February2017

News Hour: The decision by Rio de Janeiro’s deeply religious new mayor to skip the traditional opening of the world’s most famous carnival overshadowed the party on its opening night Friday, reports BSS. Carnival organizers resplendent...

News Hour: Australia beat India by 333 runs on Saturday in an outstanding victory that ended the hosts’ winning streak of 19 Tests in the opening match of the series in Pune. Chasing a daunting 441,...

News Hour: The son of football legend Pele turned himself in late Friday after being ordered by a Brazilian court to begin serving a nearly 13-year prison sentence for money laundering and drug trafficking. Edson “Edinho”...

News Hour: South African AB de Villiers passed the 9,000-run milestone in one-day internationals in the third ODI against New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday. De Villiers is the 18th player and second South African behind...

News Hour: Irish nationalists may force a prolonged collapse of Northern Ireland’s devolved government and a return to direct rule from London if they cannot agree a new government with unionists, the leader of the British...

News Hour: Iran has roughly half the enriched uranium allowed under a deal with major powers, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday, after large amounts were made officially unrecoverable, excluding them from the total. The...

News Hour: An Islamic State car bomb killed more than 50 people on Friday in a Syrian village held by rebels, a war monitor said, a day after the jihadist group was driven from its last...

News Hour: Manager Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, nine months after leading them to the Premier League title. The Foxes are one point above the relegation zone with 13 matches left. “The board...