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Manchester United's outgoing manager Alex Ferguson has criticised neighbours Manchester City for sacking Roberto Mancini.

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" in New York City as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the internet company.

North Korea has launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, South Korea's defence ministry says.

The value of a property owned by the Gupta family in Johannesburg has dropped from R16.8m to R490 000, according to the latest municipal valuation - lower than the price it was sold for in 1994, a report says.

A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe "a rotten old donkey," in the latest such case, lawyers say.

Hong Kong has seen its first electric taxis hit the streets in a step towards reducing the city's high levels of roadside pollution.

The United States and European nations should take "decisive sanctions" against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says.

The Waratahs have beaten the Brumbies in their Super Rugby derby in Sydney to boost their chances of reaching the play-offs.

Police in eastern France have arrested two brothers in their 20s whom they suspect of being behind an online threat to stage a mass killing at a high school, officials say.

US zoo unveils new Amur tiger cub, can only be seen on monitor for now