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U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold support from nations who don’t back the joint bid by the United States, Canada and Mexico to host the 2026 World Cup. Morocco also has bid to host soccer’s showcase. The FIFA Congress meets … read more via SOCCER news, photos, and...

The world’s oldest person has died in southern Japan at the age of 117. An official in the town of Kikai says Nabi Tajima died in a hospital on Saturday shortly before 8 p.m. She had been hospitalized since January. Tajima was born on Aug. 4, 1900, and … Read more via ABC News –...

North Korea said Saturday it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site. The announcement came ahead of a new round of negotiations between Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington. A look at recent events: Jan. 1, 2017: Kim Jong Un says in a New...

Qatar wants talks with FIFA to discuss the feasibility of increasing the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams after soccer’s governing body expressed interest in enlarging a tournament already having to overcome operational challenges. The Gulf nation took two days to publicly … Read more via SOCCER...

Wolverhampton Wanderers secured a return to the English Premier League after a six-year absence. Promotion was clinched by the runway League Championship leader without playing, thanks to Fulham conceding a stoppage-time goal to draw with Brentford 1-1 on Saturday. Wolves players watched …...

Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children in northeast Nigeria since 2013, the United Nations‘ children’s agency announced Friday. The number of children kidnapped by the Nigerian terrorist group includes 276 girls snatched from a boarding school in the northeast town of Chibok on the...

Jocelyn Morfii married the love of her life — and was fired by the Catholic school where she taught. Morfii, who worked as an elementary school teacher at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School in Miami for seven years, was terminated Thursday — one … Read more via More Top Stories – Google...

Transgender Perth sex worker found guilty of infecting client with HIV Updated January 19, 2018 17:32:29 A transgender sex worker has been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to a client she infected with HIV. Clayton James Palmer, who is now known as CJ Palmer, stood trial in WA’s...

Federal lawmakers are now in a shutdown standoff: Democrats are refusing to support a bill funding the government unless they have a deal on immigration. Republicans are refusing to negotiate on immigration until Democrats support a bill to fund the government. But amid the noise and...

At least 14 children have been hurt in a stabbing incident at a school in the Siberian city of Perm. Russian police said the stabbings began after two students at the city’s School No. 127 started fighting with knives. According to police, a teacher and other pupils tried to break … via ABC...

US President Donald Trump said his plan to limit the entry of people from several Muslim countries was necessary because the world is “a total mess”. Trump on Wednesday in an interview with ABC News denied that it was a ban on Muslims. “No it’s not the Muslim ban, but it’s countries that have...