A Cricket Australia doctor says Shane Warne’s death was a long time coming due to the spin king’s lifestyle, but still came as a shock. Dr. Peter Brukner reminisced about the talented legspinner on Triple M Breakfast with Basil and Xav on Wednesday. He told the Perth hosts Basil Zempilas and Xavier Ellis that Warne’s death at 52 was hastened by a combination of a longstanding smoking... 

Russian Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, drove a holy icon around the streets of Moscow in a procession of cars on Friday. The icon of the Virgin Mary was driven 109 kilometers (68 miles) and was brought to a cathedral in Moscow for a service. Christianity is the defacto, unofficial ideology of the Russia state. Interesting to see how it plays out in real life. Transcript: Patriarch...