Former Test fast bowler Ryan Harris will join Australia's coaching staff for this month's tour of South Africa, Cricket Australia said on Friday.
	   Harris, 36, will work as a bowling coach alongside newly appointed team assistant coach David Saker.
	   Harris, who took 113 wickets in 27 Tests as a swing bowler, retired last year with persistent knee problems, and was Australia's Under-19 coach last season.
	   "It's great experience to learn from David Saker and Darren Lehmann, I'm really just going to sit back and watch and learn," Harris said.
	   "Eventually I'd like to work my way to the top and become a bowling coach of the Australian team one day. Just like playing, you have to earn your stripes and learn the ropes."
	   Head coach Lehmann said he was excited to have Harris on board in a coaching role.
	   "It's a win-win having two experienced coaches in Ryan and David Saker being able to nurture our young group and we expect a positive response both on and off the field," ...

Harris joins Australia's coaching ranks for SAfrica

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Oil prices edged up today on bargain-buying and a weaker dollar after another slump fuelled by a surge in US stockpiles and worries about an upcoming meeting to tackle a global supply glut.
	Both main contracts slumped more than three per cent yesterday after Russia suggested it may not be necessary to limit production, denting hopes for its gathering with OPEC in Algeria this month.
	The losses meant crude had lost a tenth of its value from its August highs, making it ripe for traders looking for bargains.
	At about 0330 GMT the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in October was up 27 cents, or 0.63 per cent, at USD 43.43 and Brent crude for November climbed 32 cents, or 0.70 per cent, to USD 45.77.
	Traders now have their eyes on the release later today of US jobs figures, which will be pored over for an idea about what the Federal Reserve plans to do with interest rates.
	Expectations for a hike in borrowing costs have swirled since last Friday when Fed boss ...

Oil rebounds in Asia after steep falls

Lionel Messi marked his return from short-lived international retirement with the only goal as 10-man Argentina defeated Uruguay 1-0 to score a crucial 2018 World Cup qualifying victory.
	Messi, who had dramatically announced the end of his international career in June following Argentina's Copa America Centenario final defeat to Chile, scored via a deflected shot in the 42nd minute to spark wild celebrations in Mendoza's Estadio Malvinas.
	The victory -- the first under the reign of new coach Edgardo Bauza -- catapulted Argentina into first place in South America's marathon round-robin qualifying campaign with 14 points after seven games.
	But Argentina was made to work hard for the victory, playing the second half with only 10 men after young Juventus striker Paulo Dybala was sent off just before half-time after a second yellow card. Dybala was led off the field in tears following the dismissal.
     Uruguay had named a powerful looking starting line-up, with Messi's Barcelona ...

Messi strikes back as Argentina sink Uruguay

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur made it clear some members of his one-day side were on borrowed time after another defeat by England raised fears the team might not qualify automatically for the 2019 World Cup.
	England beat Pakistan by four wickets at Headingley yesterday to go 4-0 up in a five-match one-day international series.
     Once England had restricted Pakistan to a modest 247 for eight, with only skipper Azhar Ali (80) and Imad Wasim (57 not out) getting beyond 24 for the tourists in this day/night fixture, it was always going to take a remarkable display in the field to prevent a home win.
	Mohammad Irfan rocked England with two early wickets but, much too Arthur's annoyance, the giant paceman only bowled half of his alloted 10 overs because of a calf problem.
	Pakistan started this series ninth in the International Cricket Council ODI rankings, with only tournament hosts England and the top seven in the standings come the end of September next year qualifying automatically .

Arthur issues Pakistan one-day warning

Jonny Bairstow is determined to nail down a place in England's one-day team after his latest 'supersub' display helped condemn Pakistan to a defeat on his Headingley home ground.
	First-choice Test wicket-keeper Bairstow was only told he was playing by England coach Trevor Bayliss just over half an hour before the start of yesterday's match after regular one-day gloveman Jos Buttler suffered a hamstring injury in the warm-up.
	Bairstow responded with an assured display behind the stumps.
	He then made a brisk 61 and helped Ben Stokes (69) add 103 for the fifth wicket as England, who had stumbled to 72 for four chasing a target of 248, eventually won by four wickets to go 4-0 up in this five-match series.
	Last year Bairstow guided England to a one-day series clinching win over New Zealand -- a key-staging post in their recovery from a dismal first-round exit at the 2015 World Cup -- with an unbeaten 83 at Chester-le-Street after Buttler was ruled out with a hand injury.
	There has ...

