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Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistan’s opener, will miss the remainder of the England tour due to a calf injury that he sustained before the second One-Day International (ODI) played at Lord’s on Saturday (August 27).

Everton are still hopeful of a deal but reports in Spain suggest Arsenal are strong favourites to sign the player.

Responding to an outcry over the increased price of its allergy auto-injector EpiPen, Mylan (MYL) plans to launch a cheaper generic alternative, reported Reuters.

The normal (or average) high on August 1 is 85 degrees, but by the 31 it dips to 80 degrees. Skies will remain “partly sunny” for a solid chunk of the day, before more showers and storms develop throughout the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Former England captain Alan Shearer has encouraged Wayne Rooney to retire from worldwide football.

Prof Tang and his colleagues identified two different groups of compounds that could potentially be used to treat Zika – one that stops the virus from replicating, and the other that stops the virus from killing foetal brain cells, also called neuroprogenitor cells.

Rafael Nadal got off to a great start at the 2016 U.S. Open with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Denis Istomin.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine is associating Donald Trump’s values with those of the Ku Klux Klan.

President Mahama was among Heads of State and Government ministers, United Nations agencies and more than 10,000 delegates who were in Nairobi for the 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), the first on African soil.

Syrian activists say government airplanes have attacked a besieged neighborhood in the central city of Homs, including with incendiary bombs that killed two children and left one badly burned. Fighting has also continued between Turkey-backed rebel groups and a US -backed...

Last night, Drake wasn’t present to accept his Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video (“Hotline Bling“), but he did show up in the final moments of the ceremony as the surprise presenter of the Video Vanguard Award, which went to Rihanna. He said he met...

Luke Shaw, Phil Jagielka, Danny Drinkwater and Theo Walcott return to the global fold after missing Euro 2016.

Reed carded a closing 70 to finish on nine-under 275 at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale on New York’s Long Island.

Isis’ Amaq news agency said, “About 60 dead in a martyrdom operation by a fighter from Islamic State targeting a recruitment centre in Aden city”, without giving more details.

In total, he got a massive 55-place demotion, sending him to last place in the 22-car race.