Month: May 2012

Manchester City won the English league title for the first time in 44 years to deny rivals Manchester United a 20th domestic championship in a gripping conclusion to the Premier League season.

An 18-year-old Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days stranded at sea is suing Princess Cruise Lines, arguing that a cruise ship should have stopped and saved him.

Lady Gaga may have to disappoint a lot of her “little monsters” in Indonesia after Jakarta police recommended that her sold-out June 3 show not be issued a permit because of security concerns.

Sunday saw the curtain fall on Europe’s biggest domestic football leagues, with scenes of triumph and despair across the continent as teams battled for glory or survival.

Serena Williams powered to her first Madrid Masters title, hitting 14 aces in a comfortable win over Victoria Azarenka in Sunday’s final.

Serena Williams powered to her first Madrid Masters title, hitting 14 aces in a comfortable win over Victoria Azarenka in Sunday’s final.

Palestinian and Israeli officials touted an agreement Monday aimed at ending a weeks-long hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners, though some of those involved may continue their protest unless they are released.

Controversial remarks by the last white president of South Africa, F.W. de Klerk, in which he validated the origins of “separate but equal” nation states, have been used by critics “unfairly out of context,” his foundation said.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling party took a beating in Germany’s largest state Sunday in a vote its leading candidate called a “bitter” defeat.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling party took a beating in Germany’s largest state Sunday in a vote its leading candidate called a “bitter” defeat.