The year 2021 was marked by some key international sporting events, including many postponed from 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the highlights were the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Euro football tournament and Lionel Messi's ar...

Omicron has become the main coronavirus strain in France, where the number of new infections has topped 200,000 for two days in a row.

Protesters with black flags gathered at the site after the statue was unveiled this week in the town of Calangute. They expressed anger that authorities had shunned Indian sports stars and chosen a player from Portugal, which granted Goa independen...

Hong Kong lawmakers in 2018 backed a bill opting for a gradual phasing out of the trade -- a move some conservationists at the time criticised as a loophole that could be exploited. The city has been accused of playing an oversized role in the in...

A church band, which included a preschooler trumpeter, performed outside the church as the cortège pulled up to bring back the modest pinewood coffin containing one of the titans of South Africa's history. Tutu's successor, Thabo Makgoba, waved a ...

With energy prices already on the rise and tensions higher than ever between Europe and key gas supplier Russia, the closure of the plants in Brokdorf, Grohnde and Gundremmingen could well tighten the squeeze. The move will halve remaining nuclear ...

Three of the four team members that triumphed for a ruthless Russia in the final against Italy in 2021 withdrew ahead of the 16-team event in Sydney, which starts on Saturday. They included fifth-ranked Andrey Rublev, who contracted coronavirus at ...

Thursday's announcement comes as pandemic-fuelled shortages and shipping challenges ramp up inflation and pinch economies globally, with consumers increasingly feeling the bite. "Like many other industries, IKEA continues to face significant trans...

"He would love to go out with a 2-0 series win," New Zealand skipper Tom Latham said after the Black Caps' most prolific run scorer announced he will put away his Test whites after the two-match series. But Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo said the...

The German ace captured his second ATP Finals title in November, producing a brilliant performance to defeat world number two Daniil Medvedev, adding to the Olympic gold medal he won in Tokyo. That trophy in Turin was his sixth of the year and he i...

Chinese consumers bought $108 billion worth of imported produce in 2020, with that number set to grow for 2021 as imports jumped nearly 30 percent year on year in the first three quarters. But under laws set to kick in on January 1, all producers o...

The decision came a day after Epstein's long-time associate British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of recruiting young girls to be sexually abused by him. Federal prosecutors signed a "nolle prosequi" to drop charges against former gu...

Huawei has been caught in the crossfire of a US-China trade and technology rivalry after the administration of former president Donald Trump moved to cripple the company over concerns it could pose a cybersecurity and espionage threat. The firm's r...

Hampered by the coronavirus pandemic and too busy expanding and getting funding for his cryptocurrency platform CoinDCX, his team finally grabbed a few days on the beach in Goa to celebrate recently. "That was very delightful to everyone," Gupta to...

The three clubs were separated by just two points before matches kicked off on December 14. Fast forward to the end of the month and City are now eight points clear of second-placed Chelsea. Pep Guardiola's men were not at their best at Brentford o...