Kim sparkles in Asia-Pacific Open
Tokyo (AFP) – K.T. Kim shot a final round two-under 68 at Otone Country Club near Tokyo Sunday to secure a three-shot victory in the Asia-Pacific Open Mitsubishi Diamond Cup.
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Mets in playoffs after clinching NL East title
(Reuters) – The New York Mets are back in the Major League Baseball playoffs for the first time since 2006, after clinching the National League East division championship on Saturday. A first-inning grand slam by first baseman Lucas Duda set them on the path to a 10-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds and took their 2015 record to 88-67 with seven regular season games remaining. “We’ve waited a long time
Blue Jays celebrate first MLB playoff berth in 22 years
(The Sports Xchange) – The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 10-8 on Saturday, bolstered by two home runs from Jose Bautista. Russell Martin also homered for the Blue Jays (89-65), who won their third in a row after entering Saturday with a four-game lead over the second-place New York Yankees in the American League East. The Blue Jays learned Saturday that they had clinched the second American
UK's Labour backs down on vote on scrapping nuclear weapons
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Labour Party has decided to leave the country’s nuclear weapons alone.
IS shuts playgrounds in east Syria city: monitor
The extremist Islamic State group has closed playgrounds in a Syrian city because they were being used as a meeting place for unrelated men and women, a monitor said Sunday. “IS has shut down playgrounds in the city of Mayadeen in the eastern Deir Ezzor province… under the pretext that there was mixing between men and women bringing their children to play,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The
After success with Iran, pope, next stop for Obama is UN
NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh from successes on Iran and with the pope, President Barack Obama still carried heavy burdens into critical meetings this week at the U.N. General Assembly.
Clashes rock Jerusalem mosque compound with holy week ahead
Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, with further trouble feared in the week ahead as Jews celebrate the Sukkot holiday. The Sukkot holiday which started at sunset is expected to lead to an increase in Jewish visitors to the Al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. In Sunday’s disturbances, young masked Palestinians “threw stones and fireworks at police and border
Pope Francis praises women’s ‘immense contribution’ to church during Philadelphia visit
Mexicans march on anniversary of 43 students' disappearance
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of people marked the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students by marching down Mexico City’s premier avenue in an atmosphere of defiant hope Saturday.
Boehner's departure raises question: Can House GOP be led?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gulf between tea party conservatives and establishment Republicans has grown so wide that it just swallowed up the speaker of the House and may threaten the entire Republican Party and Congress itself.