Jan 27 (Infostrada Sports) – Result from the Australian Open Men’s Singles Final on Sunday 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat 3-Andy Murray (Britain) 6-7(2) 7-6(3) 6-3 6-2
Tennis-Djokovic clinches third successive Australian title
MELBOURNE, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three successive Australian Open titles in the professional era when he beat third-seed Andy Murray 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-2 in a battle of attrition on Sunday. The Serb, who has now won four of his six grand slam titles in Melbourne, managed to win the important points as the Briton suffered from blisters on his right foot and problems at the top of his left hamstring. …
Scandal-hit Monte Paschi seeks new investor to revive bank
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena is seeking a financial investor to help revive the ailing lender and will remove a current cap on voting rights to help raise 1 bil lion euros ($1.3 billion), its chairman said. "I would like to have a long-term financial investor," Alessandro Profumo told Italian business daily Il Sole 24 Ore in an interview published on Sunday. "Nationality is not a problem. The important thing is that it believes in our project". Late on Saturday the Bank of Italy gave its approval to Monte Paschi's request for 3.9 billion euros ($5. … Firefighters: Death toll to 180 in Brazil fire
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Firefighters say that the death toll from a fire that swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil has risen to 180.
Iranian workers demand South Korea 'return' funds
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- About 1,000 Iranian workers have staged a protest rally in front of the South Korean Embassy in Tehran demanding the return of $70 million allegedly held by Seoul after a collapsed business deal.
Egyptian mourners bury 35 killed in Port Said riot
PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) -- Thousands of people who have turned out for a mass funeral for 35 people killed in rioting in the coastal city of Port Said are chanting against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Fire in nightclub kills at least 90 people, injures 200 in southern Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil – A fire in a nightclub in southern Brazil killed at least 90 people early Sunday, police and firefighters said.
More than 90 dead in nightclub fire in Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- A fire in a nightclub in southern Brazil killed at least 90 people early Sunday, police and firefighters said.
Japan to boost military headcount amid china island row
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is set to boost the number of military personnel, Defence M inister Itsunori Onodera said on Sunday, as the new government led by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) tackles a territorial spat with China over East China Sea islets. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led the LDP to a landslide election victory last month, promising to beef up the military and stand tough in the dispute over tiny, uninhabited islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. … Israel leader seeks wide coalition to face threats
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says he wants to build a broad governing coalition to face se rious security threats to Israel, including Syria's chemical weapons and Iran's nuclear program. Election loss forces Singapore into delicate balancing act
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – It was just one seat in parliament but the loss of a by-election this weekend will force Singapore's long-ruling People's Act ion Party (PAP) to take a hard look at how it balances investor and voter needs in one of the world's biggest financial centers. With anger rising in the wealthy Asian city-state over soaring living costs, reliance on foreign workers and a widening income gap, the opposition Workers' Party took the PAP-held seat in the Punggol East ward by a convincing margin of nearly 11 percent in Saturday's poll. … Fake Montreal eagle video helping to fund scholarship for deserving student
MONTREAL – The baby-snatching fake eagle is helping a deserving student take flight.
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