At least 20 people running a mountain marathon cross-country race have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale winds hit the high-altitude track, rescuers said Sunday.
Move over sequins, disco beats and power ballads. A four-piece band of Italian rockers won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday.
Practically handed a world-class scorer by one of its top rivals, Atletico Madrid rode the goals of Luis Suarez burning to prove his former team wrong and the competitive all-for-one spirit preached by Diego Simeone to the Spanish league title.
A volcano erupted near Goma in eastern Congo on Saturday, turning the skies a fiery red and panicking residents in the city of nearly two million people.
Egyptian mediators held talks on Saturday to firm up an Israel-Hamas ceasefire as Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip began to assess the damage from 11 days of intense Israeli bombardment and Egypt plans to send urgently needed supplies.
