POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa need seven wickets on the last day to secure victory in the first test and go ahead in the two-match series as Bangladesh struggled on a rain-curtailed fourth day at Senwes Park on Sunday. Morne Morkel snagged two wickets in the first over of Bangladesh’s second innings and […]
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By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s ambitions to become a smartphone-making powerhouse are foundering over a lack of skilled labor and part suppliers along with a complex tax regime, industry executives say. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has championed a manufacturing drive, under the slogan ‘Make in India’, to boost the sluggish economy and […]
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By Alison Bevege SYDNEY (Reuters) – Vanuatu has launched a Dunkirk-style evacuation on the northern island of Ambae as a flotilla of boats rescues islanders from an erupting volcano that has polluted many of the island’s sources of drinking water. Crowds of islanders from at least three evacuation points on the island have begun boarding […]
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By Seth Kelley LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Three films are essentially tied at the top of the weekend box office, as of Sunday morning. Warner Bros. and New Line’s “It” appears to be back on top with $17.3 million from 3,917 locations. But Universal’s “American Made” and Fox’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” are trailing just […]
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SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel’s Formula One title bid could suffer a further setback after a bizarre post-race incident at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. The German, now 34 points behind Mercedes’ championship leader Lewis Hamilton with five races remaining, was in a collision with Canadian Lance Stroll’s Williams on the slowing-down lap. […]
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POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Sept 30 (Reuters) – South Africa lost both openers but were still 230 runs ahead of Bangladesh at the close on the third day of the first test when bad light stopped play on Saturday. The home side will resume the fourth day on 54 for two after dismissing Bangladesh for 320 […]
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By Alison Bevege SYDNEY (Reuters) – American rap artist Macklemore performed a gay anthem at a rugby league final in Sydney on Sunday, thanks to the sport’s bosses rejecting pressure from opponents of same-sex marriage as Australia votes on liberalizing its marriage laws. Macklemore sang “Same Love” to more than 80,000 fans of a sport […]
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick will miss the final Rugby Championship clash against South Africa next week after his wife Niki suffered a pregnancy loss, the team said on Sunday. Retallick was one of six players who did not travel to Buenos Aires for the clash with Argentina, which they won […]
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BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) – South Africa have been given little chance of exacting revenge on New Zealand in their Rugby Championship finale by Springboks coach Allister Coetzee, who says anyone expecting a rousing home win is “living in a fool’s paradise”. He did, however, vow that the Springboks would be better prepared for next weekend’s clash […]
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BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) – Australia coach Michael Cheika believes his side did enough to win their drawn Rugby Championship encounter with South Africa in Bloemfontein on Saturday and is now looking to finish the four-nation tournament with an away win in Argentina. Cheika said the 27-27 draw at the Free State Stadium was disappointing, with the […]
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By Abhishek Takle SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Kimi Raikkonen deposed Ferrari team mate Sebastian Vettel at the top of the timesheets in the final practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday as Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton continued to struggle. Raikkonen, who was behind Vettel in a Ferrari one-two during Friday practice, […]
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A 5.5 magnitude earthquake rattled southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Saturday, part of the country frequently struck by temblors, with initial reports of only minor damage and no reports of casualties. The quake struck 78 kilometres (48 miles) west of Guangyuan city, the United States Geological Survey said, with a depth of […]
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