Bairstow wants one-day role for keeps

World number two Andy Murray made himself heard at the US Open, downing tenacious Spaniard Marcel Granollers in straight sets to reach the third round.
	With pounding rain creating a din under the new USD 150 million roof of the Arthur Ashe stadium, Murray battled through a tense first set to triumph 6-4 6-1 6-4 here yesterday.
	"We're lucky that we get to play under the roof because otherwise there'd be no tennis," said Murray, whose match went on as all action stopped on the outside courts. "It's good for everyone."
	But in the 22,000-seat stadium, the acoustics of the roof are proving problematic, and Murray admitted the echoing noise made things difficult.
	"It was tough, you couldn't really hear the ball at all," said Murray, who is trying to become just the fourth man to reach all four Grand Slam finals in the same year.
	His consistency in the majors paid off with a second Wimbledon title in July, a victory followed by a second straight Olympic gold in Rio.
	He looked on his ...

Murray muscles through to US Open third round

Pace pair Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will be rested for this month's one-day international series in South Africa, Cricket Australia said today.
	Starc and Hazlewood would be stood down to allow them time to refresh ahead of the Australian summer season, CA said.
	"Mitchell and Josh have had big tours of Sri Lanka and have a heavy workload ahead of them with ten Tests to be played this (domestic) summer," chief selector Rod Marsh said.
	"As such, it is important they are managed appropriately and we believe missing the tour of South Africa is the right time for them to take a break."
	Marsh added that this would serve as a good opportunity for up-and-coming fast bowlers to push for selection.
	Marsh said that with a number of bowlers returning from injury, it was important for the national team to continue to build up a battery of quality fast-bowlers.
	Earlier this week Australian paceman Nathan Coulter-Nile was ruled out for an indefinite spell after returning home early from 

Starc, Hazlewood to miss SAfrica ODI series

The last US maker of cluster bombs will cease producing the controversial weapons, which are banned by most governments because of their capacity to kill or maim civilians.
	In a little-noticed announcement Tuesday, the Rhode Island-based aerospace company Textron said it would no longer be making its "Sensor Fuzed Weapon" -- the trade name for its cluster bomb -- because of falling sales.
	The bomb "is a smart, reliable air-to-ground weapon that is in full compliance with the US Defense Department policy and current law," Textron spokesman David Sylvestre said in a statement to AFP on yesterday.
	"However, in light of reduced product orders, we have decided to refocus our business to meet the future needs of our customers."
	An earlier announcement from the firm said the change would result in an unspecified number of job cuts.
	A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said the "current political environment" had made it tough to gain US approval for foreign sales.
	In ...

Last US cluster-bomb maker to cease production

Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels has said their forces were respecting a ceasefire aimed at halting a recent spike in violence in time for the start of the new school year.
	The warring sides agreed yesterday their latest temporary truce on August 26 in Minsk, the Belarussian capital where a February 2015 peace deal was signed with the help of the leaders of Germany and France.
	But that agreement and the subsequent series of temporary truces have done little to halt a 28-month war that has claimed nearly 9,600 lives and driven about two million people from their homes.
	The previous ceasefire announcement in April was later followed by two months of what monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) described as fighting that approached a full-scale war.
	Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement that the September 1 truce "was holding as of 12:05 pm (0905 GMT)".
	Militia commander Eduard Basurin confirmed on the rebels' official news site 

Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels say truce holding

Dallas police chief David Brown, who came under the spotlight for his response to the fatal ambush of five officers in the US city, has announced his retirement.
	Chief Brown will step down on October 22, ending a 33-year career which saw him emerge as a national figure as the Texas city reeled from last month's deadly attack.
	Brown was thrust into public view after a gunman shot and killed five officers in Dallas on July 7, just as a crowd of peaceful protesters was concluding a march against deadly police shootings of black Americans.
	Addressing a press conference in the assault's aftermath, Brown, who is black, was asked how people could help Dallas. "Serve your communities," he said.
	"We're hiring," Brown said, "Get off that protest line and put an application in."
	Following that call, the Dallas Police Department reported an "unprecedented" 344 percent surge in applications to join the force.
	Brown's own story encapsulates the painful tensions surrounding policing, race and .

