Captain Alun Wyn Jones said on Friday the goal for this weekend's trip to France was to claim a maiden Six Nations Grand Slam for coach Wayne Pivac and not to add another to his personal haul. Jones, 35, can clinch a fourth clean sweep in the longe...

The White House announced Friday that President Joe Biden was tapping Bill Nelson, a former Democratic senator for Florida who once flew on a Space Shuttle and helped craft key space legislation as his NASA chief. The nomination appears to confirm ...

Political reform, racism, transgender rights -- the audio app Clubhouse has unleashed unbridled debates about topics deemed dangerously sensitive in Saudi Arabia, but surveillance fears have spooked users in the authoritarian state. Banned by the c...

EU chiefs on Friday pressed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a "sustained de-escalation", as the neighbours seek to mend ties after a spike in tensions over the eastern Mediterranean. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and...

A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli soldiers when clashes erupted during a demonstration in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said. "A citizen who was shot in the head with live ammunition died," the minis...

England defence coach John Mitchell has urged the team to ignore their four-Test winning run against Ireland and prepare instead for a ferocious Six Nations clash in Dublin on Saturday. This weekend's fixture at Lansdowne Road marks the final outin...

Rio de Janeiro's mayor said Friday he was closing the Brazilian city's famed beaches for the weekend and banning bus arrivals in a bid to contain a surge of Covid-19. Mayor Eduardo Paes said the situation in the iconic beach city was "very critical...

The International Criminal Court has given Israel and the Palestinians one month to ask the tribunal to postpone its war crimes investigation, provided they can prove they are carrying out their own probes. The ICC's chief prosecutor announced on M...

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho said he has never experienced a similar feeling to the pain of crashing out of the Europa League to Dinamo Zagreb on Thursday. Spurs took a 2-0 first leg lead to the Croatian capital, but a hat-trick of excellent fin...

France's health regulator recommended Friday that only people aged 55 and over be administered AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine due to reports of blood clots, while giving the green light to resume its use after a brief suspension. The regulator said...

Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman was permanently struck off the medical register on Friday after being found guilty of ordering banned testosterone. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal found last week that Freeman ord...

A museum dedicated to the history of Paris denied Friday that it is dropping the use of Roman numerals for the names of kings and emperors, which had caused uproar in Italy. Amid concern that Louis XIV had suddenly been renamed Louis 14, the Carna...

Twitter on Friday began a survey of global users about platform rules for world leaders while consulting human rights and academic specialists on its next policy steps. The announcement comes after Twitter joined other social networks banning then-...

Manchester United have agreed a five-year deal with TeamViewer to become their principal shirt sponsor from next season. The German-based remote software firm will replace car manufacturers Chevrolet, who have been the English giants' main shirt sp...

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin arrived in India Friday for the first face-to-face meetings between New Delhi and the Biden administration, with shared alarm about China set to figure highly. India is a key US ally in the region and the visit comes hot...