REUTERS - Kevin Kisner put a mediocre links record aside and surged to the first-round lead with a five-under-par 66 at the British Open at a fiery fast and baked-out Carnoustie on Thursday (July 19). On a day when some of the game's less famous outplayed the big names, Kisner earned a one-stroke...

REUTERS - The musical world of "Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again" is expected to take the top spot at the North American box office when it opens this weekend with expected ticket sales of $38 million from Friday (July 20) to Sunday (July 22), according to box office monitoring site www.boxofficepro.com....

REUTERS - Comcast dropped its $66 billion bid for Twenty-First Century Fox's entertainment assets on Thursday (July 19) but said it would still try to buy European broadcaster Sky Plc to increase its international footprint. Comcast's withdrawal is a concession to Walt Disney, which last month sw...

REUTERS - Berlin prosecutors told reporters on Thursday (July 19) that 77 properties had been seized in a potentially wide-reaching money laundering case. The investigation stems from an investigation in 2014, of a bank robbery in the German capital. The properties, which are worth an estimate...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Chairman of the Elections Commission Mahinda Deshapriya said the electoral list for 2018 will be certified on the 5th of October this year. He added that the completed electoral lists must be handed over to Grama Niladhari officers before the 10th of August. Appeals can be...