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The five leaders of the BRICS emerging economies have gathered in South Africa for an annual summit where the United States is being criticized for escalating tariffs on foreign goods. The leaders clasped hands and posed for a group photograph on Thursday, the second day of the meeting in Johannesburg. …

[ad_1] Innings South Africa 0 for 0 & 124 need 490 to win v Sri Lanka 338 & 275 for 5 dec. (Karunaratne 85, Mathews 71, Maharaj 3-154) Angelo Mathews chops through point AFP Suranga Lakmal set South Africa the improbable task of chasing 490 to win the second Test and …

Australia just beat England, got Gold and smashed the World Record in the track cycling.

Rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, has died at age 52, and police said Thursday that his death is being investigated as a possible suicide. Cornell, who had been on tour, died Wednesday night in Detroit, Cornell’s representative Brian Bumbery …