Lotto fever strikes US as jackpot swells
Washington. Americans by the droves plunked down their cash Saturday for a chance at fulfilling a feverish dream: winning an estimated $600 million Powerball lottery jackpot, AFP reported.

46% of UK voters wnat to quit the EU: Sunday Telegraph
London. Nearly half of all voters want Britain to leave the European Union, according to a new ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph. Asked if they wanted the UK to remain part of the EU, 46% of respondents asnwered "no".

Probe opened into US train crash, major disruption seen: AFP
Washington. US officials opened an investigation Saturday into a rush-hour collision between two commuter trains that injured 70 passengers and severed a key rail link in the northeastern United States, AFP reports.