UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – Women worldwide live longer lives and are more educated than at any time in the past 20 years, but more than a third have been victims of violence, a UN report said Tuesday. The findings are contained in "The World's...
Canadian voters have elected Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau as prime minister, dramatically ending the nine-year government of Stephen Harper. As soon as results arrived from central Canada, broadcasters were prepared to declare Mr Trudeau was set to be the 23rd prime minister of Canada. Further counting...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CMC) -- West Indies off-spinner Marlon Samuels will have to undergo testing on his action within two weeks after being reported for having a suspect bowling action, for the third time in seven years. An International Cricket Council release said Monday that the...
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic runner who fatally shot his girlfriend in 2013, was released from prison and placed under house arrest on Monday night, a South African official said. "Oscar Pistorius was placed under correctional supervision tonight," Manelisi Wolela, a spokesman for South Africa's correctional...
[caption id="attachment_8257" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ex-NBA star Lamar Odom[/caption] A family representative says Lamar Odom has left a Las Vegas hospital and is now in the Los Angeles area to continue his recovery a week after being found unconscious at a Nevada brothel. Alvina Alston, publicist for Odom's...