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The United States Olympic committee has announced that the country will bid to host the Games in 2024. The States are hoping to host the Summer Games for the first time since Atlanta staged the event in 1996, although Salt...

After winning the first leg 4-0, Barcelona rested key players Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez. They were not needed as Pedro Rodriguez scored a first-half hat-trick while Sergi Roberto and Andres Iniesta also scored before the break. Adriano, Adama Traore...

Arjen Robben scored his 100th goal for Bayern Munich as they beat Freiburg to stretch their unbeaten run to 20 matches in the Bundesliga. Robben, 30, joined Bayern from Real Madrid in 2009 and has won three league titles and...

Technology giant Apple says it cannot sell products online in Russia because the rouble's value is too volatile for it to set prices. The company stopped sales of its iPhones, iPads and other products in the country after a day...

The Pakistani city of Peshawar is burying its dead after a Taliban attack at a school killed at least 132 children and nine staff. Mourners crowded around coffins bedecked with flowers, after candlelit vigils were staged overnight. Gunmen had walked from...

Premier League leaders Chelsea beat second-tier Derby County 3-1 to reach the League Cup semifinals on Tuesday, but at the cost of injuries to Kurt Zouma and Didier Drogba. Eden Hazard and Filipe Luis, with his first goal for the...

The European Union's second highest court annulled on Wednesday the bloc's decision to keep Hamas on a list of terrorist organisations, but temporarily maintained the measures for a period of three months or until an appeal was closed. The General...

Business sentiment among Asia's top companies rebounded in the fourth quarter to the second-highest level in almost three years, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed, helped by a stronger U.S. economy and a plunge in oil prices. The Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asian...

Philips (PHG.AS) has agreed to acquire U.S.-based medical device maker Volcano Corp (VOLC.O) for $1.2 billion including debt, its largest healthcare acquisition in seven years and a bid to cash in on an aging population's need for more complex...

The unfolding smear campaign against former Lagos governor and leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, is no surprise. It had been in the works for years since the Jonathan-led government realized that Tinubu commanded a powerful political followership. The...