November 12, 2013
Venezuelan President Maduro ‘to expand price controls’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he plans to extend price controls to all consumer goods, if he is given powers to govern by decree. In a televised address, Mr Maduro said that he wanted to set legal limits on businesses' profit margins. His…
November 12, 2013
Chiefs’ Dwayne Bowe arrested
Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was arrested early Sunday by police in Riverside, Mo., for possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) and speeding. Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said on a Kansas City radio station Tuesday that he was…
November 12, 2013
Lance Armstrong case ‘done and dusted’ says Wada president
Disgraced former cyclist Lance Armstrong needs "something close to a miracle" for his lifetime suspension to be lifted, says the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Armstrong, 42, was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and has…
November 12, 2013
Fifa will use Swiss laboratory to test samples for 2014 World Cup
Fifa has decided to use an accredited laboratory in Switzerland to analyse player blood and urine samples for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Brazil, which hosts the World Cup next summer, does not have a functioning anti-doping laboratory. The World…
November 12, 2013
Jamaica lost way on doping – Wada chief John Fahey
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says Jamaica has "lost its way" on drug testing for athletes. His comments come after the country's senior drug tester said recent failed tests might be the "tip of an iceberg". Wada president John…
November 12, 2013
Kevin Durant Scores 33, Thunder Clip Wizards In OT
Kevin Durant scored 33 points, including a game-levelling three-pointer late in regulation and the go-ahead foul shots in overtime to send the Oklahoma City Thunder past the Washington Wizards 106-105 on Sunday. John Wall missed a driving layup…
November 12, 2013
Cuban leaders eye new port as economic lifeline
Life still moves slowly in this small, dusty town, where kids play freely in narrow streets nearly devoid of traffic and many people carry parasols to ward off the pounding tropical sun. But that's all about to change. The town best known as the…
November 12, 2013
Iran Offers More Access to UN Nuclear Watchdog
Iranian officials say Inspectors from the United Nations could be allowed inside Iran's new heavy water nuclear reactor within weeks. The spokesman for Iran's nuclear department tells the official IRNA news agency Tehran is willing to grant the…
November 12, 2013
US Carrier Group to Arrive in Philippines Wednesday
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington is speeding toward a relief mission in the Philippines, where hundreds of thousands are displaced and thousands more are feared dead from Typhoon Haiyan. Pentagon spokesman George Little says the…
November 12, 2013
US World’s Biggest Oil Producer By 2015 according to IEA
The International Energy Agency (IAE) says that by 2015 the United States will surpass Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's biggest oil producer and is on track to become energy self-sufficient in two decades. The IEA said Tuesday that for the…