Author and Manly fan Thomas Keneally reveals his shock at this week’s Australian drug report

Europol claims a huge number of games have been rigged

Protesters yell 'thief' as former banker Luis Barcenas leaves after three-hour examination

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First produced in 1931, a couple of years before Hitler came to power, Carl Zuckmayer's comedy pokes risky, spirited and oddly charming fun at the German inclination towards militaristic conformity.

Turmoil at home as Iranian leader makes first visit to Cairo since Tehran's 1979 revolution

Champions League game in England is one of 700 fixtures that Europol say are under suspicion

Spain was yanked back closer to the danger zone as financial markets reacted badly to accusations of corruption made at the weekend against Mariano Rajoy's ruling Popular Party.

Europol chief says the investigation uncovered 'match fixing activity on a scale we have not seen before'

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David Cameron today arrived in the West African state of Liberia and called for the next wave of international development targets to focus on extreme poverty.

When China's ruling elite gather for their annual parliament in March, incoming President Xi Jinping has insisted there will be no display of extravagance further to raise hackles about official corruption. No booze, no banquets and no boring speeches.

The new US Secretary of State called US-Sino competition in Africa a "game"

Politician kicked out of game after odd winning streak is linked to scam involving dark glasses