Bayern Munich have fired coach Louis Van Gaal after Saturday’s 1-1 Bundesliga draw against Nuremberg increased the chances of Germany’s biggest club missing out on next season’s Champions League. The Dutchman had been due to…
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UN and French helicopters opened fire on Sunday at the presidential residence in Abidjan, the largest city of Cote d’Ivoire, local residents reported. The airstrike was witnessed one day after forces loyal to incumbent Laurent…
China retorted the U.S. criticism on its human rights situation by publishing a report of the U.S. human rights record on Sunday. The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2010 was released by…
China has overtaken Spain on the list of the world’s top tourism destinations, becoming the third-largest attraction, a senior tourism official said at the weekend. Man Hongwei, director of the international coordination department at the…
A nasty habit of announcing the death of a celebrity has sprung up in recent years, when in fact the subject is alive and well. The latest blatantly false “star RIP” clima to go viral…
Atifete Jahjaga has been elected as president of Kosovo by the country’s national assembly. Two thirds of the 120 member Assembly voted for the former police officer in the first round, one week after the…
The abuse of Emmanuel Adebayor in Tottenham’s Champions League defeat at Real Madrid had “racial undertones”, says anti-racism group Kick It Out. Spurs fiercely denied offensive chants aimed at the striker were racist. But Kick…
China will launch a development plan in energy-saving and the new-energy vehicle industry to make the country a leader in the sector over the next 10 years, with government funding of 100 billion yuan ($15.28…
A South African private company is about to become the first African mining and metal company to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Business Day newspaper in Johannesburg reported on Thursday. The newspaper said…