Tennis: Wilander recalls ‘hellish’ foe
PARIS – Mats Wilander doesn’t need to pause for thought. He knows the greatest player never to have won a Grand Slam and names him...
Presidential hopeful Inslee unveils plan to reclaim U.S. leadership on climate issue
Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee released a sweeping plan on Wednesday to reclaim U.S. leadership in the fight against climate change that includes proposals to...
Democrat O’Rourke unveils voting rights plan to get 35 million more to the polls
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke issued an ambitious plan on Wednesday to revamp the U.S. voting system by cracking down on voter suppression and getting...
Mexican officials hope to avert U.S. tariffs in last-ditch talks
Mexican officials will seek to persuade the White House in talks hosted by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday that their government has done...
PM favorite Johnson must broaden appeal to win any UK election: pollster
Boris Johnson, frontrunner to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, cannot win a general election without broadening his appeal to floating voters who instinctively distrust him,...
Microsoft, Oracle team up on cloud services in jab at Amazon
Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp on Wednesday said they reached an agreement to make their two cloud computing services work together with high-speed links between...
Play the game, save the planet: Conservationists target video gamers
Chilli, a gibbon native to Borneo, will soon be jumping from tree to tree in parks from New York to Nairobi as a character in...
Party of Ukraine’s new president well ahead in parliamentary election race
Servant of the People, the party of Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has increased its large lead over rivals ahead of a snap parliamentary election...
Poland dashes far-right hopes for alliance in new EU parliament
Far-right parties’ hopes of forging a powerful new bloc in the new European Parliament suffered a blow on Wednesday when Poland’s ruling nationalists ruled out...
Britain’s health service is not for sale, says defacto deputy PM
Britain’s defacto deputy prime minister, David Lidington, said on Wednesday the country’s public health service would not be put “up for sale” in any trade...