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Chelsea captain John Terry predicts new signing Radamel Falcao will be a massive hit this season. The Monaco striker spent last season on loan at Manchester United but he has joined Chelsea for the forthcoming campaign. Terry revealed that Falcao gave...

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says he has no problem with Arsene Wenger for failing to shake his hand after the Community Shield on Sunday. Much was made of the incident in the media, but Mourinho says that if he did...

Malaysia's anti-graft unit said in a statement on Wednesday it would ask Prime Minister Najib Razak to explain a 2.6 billion ringgit ($671 million) donation that was deposited into his private bank account. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said it...

Pope Francis told priests on Wednesday to be more merciful to Catholics who have divorced and remarried outside the Church, saying they should not be treated as if they had been excommunicated. The delicate subject of how the 1.2-billion-member Church...

President Barack Obama told U.S. Jewish leaders it was likely rockets would fall on Tel Aviv if a nuclear deal with Iran was blocked and military action ensued, one of them said on Wednesday. In a separate appeal to American...

South Africa's mining ministry held talks with companies and unions over planned job cuts on Wednesday, as President Jacob Zuma's government frets over high unemployment ahead of key elections next year. The mining industry, which contributes around 7 percent to...

Global economic growth will slow this year to the lowest rate since the financial crisis, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). The think tank cut its 2015 forecast to 3.0% from the 3.2% it predicted...

U.S. stock index futures were higher on Wednesday as investors awaited private employment data for July, which will provide a snapshot of the labor market ahead of the critical non-farm payrolls data on Friday. * Private payrolls processor ADP is...

As oil prices entered a second steep slide a few weeks ago, bullish traders and analysts had hoped for a repeat of the sharp but short dip that occurred early in the year - a speculative slide below $50...

Borrowing by U.S. small businesses jumped to a record in June, an index released Wednesday showed, signaling tighter labor conditions that may help build the case for the Federal Reserve's first interest-rate increase in nearly a decade. The Thomson Reuters/PayNet...