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News Feed Latest worldwide news Classic films get African makeover What if The Matrix, and other classic Hollywood movies has been made in Africa? This is what they'd look like. Rangers, Scheppers Call Cleveland Incident Done The Texas Rangers said Monday they had spoken with two teammates who were with Tanner Scheppers and have a "full understanding" of what happened when the reliever was involved in a physical altercation in Cleveland. Tunisia protests over assassination An opposition lawmaker's assassination touches off huge protests in Tunisia. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports. Sports Briefing | Hockey Vancouver Will Host an Outdoor N.H.L. Game Vancouver will become the third Canadian city to host a regular-season N.H.L. game outdoors when the Canucks play the Senators at BC Place next season. Belles toll Women's game in uproar The English Football Association is facing a backlash from fans of women's football after being accused of throwing the future of one of the country's most loved clubs into jeopardy. F1 teams schedule 2014 tests in Middle East BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Formula One teams will hold two pre-season tests in the Middle East next year as they seek out ideal weather conditions ahead of what promises to be one of their biggest challenges in years. Recycled helmet offers cycling solution for bike renters July 16 - A bicycle helmet made from discarded newspapers is a British design trio's answer to the problem of part-time cyclists riding rental bikes around London without protective headwear. Jim Drury reports. Zabel resigns from advisory group after doping confession (Reuters) - Former sprint cyclist Erik Zabel, who admitted on Sunday to years of doping, has resigned from the Professional Cycling Council (CCP), an advisory body to the UCI, the governing body said on Monday. Horses served at the drive-thru? Watch what happens when horses go through a McDonalds' drive-thru. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on the ruckus. Royal baby boost UK tourism? The royal baby is great news for William and Kate, but is it also good news for British tourism? Indian Grand Prix faces axe in 2014 BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The Indian Grand Prix is likely to be dropped from next year's Formula One calendar as Russia prepares for its debut, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told Reuters. New Defaults Trouble a Mortgage Program Loan servicers and banks have kept the money they received, even though more than a third of homeowners who received loan modifications have defaulted again, a report has found. Dot Earth Blog Another View on Gas Drilling in the Context of Climate Change Cornell researchers come to different conclusions about the climate impact of fracking. Will real Shinzo Abe emerge? The political gridlock that has impeded progress on Japan's myriad policy challenges may be broken at long last. White House takes aim at Obamacare opposition's economic claims WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The White House on Monday shot back at critics who claim Obamacare is leading to higher healthcare costs, slower job growth and rising numbers of part-time workers, saying the latest economic statistics show none of those effects. Mexican stocks fall 1 pct as America Movil weighs MEXICO CITY, July 29 (Reuters) - Mexico's IPC stock index dropped 1 percent on Monday, dragged down by mogul Carlos Slim's telecoms giant America Movil and cautious trading ahead of key U.S. economic data due this week. Link by Link Historians Seek a Delay in Posting Dissertations The American Historical Association caused a stir by asking universities to allow new Ph.Ds to keep their dissertations from being circulated online for up to six years. Ride on the new Formula One track CNN's Rob Marciano experiences the thrills of the new $400 million Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Karen Dasilva, Joseph Gangitano A Love Set to Elevator Music The couple met in an elevator, and four years later the proposal was delivered in the same elevator. Stem cells What you need to know Here's a look at what you need to know about stem cells. Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf oil spill evidence (Reuters) - Halliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and will pay the maximum possible statutory fine, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday. Bits Blog Why the Surface RT Failed and the iPad Did Not At first glance, the Apple iPad and Microsoft Surface RT tablet computer look somewhat similar. But the Surface RT has not sold well. Heres a theory why. Well In Terms of Injury, Cities Safer Than Country If you want to avoid death by injury, live in a large city a new study has found they are safer than rural areas. UPDATE 1-Canada's CPPIB to buy stake in Brazil's Aliansce for $480 mln TORONTO, July 29 (Reuters) - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, one of the world's biggest pension funds, said on Monday it has agreed to acquire a 27.6 percent stake in Brazil's Aliansce... Mexican stocks fall 1 pct as America Movil weighs MEXICO CITY, July 29 (Reuters) - Mexico's IPC stock index dropped 1 percent on Monday, dragged down by mogul Carlos Slim's telecoms giant America Movil and cautious trading ahead of key U.S. economic data due this week. Newman, an Indiana Native, Wins the Brickyard 400 Ryan Newman made a boyhood dream a cool reality, taking the checkered flag to end a 49-race winless streak in front of his home state fans. Fox News interview draws ridicule An interview with religious scholar Reza Aslan has Twitter in a tizzy. CNN's Leone Lakhani explains. Shark attack claims Brazilian teen's life As lifeguards approached to pull a drowning Brazilian teenager from the water, she suffered a second, fatal misfortune -- a shark attack. Stolen jewels worth nearly $136M The value of jewelry stolen from an exhibition in the French resort city of Cannes on Sunday is close to $136 million -- more than twice the amount stated in earlier reports -- the Nice prosecutor's office told CNN Monday. Quebec orders MMA Railway, World Fuel to pay for crash cleanup * July 6 crash killed 47, destroyed center of Lac Megantic Martinez, Coach With Marlins, Is Said to Be Abusive Tino Martinez, who won four World Series playing with the Yankees, resigned as the Marlins hitting coach after players complaints that he had verbally abused them became public. Tunisia protests over assassination An opposition lawmaker's assassination touches off huge protests in Tunisia. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports. Harlem Stage Prepares to Export Its Own Opera Harlem Stage is banking on Makandal its first opera commission and an ambitious, contemporary work revolving around the leader of an 18th-century slave revolt in Haiti to raise its international profile. Syrian regime Forces take over key rebel stronghold The Syrian regime says it has taken over a rebel stronghold in Homs, inflicting a strategic and psychological blow to rebels in the country's 2-year-long crisis. Pakistan pulls 'immoral' condom commercial off air ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has pulled a condom commercial off the air following more than 1,000 complaints that its broadcast was immoral during the fasting month of Ramadan. Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased. Parted by Korean War, united by hope This South Korean couple has spent many of the past 60 years believing the other was dead. He was held prisoner by the North, she lived in the South. EU to clear US Airways, American $11 bln merger - sources BRUSSELS, July 29 (Reuters) - AMR Corp's American Airlines and US Airways will secure EU regulatory approval for their $11 billion merger after agreeing to surrender slots at Heathrow and... U.S. intends to send two Guantanamo detainees to Algeria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Friday it plans to repatriate two inmates to Algeria from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, resuming the transfer of detainees from the controversial prison for the first time in nearly a year. Can horn sales save the rhino? South Africa wants to sell some of its $1 billion of stockpiled rhino horns. But will it end poaching, or just encourage the slaughter?

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