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Why Colombian President Santos won the Nobel Peace prize

On Friday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize for “his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that......

Colombian president wins Nobel Peace Prize

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize days despite his peace deal being rejected in a referendum. The Nobel committee in its......

Top 10 world leaders who reap the power of hashtag

More than half of the world’s foreign ministers and their institutions are active on the social networking site. In short, Twitter has become an indispensable diplomatic networking and......

Colombia landslide kills over 60 in Antioquia province

Over 60 people have been killed in a landslide in the Antioquia province in north-west Colombia, officials said. Declaring a state of emergency, Columbia President Juan Manuel......

Singer, songwriter Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature

American music legend Bob Dylan on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize, the first songwriter to win the prestigious award and an announcement that stunned prize watchers. Dylan, 75, was......

Mark Zuckerberg brings free Internet to Colombia

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg launched a free Internet application in Colombia on Wednesday as part of a drive to bring developing markets online, but remained mute on when and if......

PM Modi to address opening plenary @WEF

The keynote address will be given by United States President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the opening plenary at the World Economic Forum's Davos summit next week, while......

Colombian Prez vows to remove drugs from soccer

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos promised on Wednesday to crack down on the involvement of drugs traffickers in soccer clubs. Drugs lords, some in cahoots with ultra right-wing paramilitary......

Maradona to play 'Match for Peace' in Cuba

Diego Maradona has been invited by Colombia's FARC to play for their team in a soccer ‘Game for Peace’ during talks in Cuba between the rebels and the Colombian government looking to......

Transfer row: Neymar breaks silence, launches scathing attack on Santos

Barcelona and Brazil striker Neymar has launched an attack on his former club Santos and spoken out in support of his father, insisting he had the right to make millions from the player's transfer......

Valencia sack manager Neville, appoint Ayestaran

IMAGE: Valencia's head coach Gary Neville reacts during a La Liga match. Photograph: Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images . Gary Neville was sacked as Valencia manager on Wednesday as the club......

La Liga: Neville still without win as Valencia held by Rayo

IMAGE: Head coach Gary Neville of Valencia CF reacts. Photograph: Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images Gary Neville's disappointing start as Valencia coach continued when the ambitious......