Dallas police chief, face of city's tragedy, to retire

England beat Pakistan by four wickets to win the fourth one-day international at Headingley today and so go 4-0 up in the five-match series.
	England, chasing a target of 248, finished on 252 for six with 12 balls to spare.
	They were in trouble at 72 for four before a fifth-wicket stand of 103 between Ben Stokes (69) and Jonny Bairstow (61) got their innings back on track.
	Moeen Ali (45 not out) ended the match by driving Azhar Ali, the Pakistan captain, for six.
	Pakistan were held to 247 for eight after winning the toss.
	Azhar made 80 and Imad Wasim 57 not out in an innings where the next best score was Sami Aslam's 24.
	Leg-spinner Adil Rashid took three for 47.
	The series concludes with a day game in Cardiff on Sunday.

Cricket England beat Pakistan in 4th ODI, lead series 4-0

Completed scoreboard in the fourth one-day international between England and Pakistan at Headingley today:
	   Pakistan
	   Sami Aslam c Stokes b Plunkett               24
	   Sharjeel Khan c Stokes b Jordan              16
	   Azhar Ali c Willey b Rashid                  80
	   Babar Azam c Plunkett b Ali                  12
	   Sarfraz Ahmed c Plunkett b Rashid            12
	   Mohammad Rizwan lbw b Rashid                  6
	   Mohammad Nawaz st Bairstow b Ali             13
	   Imad Wasim not out                           57
	   Hasan Ali c Root b Jordan                     9
	   Umar Gul not out                              6
	   Extras (lb3, w6, nb3)                        12
	   Total (8 wkts, 50 overs)                    247
	   Did not bat: Mohammad Irfan
	   Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Sharjeel), 2-61 (Aslam), 3-110 (Babar), 4-136 (Ahmed), 5-152 (Rizwan), 6-169 (Azhar), 7-180 (Nawaz), 8-236 (Hasan)
	   Bowling: Willey 8-2-40-0; Jordan 9-1-42-2 (1nb, 1w); Stokes 4-0-15-0 (2w); ...

Cricket: England v Pakistan 4th ODI scoreboard

Two US astronauts aboard the International Space Station successfully completed a spacewalk today to make repairs and install new equipment.
	"NASA astronauts completed all planned tasks + a few extra," the US space agency said on Twitter.
	Americans Jeff Williams, 58, and Kate Rubins, 37, completed their mission at 18.41 GMT after six hours and 48 minutes in space.
	It was their first time in space in nearly two weeks. At that time, they attached an international docking adaptor in anticipation of increased private spaceship traffic.
	This time, Williams and Rubins retracted one of the thermal radiators outside the space station. Astronauts unsuccessfully tried to push it back into position last year.
	They also "installed two enhanced high definition cameras on the station's truss and tightened bolts on a joint that enables one of the station's solar arrays to rotate," NASA said.
	The cameras will be used to monitor spaceships transporting freight and astronauts.
	The mission was ...

US astronauts complete spacewalk for ISS maintenance

Rebels and jihadists battled pro-government forces in the central Syrian province of Hama today as the country's UN envoy warned that more people could be forcibly evacuated from towns besieged by the regime.
	The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said at least 25 civilians, including children, were killed in government air strikes as fighting raged in Hama, south of the opposition-held Idlib province.
	Anti-government groups, which include jihadists and Sunni Islamists, launched an offensive in Hama on Monday aimed at retaking its airport, where regime helicopters fly regular sorties against opposition fighters.
	"They are about 10 kilometres from the airport" in Hama, Syria's fourth-largest city, said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman, whose group relies on a broad network of sources inside Syria.
	The rebels are also likely seeking to ease pressure on opposition fighters in the battleground second city of Aleppo by distracting regime forces ahead of mooted ..

Syria rebel gains as UN raps govt evacuation 'strategy'

World oil prices barrelled even lower today with sentiment weighed down by a sharp rise in US crude stockpiles, dealers said.
	At 17.00 GMT, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery shed USD 1.24 to USD 43.47 per barrel.
	Brent North Sea crude for November delivery lost USD 1.19 to USD 45.70 a barrel compared with yesterday's close.
	"There has been a lot of momentum selling from yesterday, which I would now expect to ease as the dollar is coming under a bit of pressure and oil prices are nearing key technical levels," Forex.Com analyst Fawad Razaqzada told AFP.
	"Ahead of the OPEC meeting (due later this month)... I am expecting to see a volatile range-bound trading environment," he added.
	The market had already plunged yesterday after the US Department of Energy (DoE) said commercial inventories in the world's top consumer last week rose to 525.9 million barrels - and were now 16 percent higher than the same period last year.
	The figures, which came despite a dip .

