Lionel Messi’s most memorable achievements
Written by By Staff Writer Hollywood has a history of turning great players into heroes — think the Rocky Balboa movies, Ali, Cassius Clay, Mohammad Ali, Mariano (and now Neymar) – so it should…
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Five Chinese kidnapped in DR Congo
By David Foxley BBC News, Goma The group had been held at gunpoint for several hours At least five Chinese nationals have been kidnapped after a group of armed men attacked a village in…
‘It’s a scary thought’: Myanmar arrests medical workers for aiding protesters
Written by By Staff Writer, CNN Jaty Win, a doctor at Yangon Teaching Hospital, spent some of the week away from the hospital on December 7 to perform haemodialysis on a patient. But he…
Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United: Jorginho’s winner & five things we learned
Written by Olivia Casagrande, CNN Jorginho saved Chelsea’s blushes. After Manchester United celebrated their winning start to the season with a 3-2 victory in the season opener on Friday, the Blues had hoped for…
Rob McElhenney Previews ‘It’s Always Sunny’
Play Audio Clip Listen to audio clip. Broadcast from NY Comic Con Rob McElhenney gives us an exclusive preview from his panel on “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” “OK, it is going to be…
How the Readington Memorial Farm changed my life
*** via Facebook One of the places that drew me to property in Readington was the Readington Memorial Farm. A showplace of American farm life that served as an inspiration to one and all…
FIFA officials turn out in droves for one of the world’s greatest soccer gatherings
World soccer is one of the planet’s great soap operas, but there’s one reality that doesn’t change regardless of the drama: Brazil has always been known for its star-studded team. The soccer community is…
The war in Syria has gone on for six years. Here are three sets of questions about it
Why are we looking at Syria’s Yarmouk camp and the destruction of its mostly Palestinian inhabitants, combined with Egypt’s shortlived travel ban of citizens of at least one country? To understand why, it helps…
27 dead after boat carrying African migrants sinks off French coast
At least 27 people died after an inflatable boat carrying African migrants sank off the French coast near Lampedusa, just north of Sicily, and up to 100 more remain missing, police said. Migrant center…
80 dead in Ecuador prison massacre
Al Jazeera At least 80 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in an overnight prison riot in Ecuadoran capital Quito, officials say. Seventy of the dead are prisoners, with the other two…