Natal, Brazil: Italy boasted for weeks about their physical fitness preparation for this World Cup. Coach Cesare Prandelli constantly said he wanted to bring not just 23 players to Brazil “but 23 athletes.” Players' fitness levels were monitored down to the most ...

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Fighting flared between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported on Sunday, further straining a unilateral ceasefire declared by Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Kiev to talk to the rebels.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged both sides in the Ukrainian conflict to sit down at the negotiating table and find a compromise. He said such a compromise must guarantee the rights of Russian-speaking residents of eastern Ukraine, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly expressed support Sunday for Ukraine's declaration of a cease-fire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and called on both sides to negotiate a compromise. On a day when Russia and Ukraine commemorated ...

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - A year ago, Japan's Takata Corp, the world's second-largest maker of auto safety parts, believed it had finally contained a crisis more than a decade in the making. It was wrong. More than a million Honda Motor Co Ltd vehicles ...

WASHINGTON — This might give sun worshippers pause: A new study suggests that regular tanning not only might raise the risk of skin cancer but also could be addictive. A study published last week found that chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation ...

WASHINGTON — This might give sun worshippers pause: A new study suggests that regular tanning not only might raise the risk of skin cancer but also could be addictive. A study published last week found that chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation ...

Enlarge Image BRENNAN LINSLEY | ASSOCIATED PRESS A police-dog team walks into the closed south entrance to Red Rocks amphitheater, a historic concert venue west of Denver in the Rocky Mountain foothills.

SPIELBERG Austria (Reuters) - Germany's Nico Rosberg won the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in a Mercedes one-two on Sunday to stretch his championship lead over team mate Lewis Hamilton to 29 points. Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe ...

Axiron, an underarm gel that rolls on like deodorant, is used by men struggling with symptoms of growing older associated with low testosterone. (Eli Lilly & Co.) /AP. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said all testosterone products on the market should ...

Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine could be granted safe passage to Russia under a peace plan outlined by the country's president. In an address to the nation late on Saturday night, Petro Poroshenko outlined a 15-step peace plan aimed at bringing an ...

Researchers claim that sun exposure produces endorphins that can make sunbathing addictive. However, excessive exposure to UV rays is linked with skin cancer and people are encouraged to curb this habit. (Photo : Alix Guillard). According to a new study, ...

NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Two Palestinians were shot and killed during clashes in Ramallah and Nablus overnight Sunday, as Israeli forces continued a massive search operation across the West Bank for three missing Israeli teenagers. The killings mark a major ...

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday voiced limited support for Ukraine's unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, but told President Petro Poroshenko there had to be talks with the rebels to prevent the truce ...

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday voiced limited support for Ukraine's unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, but told President Petro Poroshenko there had to be talks with the rebels to prevent the truce ...