Oil market losses deepen

A Danish man with alleged ties to terrorist groups was charged today with attempted murder after shooting at police conducting a drug raid in Copenhagen, seriously injuring one of them.
	"He apparently has ties to (militant Islamist group) Millatu Ibrahim and sympathies for IS," police said in a statement of the 25-year-old man, referring to the Islamic State group.
	Saying the man was a Danish citizen who had come to the country from Bosnia when he was four years old, police said there was "currently no evidence that (his alleged IS sympathies) has influenced the shooting incidents."
	Local media named the man as Mesa Hodzic.
	During yesterday's shoot-out in Christiania, a self-governing commune in the capital with a long history of openly trading drugs, another police officer and a civilian were shot in the leg.
	After fleeing the scene the man was arrested early today in a suburban area near Copenhagen's airport.
	He was unable to appear in court because of gunshot injuries ...

Danish IS 'sympathiser' arrested over drug raid shoot-out

The United States (US) announced a long list of fresh sanctions today aimed at Russia over its continuing support for Ukraine's rebels and the 2014 seizure of Crimea.
	The new list took aim at a key unit of Bank Rossiya, often called the personal bank of Russian president Vladimir Putin, and some of Russia's largest construction companies.
	It included 17 Ukrainian separatists, 11 of them officials of the government Russia established in Crimea after illegally annexing the northern Black Sea peninsula in 2014.
	And it also blacklisted a large number of Russian companies operating in Crimea, including major maritime and defense businesses.
	The sanctions aim to lock those blacklisted out of global financial networks, thereby limiting their ability to do business, by banning any US entities and individuals from doing business with them.
	That would impact not only US banks but also the US branches of foreign banks, making it difficult for them to serve the sanctioned firms.
	The US ...

US expands Russia sanctions over Ukraine conflict

Facebook Messenger today added the ability to stream live video, adding a feature enjoyed by fans of rival application Snapchat.
	Instant Video lets people broadcast real-time video in Messenger text exchanges, according to a Facebook blog post.
	"It's perfect for sharing quick moments with friends who aren't right by your side or making your conversations richer by seeing each other face-to-face when you are messaging," Facebook said of the Instant Video feature.
	Instant video was available in the latest version of the Messenger application on mobile devices powered by Apple or Android software.
	People using Messenger can tap on a video icon to begin sharing real-time video, with the sound turned off by default but easily turned on.
	"Instant Video is a reflection of the ubiquity of video - we simply expect to have that ability in real-time, all the time," Facebook said.
	The feature also matches one offered in rival Snapchat, the vanishing message service that became a hit with ...

Facebook Messenger adds live video broadcasting

Impeached Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff filed a Supreme Court challenge today to her removal from office in an early blow to new President Michel Temer's bid to stabilise the country.
	The appeal, filed by Rousseff's lawyer Jose Eduardo Cardozo and seen by AFP, demands "the immediate suspension of the effects of the Senate decision."
	The Senate voted yesterday to convict Rousseff on charges of having illegally manipulated government accounts, stripping her of her office and replacing her with Temer, her bitter enemy and former vice president.
	Cardozo's appeal asks for "a new trial" during which Temer - who was sworn in as president up until the end of 2018 - would be downgraded to interim president.
	Temer is now in China, attending a G20 summit, while Rousseff remains in the Alvorada presidential palace in Brasilia. She is expected to leave shortly for her personal apartment in the southern city of Porto Alegre.
	Rousseff was convicted by a two-thirds Senate majority of taking 

Brazil's Rousseff appeals against losing presidency

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor today welcomed Colombia's peace deal with FARC rebels, but called for "genuine" prosecution of perpetrators of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
	"The peace agreement acknowledges the central place for victims in the process and their legitimate aspirations for justice," Fatou Bensouda said.
	"These aspirations must be fully addressed, including by ensuring that the perpetrators of serious crimes are genuinely brought to justice," Bensouda said in a statement, issued from the ICC's headquarters in The Hague.
	Former ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo in 2006 opened a preliminary probe into Colombia's violent struggle between its military, guerrillas and paramilitary forces during the 52-year conflict.
	Its aim was to check whether a full-blown ICC investigation was justified as a result of Colombian courts being unable or unwilling to try crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide that may have been committed in the .

ICC welcomes Colombia peace deal, urges prosecutions

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand today, the US Geological Survey said.
	The tremor was estimated at a depth of around 30 kilometres some 167 kilometres from Gisborne -- off the coast of the country's north island -- according to the agency.

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