US pharma giants Merck and Pfizer have announced encouraging results for oral drugs, while an anti-depressant has also shown promise in what could open up a new chapter in the fight against the pandemic. What are these treatments ? They are pills ta...

Houston fire chief Samuel Pena said the incident began at around 9 pm when "the crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage". "That caused some panic and it started causing some injuries, people began to fall out, become unconscious and ...

Wright played Shuri in 2018's acclaimed "Black Panther", set in the scientifically advanced but reclusive fictional African nation Wakanda. The movie, which has a predominantly Black cast, became a cultural milestone, grossing $1.3 billion and bein...

The Knicks outscored the Bucks 94-60 over the final three quarters to snap a two-game losing skid in front of a crowd of 17,300 at the Fiserv Forum. "Obviously, you don't want to get down like we did, but we did," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. "...

After years of delays and a near-doubling of construction costs, a train eased out of Cat Linh station, close to the centre of the city, to begin its 13-kilometre journey towards the densely populated east. "I decided to give this a try because I w...

Organisers and police said they expected up to 50,000 people in the streets of the Scottish city as part of about 200 protests worldwide demanding immediate action for communities already hit by the fallout of our heating planet. Delegates from nea...

The four members of the Crew-2 mission, including a French and a Japanese astronaut, will therefore return to Earth before the arrival of a replacement crew, whose take-off was delayed several times due to unfavorable weather conditions. NASA said ...

But the history of the game is littered with tales of youthful prodigies who never made an impact at senior level. That cannot be said of Buttler, whose batting exploits in the United Arab Emirates have been behind 50-over world champions England's...

The Spaniard left Camp Nou to play for Al Sadd in 2015, after making 767 appearances for the Catalan club, which included winning eight La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues. "It's time to come home. Welcome, Xavi," Barca tweeted. "It wasn't ...

From Monday to Thursday, some 400 members of the Communist Party's all-powerful Central Committee gather in Beijing behind closed doors. The only such meeting this year paves the way to its 20th party congress next autumn -- at which Xi is widely e...

In the weeks since the murder, a senior member of the now-shellshocked volunteer group that Ullah headed has received phone calls telling him he'll be next. And he's not alone. "They can hunt you down the way they have brazenly shot dead our leader...

The Spaniard left Camp Nou to play for Al Sadd in 2015, after making 767 appearances for the Catalan club, which included winning eight La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues. "It's time to come home. Welcome, Xavi," Barca tweeted. "It wasn't go...

Veteran jockey Mike Smith became one of the oldest Juvenile race winners at age 56. He guided Corniche to the victory ahead of runner-up Pappacap and Giant Game who finished third in the race whose winner is tabbed as the horse to watch heading into...

"It's not a stunt. It's not a game, a hunger strike, it's not a light thing," Richard Ratcliffe told AFP on Friday during a vigil held to support his fast, which he started on Sunday, October 24 outside the Foreign Office in London. "The status quo...

The 22-year-old runner-up at the 2020 US Open stood on 13-under 129 after 36 holes at El Camaleon, where he set a course record Thursday with a 61 to lead by two. Wolff, who won his only US PGA title at the 2019 3M Open, contended again at this yea...