By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The fight against the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which has killed at least 722 people over the past five years, is honing in on its target: camels. MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a member of a virus family ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, appears […]
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PARIS (Reuters) – The Champs Elysees avenue in Paris got a makeover on Sunday as a giant outdoor catwalk, as celebrities and models took to the runway in the first show of its kind by L’Oreal, the French cosmetics firm. Movie stars such as Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren – who twirled a cane as […]
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ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria have dropped African Footballer of the Year Riyad Mahrez and his Leicester City team mate Islam Slimani from the squad for next weekend’s World Cup qualifier against Cameroon. The pair are major victims of a clear out of the squad announced on Sunday after Algeria suffered home and away defeats against […]
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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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BUEA/BAMENDA, Cameroon (Reuters) – Cameroon deployed heavily armed police and soldiers across the central African nation’s restless English-speaking regions on Sunday to block protests called by activists including groups demanding independence, witnesses said. The demonstrations – timed to take place on the anniversary of Anglophone Cameroon’s independence from Britain – came as a months-old movement […]
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will finish unloading a 63,000-tonne cargo of Romanian wheat held by the country for containing poppy seeds by Tuesday, an official source close to the matter said on Sunday. Forty-three thousand tonnes have already been unloaded, said the source, adding none of the cargo had been transferred for sieving yet. Minister […]
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TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian navy rescued 98 Tunisians fleeing to Europe when their boat started to sink off Kerkenah on the southeast coast late on Saturday, the national guard said. Separately, the army said it had arrested 43 illegal migrants rescued from four boats off Zarzis, also on the southeast coast. Tunisia has been […]
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will finish unloading a 63,000-tonne cargo of Romanian wheat held by the country for containing poppy seeds by Tuesday, an agriculture ministry official said on Sunday. Forty-three thousand tonnes have already been unloaded, said Agriculture Ministry spokesman Hamid Abdel Dayem, adding none of the cargo had been transferred for sieving yet. […]
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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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(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic is recovering from a “significant” elbow injury and is keen to get back on the tour again, the 12-times grand slam champion’s new physiotherapist Ulises Badio has said. A prolonged dip in form before the injury earlier this year forced Djokovic to curtail his season after retiring against Czech Tomas Berdych […]
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(Reuters) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho fears that his side could struggle for momentum after a majority of his players left for international duty following their crushing 4-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace on Saturday. United handed Palace their seventh straight loss of the season with Marouane Fellaini’s brace sandwiched between Juan Mata’s […]
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By Abdirahman Hussein and Orhan Coskun MOGADISHU/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey opened its biggest overseas military base on Saturday in Somalia’s capital, cementing its ties with the volatile but strategic Muslim nation and building a presence in East Africa. More than 10,000 Somali soldiers will be trained by Turkish officers at the base, a senior Turkish […]
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