Murray handed Bedene opener
Andy Murray has been handed a first-round match-up with British No 4 Aljaz Bedene as he begins the defence of his Aegon Championship title at Queen’s.
Le Pen Loses Luster, Signaling Far Right’s Retreat in France, and Maybe Beyond
SOISSONS, France — Just this spring, Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign drew vast crowds who enthusiastically embraced her National Front’s stridently nationalist, anti-immigrant vision of
U.N. mediator targets fresh Syria talks for July 10
VIENNA The United Nation’s special mediator for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, wants to start a fresh round of talks between Syrian factions on July 10, his office said on Saturday.
Twitter briefly suspends Al Jazeera’s Arabic account amid Qatar rift
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China turns up legal pressure on exiled tycoon Guo: Xinhua
SHANGHAI/BEIJING Chinese prosecutors have filed new lawsuits against employees of firms connected to fugitive Guo Wengui, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, as Beijing turns up the pressure on the tycoon at the center of a feud with the ruling Communist Party.
Putin: more U.S. sanctions would be harmful, talk of retaliation premature
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said new sanctions under consideration by the United States would damage relations between the two countries, but it was too early to talk about retaliation, state news agency RIA reported on Saturday.
Seven sailors missing after U.S. Navy destroyer collides with container ship in Japan
YOKOSUKA, Japan U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald sailed back to its base in Yokosuka, with seven of its sailors still missing after it collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship more than three times its size in eastern Japan early on Saturday.
You go sister: New hoverboard has French nun flying high (VIDEO)
Sister Fabienne, 78, was spotted riding her hoverboard through the streets of the sunny town while running her daily errands on Friday. The nun, who said she learnt how to ride the hoverboard from a priest who came to the town from Paris, described the experience of hoverboarding as “the joy of living,” as it…
