As we anticipate the ‘Beautiful Final’ later tonight, we take a look back at how Man United made it to Rome. GROUP E Man Utd 0 Villarreal 0 (September 17) United kicked off their defence of their Champions League crown with a stalemate at Old Trafford notable mainly for Cristiano Ronaldo’s first appearance since last .
By ALEX KENNEDY SINGAPORE – Oil prices hovered above $62 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as a report of increased consumer confidence fueled investor optimism that the U.S. is emerging from a severe recession. Benchmark crude for July delivery was up 2 cents to $62.47 a barrel by midday in Singapore in electronic trading on .
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s health ministry has confirmed the country’s first influenza A (H1N1) case, a 22-year-old local woman who picked up the virus after visiting New York. The ministry said in a statement Wednesday that the woman was in New York from May 14 to 24, and reported developing a cough on her flight back to .
By Ross Colvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah in Riyadh next week to seek his support over the nuclear standoff with Iran and reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Obama will visit Riyadh on June 3 in a surprise addition to his scheduled three-day trip to Egypt, Germany .
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rapper Kanye West does not read books or respect them but nevertheless he has written one that he would like you to buy and read. The Grammy Award winner, known for his No. 1 albums and outspoken statements on everything from racism in America to the banality of Twitter, is the .
PASIR MAS: A man, who was escaping from the police after earlier causing a ruckus at an accident scene by hijacking another car, died after the vehicle he was in met with an accident near Lubok Jong here yesterday. Mohd Jafri Ibrahim, 33, had initially caused a ruckus after his Honda Civic was involved in .
By BABAR DOGAR LAHORE, Pakistan – A suicide car bomber targeted buildings housing police and intelligence agency offices in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing about 30 and wounding more than 100 in one of the deadliest such blasts in the country this year, officials said. The attack, which was followed by gunfire, was the third .
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Wednesday threatened a military strike against the South a day after Seoul joined a U.S.-led initiative to intercept shipments suspected of being involved in weapons of mass destruction. “Any hostile act against our peaceful vessels including search and seizure will be considered an unpardonable infringement on our sovereignty and .
Ronaldo’s driving force as he prepares for tonight’s Champions League final is the prospect of making history. United will become the first club to retain the trophy in the 17-year lifetime of the competition if they defeat the Spanish champions in the Stadio Olimpico. And Ronaldo, who admits his affection for Spanish football, claims that .
By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea, facing international sanction for this week’s nuclear test, threatened on Wednesday to attack the South after Seoul joined a U.S.-led initiative to check vessels suspected of carrying equipment for weapons of mass destruction. The threat came after South Korean media reported Pyongyang had restarted a plant that .
