Pieters wins Czech Masters for 1st European Tour victory
VYSOKY UJEZD, Czech Republic (AP) — Thomas Pieters shot a 3-under 69 on Sunday to win the Czech Masters by three strokes for his first European Tour victory.
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Dominica declares disaster status after storm leaves 20 dead
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — The Caribbean island of Dominica is appealing for international aid to help it recover from Tropical Storm Erika, which left at least 20 people dead before it moved north and dissipated.
Chad executes 10 Boko Haram members by firing squad: sources
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad has executed 10 members of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram by firing squad, a day after they were sentenced on terrorism charges, security sources said on Saturday. “They were shot this morning at the Massaguet firing range,” said one of the sources, referring to a city about 60 km (40 miles) northeast of the capital N’Djamena. Among the executed was Mahamat Moustapha, a 30-year-old Cameroonian
Mozambican journalist, known for crime reporting, killed
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — A veteran Mozambican journalist, known for his crime reporting, was gunned down on the streets of the capital.
The gift of gold: Bolt wins again, with help from the US
BEIJING (AP) — Usain Bolt’s final gold medal at the Bird’s Nest came gift-wrapped.
West Ham stuns Liverpool 3-0 in Premier League
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Mark Noble scored and was later sent off as West Ham stunned Liverpool 3-0 Saturday for its first victory at Anfield since 1963 in a Premier League game that both teams finished with 10 men.
38 girls, young women killed in Swaziland crash, says group
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 38 girls and young women were killed in a crash while travelling to Swaziland’s most famous traditional festival, a rights group said on Saturday.
Austria, Libya count dead as number of migrants crossing Mediterranean soars
By Karin Strohecker and Ahmed Elumami EISENSTADT, Austria/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Austria said on Friday 71 refugees including a baby girl were found dead in an abandoned freezer truck, while Libya recovered the bodies of 82 migrants washed ashore after their overcrowded boat sank on its way to Europe and scores more were feared dead. The U.N. refugee agency said the number of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach
Boat packed with migrants sinks off Libya; up to 200 feared dead
By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and officials said up to 200 might have died. A security official in the western town of Zuwara, from where the overcrowded boat had set off, said there had been around 400 people on board. By late in the evening, the Libyan coast guard rescued around 201,
Greece's Syriza to win election but face setback, poll shows
By George Georgiopoulos and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) – Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ leftist Syriza will emerge as the biggest party after next month’s election but without the sizeable margin it was hoping for, the first major opinion poll since he resigned last week showed. The survey also found that almost two thirds of voters felt Tsipras should not have sought a fresh mandate and that his favored