The 50-year-old Smith, who was axed by Villa on November 7 after five successive defeats, takes over at Carrow Road on a two-and-a-half-year contract, the club said. Smith succeeds Daniel Farke, who was sacked on November 6 with Norwich rooted to t...

Tour operators said, however, that demand was extremely sluggish due to high ticket prices and remaining restrictions on travellers from Britain, China and elsewhere. The country famous for the Taj Mahal, desert palaces and tiger reserves barred al...

On Sunday, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) said in a statement that Peng's claims should be "investigated fully, fairly, transparently and without censorship," after American great Chris Evert had voiced fears for the former Wimbledon and Frenc...

While nearly every country in the world has already partially or fully re-opened their schools to face-to-face learning, the Philippines has kept them closed since March 2020. Kindergarten teacher Zyrex Damayo said he was "a bit nervous" as he gree...

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo have made the Japanese capital the first stop on their separate trips to several countries in Asia. Raimondo held talks with Japan's Trade Minister Koichi Haguida, with the ...

Olympic gold medallist Viktor Axelsen of Denmark is seeded to meet Japan's Momota in the final of this week's Indonesia Masters, which also features Tokyo bronze winner and home favourite Anthony Ginting. But Olympic silver medallist Chen Long will...

The movie could soon cap another unlikely journey, with former "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star Will Smith heavily tipped to win his first Oscar for best actor, as their larger-than-life father, coach and manager. Smith "fell in love with Richard Wil...

Epic had announced two weeks ago that it would shut down the Chinese version of the game on November 15, noting that "Fortnite China's Beta test has reached an end" and that servers would be closed. Chinese players said they could no longer access ...

Young shot 16-of-26 from the floor and made a career-high eight three pointers in his second consecutive game with 30-plus points. "We all know where we want to be at," Young said. "We know we've got to turn it around and get some wins." John Coll...

Epic had announced two weeks ago that it would shut down the Chinese version of the game on November 15, noting that "Fortnite China's Beta test has reached an end" and that servers would be closed. On Monday, Chinese players said they could no lon...

The proposal would threaten the World Heritage listing of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, a marine park the size of Greenland that sits about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii. Covering more than 408,000 square kilometres (158,000 square m...

The Los Angeles Angels star has picked up an array of awards over the past month and is now favourite to win the American League's Most Valuable Player Award. The 27-year-old is following in the footsteps of Ruth by playing as a pitcher and a batte...

Travel restrictions imposed to tackle the pandemic put the brakes on Cambodia's burgeoning tourism industry -- revenue plummeted to $1 billion last year, down from nearly $5 billion in 2019, when the country attracted 6.6 million visitors. Prime Mi...

Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death in 2010 for trafficking a small amount of heroin into Singapore, was originally set to be hanged last week after losing a series of appeals. The execution in the city-state, which has some of the worl...

The world's third-largest emitter teamed up with China to water down language on fossil fuels at the Glasgow conference, forcing a compromise: a climate deal that bound countries to "phase down" but not "phase out" coal use. India's resistance to m...