British rock band The Who on Friday postponed all remaining dates of its 50th anniversary North American tour after lead singer Roger Daltrey was diagnosed with viral meningitis. The Who had last week postponed four dates after Daltrey, 71, fell ill with a mystery virus. “Initially it was hoped that the rest of the tour might proceed, but after extensive tests the seriousness of his condition became apparent when doctors
By John Miller BASEL (Reuters) – Visible from neighboring France and Germany, a new 41-storey skyscraper that drugs company Roche opened near the river Rhine on Friday reaches 178 meters into the sky, easily the tallest building in Switzerland. It also sends a lofty message to cross-town rival Novartis and other drugmakers that Roche, the world’s biggest cancer drug company, is determined to retain its leadership of the $100 billion-a-year
Manchester City will have to shuffle their pack as they look to continue their 100 per cent start to the season against West Ham.
Emma Lavelle plans to be ready to begin sending out runners from her new base for the start of next season after completing the purchase of Peter Makin’s stables in Wiltshire.
Lotus deputy team boss Federico Gastaldi is optimistic their takeover by Renault can be completed “very soon” after the High Court effectively set a one-week deadline for the deal.
Views from connections ahead of Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Legacy Cup at Newbury.
Now this is what we call loyalty. Tillie, an Irish setter, refused to leave her fallen best buddy behind and stayed by her side for an entire week until helped arrived. Phoebe, a basset…
Jessica Simpson was anything but camera ready Thursday. The fashion designer appeared on HSN at 9 p.m. to sell items from the Jessica Simpson 10th Anniversary Collection, but rather than…
A study of almost a million tweets sent by over 10,000 Twitter users has revealed intriguing differences between the language used by liberals and conservatives. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London studied tweets sent between 15 and 30 June 2014 by people who followed either the US Republican or Democrat party official Twitter accounts. They found that liberals are more likely to use swear words, but are also more
