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Kolisi captaincy poser as Springboks start World Cup preparation

Kolisi captaincy poser as Springboks start World Cup preparation

The importance of Siya Kolisi to South Africa's Rugby World Cup defence has been underlined by his inclusion Tuesday in a preliminary Springbok training camp despite undergoing knee ligament surgery.

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Half of Chicago residents have been exposed to gun violence: study

Half of Chicago residents have been exposed to gun violence: study

Half of the residents of Chicago have witnessed a shooting by the age of 40 with Blacks significantly more likely to have done so than whites, according to a study published on Tuesday.

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Joyce set for heavyweight rematch with China's Zhang

Joyce set for heavyweight rematch with China's Zhang

British heavyweight boxer Joe Joyce has activated his rematch clause with China's Zhilei Zhang as he looks to get back on the world title trail.

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Influential US health body recommends mammograms from age 40

Influential US health body recommends mammograms from age 40

All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives.

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Stump lands historic world judo gold for Swiss

Stump lands historic world judo gold for Swiss

Nils Stump won Switzerland's first ever world judo title on Tuesday, taking gold in the men's under-73kg category in Doha.

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Brazil's Miranda, key figure in Snowden leaks, dies

Brazil's Miranda, key figure in Snowden leaks, dies

Brazilian journalist, activist and former congressman David Miranda, the husband of US blogger Glenn Greenwald and his collaborator on the story of American whistleblower Edward Snowden's intelligence leaks, died Tuesday after a long illness.

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US jury starts deliberating Trump civil rape trial

US jury starts deliberating Trump civil rape trial

A US jury began deliberating Tuesday on whether to find Donald Trump liable for the alleged rape of an American former magazine columnist in the mid-1990s.

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Canada 'will not be intimidated' after China expels diplomat: Trudeau

Canada 'will not be intimidated' after China expels diplomat: Trudeau

Canada won't be intimidated by China's tit-for-tat expulsion of a Canadian consul, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, after Ottawa this week ousted a Chinese diplomat accused of targeting a lawmaker critical of Beijing.

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McCall says Premiership final loss fuelling Saracens' title bid

McCall says Premiership final loss fuelling Saracens' title bid

Mark McCall says the pain of last season's agonising Premiership final loss is inspiring Saracens as they look to return to the Twickenham showpiece.

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Autopsies reveal organs missing in Kenya cult deaths

Autopsies reveal organs missing in Kenya cult deaths

Autopsies on corpses found in mass graves linked to a Kenyan cult have revealed missing organs and raised suspicions of forced harvesting, investigators said Tuesday as another 21 bodies were found.

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