Kitchen grabs title number 10

The top seed was too sharp for fellow kiwi Louise Crome in the final, beating the sixth seed 9-6 9-0 9-3 in just over half an hour. It is Kitchen’s 10th career title on the tour. The World number 11 …

Bank of England insists gold is in mint condition

LONDON (Reuters) - Some of Britain’s gold reserves suffered surface cracks when they were cast 50 years ago in New York, but the purity of the Bank of England’s bullion was not affected, the centra…

London police start trial over Brazilian’s shooting

LONDON (Reuters) - London’s police force goes on trial on Monday accused of breaking health and safety laws over the killing of an innocent Brazilian man, shot in the head seven times by officers who …

Mocking a metamorphosis

Absurd and hilarious, black comedy Rhinocerous is an accomplished British send-up of Gallic pomposity and pedantry.

The Macbeth of a lifetime

Patrick Stewart’s Macbeth catches both the man’s fanaticism and his vacillating anguish as the historic production enjoys a perfect thrill-factor.

Myanmar strife: Europe puts moral onus on India

Forty-one days after the protests began in Myanmar and blood once more was spilt on its streets, the talk in European capitals is all about bringing pressure to bear on India to “do something”. …

Fight overshadows Ducks’ 4-1 win vs. Kings in London

LONDON — In a country all too familiar with soccer hooligans, the fight on the ice between the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings on Sunday proved the main attraction .

England has a tough job on hand

DAMBULLA: England without Freddie Flintoff; Sri Lanka minus Murali. With those two giants missing it sounds as if the five-match series which begins on Monday may be duller than the local ditchwater b…

Bank of England insists gold is in mint condition

LONDON (Reuters) - Some of Britain’s gold reserves suffered surface cracks when they were cast 50 years ago in New York, but the purity of the Bank of England’s bullion was not affected, the central b…

Ducks punch past Kings to earn split in London

Los Angeles Kings on Sunday proved the main attraction. The Ducks won 4-1 in the second game of the NHL’s season-opening series in London, but it was the fisticuffs many fans came to see. Ducks winger