Rescued Thai soccer team will not make World Cup final-FIFA
Twelve Thai boys and their coach who were rescued from a flooded cave will not attend the World Cup final in Moscow on Sunday for medical reasons, world soccer’s governing body FIFA said on Tuesday.
Mission declared possible as Thai soccer team saved from flooded cave
Rescuers freed the last four of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from deep inside a flooded cave on Tuesday, a successful end to a perilous mission that gripped the world for more than two weeks.
Thai cave rescue of boys soccer team is a drama fit for Hollywood
The nail-biting rescue of a Thai boys soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave complex transfixed news viewers around the world, and the story could be headed for a retelling by Hollywood.
May presses on with Brexit plan after high-profile resignations
British Prime Minister Theresa May won the support of senior ministers and an endorsement from Europe’s most powerful leader, Angela Merkel, on Tuesday, surviving the explosive resignations of two top cabinet members in protest at her Brexit plans.
Portuguese club Benfica invites rescued Thai boys to train at soccer camp
Portuguese club Benfica has invited 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach who were rescued from a cave in Thailand to spend an all-expenses-paid week at its training academy.
Two Conservative Party vice chairs quit over PM May’s Brexit proposals
Two vice chairs in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party are quitting over her Brexit proposals, said a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Assad, aided by Russia, poised to seize ‘cradle’ of revolt
President Bashar al-Assad is poised to snuff out the Syrian rebellion in the city where it began more than seven years ago, as rebels said on Tuesday they were seeking to withdraw with Russian guarantees.
Afghan protesters demand return of exiled Dostum as rallies continue
Hundreds of demonstrators in northern cities in Afghanistan continued protests on Tuesday, demanding the return of exiled vice President Abdul Rasheed Dostum in a challenge to President Ashraf Ghani ahead of parliamentary elections in October.
Vietnam arrests former chairman of Mobifone and ministry official
Police in Vietnam on Tuesday arrested a former chairman of one of the country’s largest mobile carriers and a senior official of the Ministry of Information and Communications on allegations of economic mismanagement, as the communist-led government wi…
Artist captures war as seen by children – toys included
U.S. photographer Brian McCarty wants you to see the horrors of war, but through the eyes of a child.
