Europe

Pioneers Of High-Quality Near Beer Are Banking On Non-Drinking Binges

8:00am November 15, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

Even if you're staying sober, sometimes you might just miss the taste of a really good beer. But the market for high-end booze-free brews has gone largely untapped. That's starting to change.

World News

Russia To Require Foreign Media To Register As Foreign Agents

5:11am November 15, 2017

by Lucian Kim

The Russian parliament is expected to amend the country's media law on Wednesday to allow the Kremlin to register international media outlets as "foreign agents."

World News

Nonprofit Has Tracked 33,000 Lives Lost In 24 Years Of Attempts To Reach E.U.

11:31pm November 14, 2017

For decades, a network of volunteers has been tracking refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants who have died trying to cross the borders of the European Union.

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Scrabble Champion Banned From Professional Competition After Accusations Of Cheating

5:03pm November 14, 2017

Allan Simmons has been accused of cheating in a professional Scrabble Championship in June. The former British Scrabble champion has now been banned from professional competition after he was found to have peeked at the tiles he was drawing.

World News

After Avoiding The Country For Decades, Tourists Are Now Flocking To Northern Ireland

5:03pm November 14, 2017

by Frank Langfitt

For decades, Northern Ireland was synonymous with violence from the conflict known as the "Troubles." In recent years, though, it's enjoyed a tourism renaissance due to a state-of-the-art museum devoted to the Titanic, which was built in Belfast, and the popularity of HBO's Game of Thrones series — which is shot along the coast north of the city.

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Allan Simmons, then 51, competes in the final of the U.K.'s National Scrabble Championships in London in 2008, which he would go on to win.

He Wrote The Book(s) On Scrabble. But Has He Been Playing By The Letter Of The Law?

4:43pm November 14, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The Association of British Scrabble Players doesn't think so. Suspecting cheating, the group temporarily banned Allan Simmons, who has written advice books and ranks highly worldwide.

Sports

Italy Misses World Cup Qualifier For First Time Since 1958

4:36pm November 14, 2017

After a loss to Sweden Monday night, Italy will miss the World Cup for the first time since 1958. Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who played in his last international game, was in tears and La Gazzetta Dello Sport said for "Italy, this is the Apocalypse."

Italian national team players slump in dejection at the end of their World Cup qualifying match against Sweden on Monday. The 0-0 draw killed the four-time world champions' hopes of a spot in the 2018 tournament.

Powerhouse Italy Copes With The 'Indelible Stain' Of Missing The World Cup

12:51pm November 14, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Slide over, Americans: You've got company on the sidelines of the 2018 World Cup. A draw with Sweden denied the four-time world champs a bid, leaving Italians to grapple with "the apocalypse."

RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan is seen with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kremlin's first deputy chief of staff, Alexei Gromov, as they marked RT's 10th anniversary in Moscow in 2015.

TV Company Linked To Russia's RT America Registers As Foreign Agent In U.S.

12:29pm November 14, 2017

by Bill Chappell

In the filing, RT America's production company said it wasn't sure how much of its funding comes from Russia.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May speaks as Charles Bowman, Lord Mayor of the City of London, listens during the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall, in the square mile financial district of the City of London on Monday.

World News

Russia Using Disinformation To 'Sow Discord In West,' Britain's Prime Minister Says

10:02am November 14, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Theresa May, delivering what has been described as a major foreign policy address, warned the Kremlin that its campaign to "weaponize information" will not succeed.