Arsenal's Dutch striker Robin van Persie has been arrested in Rotterdam on suspicion of rape.
India, hosting its first ever FIFA tournament in the U-17 World Cup, will set the record of having the farthest distance between two venues in the event's history.
On the list of 137 economies, Switzerland is followed by the US and Singapore in second and third places, respectively.
In the UK, he will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
World champions Brazil remain in top spot, with Argentina, currently leading the South American qualifying competition for the 2006 World Cup, still in third.
US-based Seven Networks is to acquire European rival Smartner as it vies to mount a challenge to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion in the fast-growing wireless email software market and boost its IPO prospects.
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"It was unbelievable, to have a fastest race lap under normal conditions in your first ever Grand Prix," Nico Rosberg's father, 1982 champion Keke said.
The last time Kimi Raikkonen stood on top of a Formula One podium, Lewis Hamilton had just joined Mercedes with one championship to his name and Sebastian Vettel was riding high with Red Bull.
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The change means that Panghal, an Asian Games gold-medallist in 49kg, will now have to move to 52kg, while Thapa and Kaushik will have to forego the 60kg division and move up to the newly-created 63kg. Thapa is a three-time Asian Championships medallist and a world bronze-medallist, while Kaushik won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games last year.
From cutting melons on a stomach to gold ice-cream, here's the weirdest, funniest stories from the world around.
The 2019 Formula One world championship starts on March 17 with 21 races in a season that ends later than any since 1963.
David Nalbandian survived a testing encounter with Stanislas Wawrinka to prevail 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Staying immobile after sexual activity won't increase your chances of pregnancy, a new study has revealed.
A round-up of Saturday's Euro 2020 qualification matches.
Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza advanced to the second round of doubles events at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Success of Nokia in India has motivated Finnish companies to look at the country as an attractive investment destination, especially its lucrative telecom sector.
Ester Ledecka became the first person in Winter Olympics history to capture gold medals in unrelated events after the Czech won the snowboard parallel giant slalom on Saturday to go with her stunning Alpine skiing super-G gold.
Hundreds of police officers took part in the swoop, which began at 6:00 am (0400 GMT) and which targeted people suspected of possessing documents portraying sexual abuse against children.
The Mercedes driver was fastest in every phase of qualifying to take pole with a time of one minute 42.553 seconds, a track record.
Larzish will explore themes of gender and sexual plurality.
The Brazilian lapped 0.151s quicker than team mate Michael Schumacher in free testing at the Italian Grand Prix.
Murray ousted home favourite Paradorn Srichaphan while the world No. 1 beat Jarkko Nieminen in the semi-finals of the Thailand Open.
Arjen Robben, Kevin Hofland and Dave van den Bergh will miss WC qualifiers due to injury.
The time sheet for Sunday's Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix.
The F1 world champion said he could not imagine driving for any other team than Ferrari and he would welcome the Finn as a team mate.
Anju Bobby George came up with her best jump of the season to book a place in Tuesday's long jump final in Helsinki
The 22-year-old managed a best of 62.04, but failed to qualify for the discus throw final at the 10th world championships.
The number of American diplomats in the US Embassy in Moscow and its four consulates across the country should be reduced to 455 by September 1, which is the same as the number of Russian diplomats currently serving in the US.
In the Global Corruption Index, a survey of 133 nations conducted by Transparency International (an anti-graft watchdog), India stood 83rd, recording a score of 2.8 out of 10.
The 18-year-old completed 65 laps with a best time exactly three seconds slower than Ralf Schumacher.
Slovenia's Tina Maze overturned a deficit of 0.33 seconds from the first leg to defeat last season's champion Paerson by 0.12 seconds.
The Indo-Belarussian pair take on Jiri Novak and Petr Pala of Czechlovakia, at the ATP Estoril Open.
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