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BEVERLY HILLS, CA, July 09, (THEWILL) - President Goodluck Jonathan has sworn in four new cabinet members at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. The Ministers are Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, a former Presidential aspirant and ex Governor of Kano State,...

Argentina interrupted preparations for their World Cup semifinal to watch Germany's 7-1 win over Brazil, a result coach Alejandro Sabella said illustrated the unpredictability and beauty of football. Argentina are looking to return to the biggest game in world soccer...

Brazil "cracked up" during Tuesday's stunning 7-1 World Cup semi-final defeat by Germany, according to victorious coach Joachim Low. The three-time winners scored on five occasions in the first half - including four in six minutes - as they inflicted...

Iraqi security forces have found the bodies of 53 men shot recently near a town south of Baghdad, police say. The men, who were still bound and had gunshot wounds to the head or chest, were found in Hamza al-Gharbi,...

China and the United States need to manage their differences, the leaders of both countries said on Wednesday at the start of annual talks expected to focus on cyber-security, maritime disputes, the Chinese currency and an investment treaty. The two-day...

The operators of the sunken Sewol ferry prioritized profit over safety, and the vessel was licensed based on falsified documents, South Korean investigators said in an interim report. At least 292 people, including more than 200 high school students, died...

World stocks fell on Wednesday as a decline in Chinese inflation and weaker European industrial data combined to suggest global growth may be slowing, eclipsing a positive start to the U.S. earnings season. The mining company Alcoa Inc reported results...

A Beijing court has ruled against Apple Inc by upholding the validity of a patent held by a Chinese company, clearing the way for the Chinese company to continue its own case against Apple for infringing intellectual property rights. Apple...

Militants in Gaza fired more rockets at Tel Aviv on Wednesday, targeting Israel's heartland after Israeli attacks in the enclave that Palestinian officials said have killed at least 27 people. No casualties were reported in the rocket barrages, on the...

Miroslav Klose became the World Cup’s all-time leading goalscorer as Germany cruised past a shambolic Brazil with a 7-1 win to book their place in the final. The hosts started relatively brightly, but found themselves behind after just 11 minutes...