a soldier at an east Jerusalem checkpoint, authorities said Sunday, hours after two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank.
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'Till' lynching film 'not interested' in showing traumatic anti-Black violence
The director of "Till," an Oscar-tipped movie about the lynching of a young Black teenager in 1950s Mississippi, said she deliberately chose not to show any on-screen violence inflicted against Black people in order to spare both filmmakers and audiences.
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'Transformation' beckons for embattled Credit Suisse
Battered by a series of scandals, rumours of financial trouble and plunging shares, Credit Suisse is preparing "transformation plans" to restore confidence in the Swiss banking giant.
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Flamboyant Italy pull away to beat USA at women's Rugby World Cup
Italy produced some backline brilliance to beat the United States 22-10 in their women's Rugby World Cup opening clash in Whangarei on Sunday.
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Austrians vote in presidential election with incumbent set to win
Austrians vote Sunday in a presidential election expected to return incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen, seen as a beacon of stability as the Alpine EU member struggles with an energy crisis and inflation.
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Along US Gulf Coast, huge gas plants jostle for space
As war rages in Ukraine, and Europe thirsts for fuel, the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry along the US Gulf Coast is preparing to expand -- a distressing development to some nearby neighbors.
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