Russia made history as they beat Sweden to reach the World Women's Curling Championship final for the first time. Taking to the ice for Saturday evening's sole semi-final at the Capital Gymnasium in...
Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office on Friday evening in an unfamiliar position -- having to own failure. His health care reform, his very first significant legislative proposal, had fallen at the...
Nick is usually known as a lawyer in Detroit but when he travels the world's electronic music festivals he takes on a new persona -- he shaves tribal figures into his hair and sprinkles glitter over...
Pro-democracy activists and hundreds of supporters marched in Hong Kong Saturday ahead of a vote for the city's next leader which they reject as a sham. Hong Kong's next chief executive will be...
More than 250 people have been killed so far in this rainy season as floods have left remote communities isolated. ZIMBABWE'S FLOODS Tropical Storm Dineo made landfall in Mozambique in February It...
Sydney's Opera House and Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness Saturday to mark Earth Hour, as global landmarks began dimming their lights to draw attention to climate change. Millions of people from...
A retired ballet dancer flipped the bird to her former profession on Saturday, making her Tokyo Fashion Week debut by laying bare the pain behind the beauty of classical dance. Chika Kisada fused...
Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, has finalised preparations to launch flights to three new destinations – Victoria Falls, Oslo and Antananarivo – within three days from March...
A Chinese real estate investment firm has announced it has become the largest shareholder in SeaWorld and intends to import the US company's controversial theme parks into China. The Zhonghong Zhuoye...
Pascal Wehrlein withdrew Saturday from the Sauber team for this weekend's season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne citing a back problem. The German said he did not feel fit...
Germany has called on the European Commission to back its steelmakers by insisting on global trade rules in a dispute with US competitors over alleged German price dumping on the embattled US market....
The market for electric cars and hybrids grew by 37 percent in 2016. BMW has made e-car production a priority, and now enjoys a market share of 7 percent, behind Tesla and market leader BYD from...
United Nations peacekeeping missions, under threat from budget cuts if Washington's promise to slash its UN spending goes ahead, are already costing as little as possible, a UN official said Friday....
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with NATO members next week in Brussels, officials said Friday, as alliance diplomats struggled to reschedule a key meeting. The transatlantic alliance's...
China is currently an economic giant in Africa and gradually taking control of Africa’s economy, Esther Armah, an international journalist and lecturer at Webster University, has stated. According...
A "breathing" Fidel Castro is among several ex-communist leaders gathered in Hong Kong this week -- one of the world's centres of capitalism -- as part of a cheeky exhibition at Art Basel. Lifelike...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the central bank is set to announce a new Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), on Monday March 27, 2017, with the prime objective of ensuring price stability and low...
Hong Kong said Friday it would recall Brazilian meat from 21 processing plants under investigation over a rotten meat scandal. The city, which is the biggest market for Brazilian beef, already issued...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the central bank is set to announce a new Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), on Monday March 27, 2017, with the prime objective of ensuring price stability and low...
Chinese fans and state-run media heaped praise on coach Marcello Lippi on Friday after a stunning win over South Korea kept their World Cup qualifying campaign alive. "Thanks Lippi," gushed state...
