#winning

7:35am, 8th May, 2019

South Africa's ANC seen winning election but support sliding

The African National Congress faced its toughest electoral test on Wednesday as it sought to reverse a slide in support from voters frustrated by graft and racial inequalities a generation after it won power in South Africa's first all-race poll...

Ambassadors designated by Venezuela's Guaido meet in Colombia on winning over China and Russia

10:45am, 27th April, 2019

World

Ambassadors designated by Venezuela's Guaido meet in Colombia on winning over China and Russia

Ambassadors designated by Juan Guaido, the Venezuelan opposition leader recognized by most Western nations as the country's president, are meeting on Saturday in Colombia to discuss how to win the support of China and Russia, staunch allies of P...

Winning ticket sold in Wisconsin for U.S. Powerball $768 million lottery jackpot

8:43am, 28th March, 2019

US

Winning ticket sold in Wisconsin for U.S. Powerball $768 million lottery jackpot

A winning ticket was sold in Wisconsin for a $768 million Powerball lottery jackpot, the third largest in history, lottery officials said after the draw on Wednesday night.

Winning numbers for Powerball's $688 million jackpot drawn

2:45pm, 28th October, 2018

US

Winning numbers for Powerball's $688 million jackpot drawn

The winning numbers for the estimated $687.8 million Powerball jackpot, the fourth largest in the lottery's history, were drawn Saturday night.

One winning lottery ticket sold in U.S. for $1.6 billion jackpot - lottery official

5:38am, 24th October, 2018

US

One winning lottery ticket sold in U.S. for $1.6 billion jackpot - lottery official

Only one ticket matches all six numbers in the Mega Millions lottery draw in the United States for a jackpot worth a record-setting $1.6 billion, a lottery official said early on Wednesday.

Nobel prize winning author V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85 - BBC

7:21pm, 11th August, 2018

UK

Nobel prize winning author V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85 - BBC

Trinidad-born British author V.S. Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001, has died at his home in London aged 85, the BBC reported on Saturday.

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa calls for unity after winning presidential election

1:18am, 3rd August, 2018

World

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa calls for unity after winning presidential election

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday he was humbled to be elected and called for unity after a poll marred by the deaths of six people in an army crackdown on opposition protests.

Stephens gets hardcourt campaign off to winning start

1:54pm, 1st August, 2018

Politics

Stephens gets hardcourt campaign off to winning start

Sloane Stephens began the build-up to her U.S. Open title defense with a 7-5 6-4 win over wildcard Bethanie Mattek-Sands back on the American hardcourts at the Citi Open in Washington, DC on Tuesday.

Exit polls show Mexico's Lopez Obrador winning election; rivals concede

9:28pm, 1st July, 2018

World

Exit polls show Mexico's Lopez Obrador winning election; rivals concede

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leftist outsider Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico's presidential election handily on Sunday, exit polls showed, setting the stage for a government that will inherit tense relations with Washington and the scrutiny o...

After winning Brexit compromise, UK's pro-EU rebels fear betrayal

2:07pm, 13th June, 2018

UK

After winning Brexit compromise, UK's pro-EU rebels fear betrayal

LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-EU lawmakers threatened on Wednesday to withdraw their support for Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy if she does not follow through on concessions they thought they had been promised.