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Brazil candidates make final campaign pitches

Brazil's presidential candidates made their final push for voters Saturday with pitches that summarized the gulf between them: leftist Fernando Haddad held a "peace rally" in the favelas while far-right front-runner Jair Bolsonaro reached out on Twitter. On the last day before a run-off...

Ronaldo rocket gives Juve scrappy win at Empoli

Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice, including a thunderous 25-yard drive, as Italian champions Juventus surged seven points clear in Serie A on Saturday following a battling 2-1 victory at Empoli. Empoli, without a win since the opening weekend of the season, grabbed a 28th-minute lead at...

Libyan commander Haftar to attend Sicily conference: Italy

 Khalifa Haftar, a military commander who controls eastern Libya, has said he will attend a conference in Sicily next month aimed at reconciling rival factions in the north African nation, Italy's foreign minister said on Saturday. The meeting will be held in the Sicilian capital,...

German police arrest 7 Syrians, 1 German in drug-rape case

German authorities have arrested seven Syrian men and a German on suspicion of raping an 18-year-old woman in the southwestern city of Freiburg. Freiburg prosecutors said Friday that authorities haven't ruled out the possibility of more suspects being involved in the Oct. 14 assault....