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Midfielder Michael Bradley said the U.S. men’s national soccer team may not advance to the World Cup next year in Brazil as it prepares for a match against Costa Rica tomorrow.
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Kazakhstan may order a ban on shipments of Russian gasoline as the world’s biggest energy exporter sends lower-quality fuel to its southern neighbor, the central Asian country’s Oil and Gas Ministry said.
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The Vatican rejected as “old and totally unfounded” accusations that Pope Francis didn’t speak out enough against Argentina’s former military dictatorship and was complicit in the kidnapping and torture of two activist priests.
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Pope Francis ventured outside the Vatican’s walls to pray at a Roman basilica and pay his hotel bill the day after becoming the first Roman Catholic leader to hail from outside Europe in more than 1,200 years.
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected as pope today. His name was announced by French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran from a balcony over the main doors of St. Peter’s Basilica to thousands of faithful in the square below.
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A new pope was elected by Roman Catholic cardinals on the second day of their secret conclave as white smoke rising over the Sistine Chapel and the chiming of church bells signaled their decision.
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A new pope was elected by Roman Catholic cardinals on the second day of their secret conclave as white smoke rising over the Sistine Chapel and the chiming of church bells signaled their decision.
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AS Roma and Nike Inc. are set to sign a long-term pact for the world’s largest supplier of sporting goods to produce and market the Italian soccer team’s apparel around the world, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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Roman Catholic cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel for a third round of voting after they failed to elect a successor to retired Benedict XVI in their morning ballots.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron will point to his youth-employment plans today to prove he’s picked the right course as opinion polls and some fellow Tories question his economic leadership.