Sega to buy Angry Birds maker Rovio
Japanese gaming group Sega has offered to buy the creator of the popular Angry Birds franchise, Finland's Rovio, in a deal worth more than 700 million euros ($770 million), the companies said Monday.
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O'Callaghan beats McKeon in clash of Olympic and world champions
World champion Mollie O'Callaghan won a showdown with Olympic gold medallist Emma McKeon on Monday to take the women's 100m freestyle title at the Australian championships in the fastest time this year.
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Spain vows to block farming near threatened wetlands
Spain has vowed to block a regional plan to legalise farming near one of Europe's largest and fauna-rich wetlands, where water supplies have plunged due to climate change and agriculture.
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Sri Lanka declare on mammoth 591-6 in first Ireland Test
Sadeera Samarawickrama celebrated his return to Test cricket with a maiden hundred as Sri Lanka declared on 591-6 on day two against Ireland in Galle on Monday.
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'Time doesn't heal': Ukraine's war widows count the cost
Olga Slyshyk began to fear the worst in January this year when her husband, Mykhailo, a military engineer serving on the front line in eastern Ukraine, didn't contact her on her birthday.
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Kremlin critic Kara-Murza jailed for 25 years
Russia on Monday sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in jail on charges including treason over criticism of the Ukraine offensive.
Read moreFighting rages in Sudan as death toll passes 100
Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum Monday as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals raged for a third day with the death toll surpassing 100.
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Heatstroke kills 11 at India awards event
Eleven people died of heatstroke in India after an estimated one million spectators waited for hours in the sun at a government-sponsored awards ceremony, officials said on Monday.
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China basketball teams thrown out after match-fixing claims
Two teams were disqualified from the ongoing Chinese Basketball Association season on Monday after suspicions of match-fixing, with Yao Ming bemoaning a "sorrowful weekend".
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Ukrainian club Shakhtar reaches out to wounded soldiers and war orphans
Shakhtar Donetsk's objectives used to be confined to silverware but now the storied Ukrainian football club have loftier aims, financing hospital care abroad for wounded soldiers and finding new homes for orphans.
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