KOLKATA: One down, five to go!

ANKARA: Japan and Turkey on Friday signed a long-awaited deal to build a sprawling nuclear power plant on Turkey's Black Sea coast, a milestone for the Japanese nuclear industry as it recovers from the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

ISLAMABAD: The party of former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf, facing a series of legal cases over his actions while in power, has said it would boycott Pakistan's May 11 general election.

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have returned 10 children who were abducted and taken from Vietnam.
The ministry of public security said late Friday that Chinese law officials held a ceremony with their Vietnamese counterparts to officially send the children home.

 PUNE: If Chris Gayle doesn't get you, AB de Villiers will. Pune Warriors realized this the hard way as they crashed to a 17-run defeat, their ninth this season and sixth on the trot, against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Gahunje stadium on Thursday.

MUMBAI: The Indian squad for the ICC Champions Trophy will be picked in the city tomorrow. By the looks of it, most players pick themselves and that will only make the task easier for the Sandeep Patil-chaired selection committee.

LONDON: Chelsea crushed FC Basel 3-1 on Thursday for a 5-2 aggregate semi-final victory to secure their place in the Europa League final against Portugal's Benfica later this month in Amsterdam.

 CHENNAI: Suresh Raina proved yet again on Thursday why he is the most successful batsman in this T20 league's brief history. An unbeaten century, his first in six seasons — a 100 not out in 53 balls — ensured Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 15 runs for their seventh straight win.

BEIJING: China's first lady Peng Liyuan has given a boost to the country's fledging cosmetics industry.

BOSTON: The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was the subject of a massive manhunt and died after a gunbattle with police, was claimed on Thursday.