Returning to Russian Federation is the ‘long-term’ goal: Yulia Skripal gives first interview
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters he believed that Yulia Skripal's latest statement had been made under duress. Skripal spoke in Russian and supplied a statement that she said she had written herself in both Russian and English.

Goodbye, Mr 360: AB de Villiers announces retirement from worldwide cricket
South Africa , in their own backyard, were 0-1 down and staring at a first-innings deficit in the second Test of the series. When the team came home in December to play Sri Lanka, de Villiers handed over the captaincy to du Plessis.

Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix preview
Ricciardo was third in Monaco past year , after taking pole and finishing second in 2016, and is aiming to take the final step on Sunday.

Carlo Ancelotti replaces Maurizio Sarri as Napoli coach
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg are still in pole position to secure the services of Sarri but the Blues are monitoring the situation. Ancelotti has an offer of a two year contract with an additional year optional, and a salary of 6.5 million euros per season.

Gwyneth Paltrow reveals Brad Pitt threatened Harvey Weinstein's life
Weinstein stands accused by more than 80 women of sexual harassment or assault. "So what happened was I told Brad right away". The incident weirded out the young actress enough that she chose to tell her famous boyfriend about it.

Mussels in salt water test positive for opioids
The level of oxycodone found in a single mussel was 100 to 500 times smaller than a therapeutic human dose, Lanksbury said. This is the first time that opioids have been detected in Puget Sound mussels, the PSI statement said.

U.S. reached deal to keep Chinese telecom ZTE in business: congressional aide
President Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping has personally asked him to intervene to help ZTE, and he has said that he would. Optical component company Oclaro Inc, which received 18 percent of its fiscal 2017 revenue from ZTE, rose 2.7 percent.

OPEC steps up crude output to nix price rise
Brent crude futures were down 75 cents at $78.82 a barrel by 0940 GMT, while USA crude CLc1 fell 46 cents to $71.74 a barrel. UBS said prices could keep rallying for several reasons, putting the USA economy at risk of entering a recession.

DHS secretary says she's unaware Russia wanted Trump to win
Nielsen, who was sworn in as Homeland Security secretary in December, indicated Tuesday that she was unaware of that assessment. Mark Warner (D-Va.) sent an email to reporters with several links to the intelligence community's findings.

Terrell Owens on cover of Madden NFL 19 Hall of Fame
Additionally, you get 12 Gold Team Fantasy Packs, one Elite Madden 19 cover athlete (TBA), and two All-Madden Uniforms. It's notable that there is no mention of a story mode returning to Madden after it made its debut a year ago .

Ottawa rejects takeover of company with Site C contract
Aecon Group Inc . (TSX: ARE) is a Canadian leader and partner-of-choice in construction and infrastructure development. The Conservatives had been pressing the Trudeau government for a formal national security review of the takeover.

The Ebola Outbreak in the DRC Is on an ‘Epidemiological Knife Edge’
One of the deaths occurred in Mbandaka, according to a daily healthy ministry bulletin. It said it will expand operations for community-based surveillance and safe burials.

Tesla settles class action lawsuit over 'dangerous' Autopilot
Police say data retrieved from the Model S show Lommatzsch did not touch the steering wheel for 80 seconds before the collision. It revealed that she had "manually pressed the vehicle brake pedal fractions of a second prior to the crash".

Notley to skip premiers conference to focus on pipeline deal
Notley said Tuesday she was skipping the meeting because her time was better spent in Edmonton making sure the project goes ahead. Federal government representatives have not indicated whether they will support the bill in the House of Commons, Cousineau said.

Putin says he will step down in 2024 as constitution requires
Macron acknowledged Paris and Moscow disagreed on a range of issues but called for "strong multilateralism". He also railed against the United States applying its laws beyond its borders to punish foreign companies.