Italy’s major party leaders (L toR) Luigi Di Maio of the Five Star Movement, Matteo Renzi of the Democratic Party, and four-time prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi of Forza Italia. Reuters Italy’s 2018 general election is just over two weeks away. The country’s electoral system is notoriously complex, and a coalition government is almost guaranteed. New…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the Trump administration not to “play with fire” as he lashed out at the U.S. over what he described as its “provocative” support for autonomy-seeking Kurds in Syria. “The U.S. should stop playing very dangerous games which could lead to the dismemberment of the Syrian state,” Lavrov said at a…

Image copyright AFP / Ho / Tasnim News Image caption Helicopters are trying to reach the crash site, which is high in the Zagros mountain range Search and rescue teams are continuing to search for an Iranian plane that crashed in bad weather on Sunday. Officials told state media that the wreckage had been found,…

« Today, I’m disappointed and appalled at the still very harsh reality of this industry. A few months ago, I agreed to shoot with a creative team I believed in and was excited to collaborate with. When my agent received an unapologetic email concluding they would not run my cover/story because it ‘did not reflect well…

Enlarge / (Photo by TF-Images/TF-Images via Getty Images) getty imagesUS investigators are looking into whether Mercedes parent company Daimler used illegal software to cheat emissions tests on diesel vehicles in the US, according to German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, whose report was picked up by Reuters. Though the investigation itself is not new—it was reported…

February 19, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff Heather Knight voted captain of the year after World Cup win Play 49:47 Steven Smith, Nathan Lyon, Heather Knight, Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Amir are among the winners of the ESPNcricinfo Awards for the best performances in cricket in 2017. Smith’s battling 109 in Australia’s unexpected win in Pune won…

Detectives have warned locals to secure their homes amid fears a woman found dead inside a sprawling detached house in a leafy suburb was murdered in a botched burglary.   The 38-year-old victim was discovered inside the sprawling detached property in Rookery Lane, Wolverhampton, on Friday afternoon. She is believed to have been married to a…