The unvaccinated men's world number one flew out of Melbourne on Sunday after he failed in a last-gasp court bid to stay and play in the opening Grand Slam of the year, where he was targeting a record 21st major title. His dramatic departure follow...

Monday's 5.3-magnitude shallow quake jolted the province of Badghis and wrecked houses, mostly in Qadis district -- a rural area not easily accessible by road. "The earthquake caused massive damage to houses, about 700 to 1,000 have been damaged," ...

Registrations of new passenger cars in the EU slid by 2.4 percent in 2021, to 9.7 million vehicles, the worst performance since statistics began in 1990, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). That follows ...

The 19-year-old Canadian, who lost to fellow teenager Emma Raducanu in the championship decider at Flushing Meadows in September, saw her Melbourne title bid fall at the first hurdle against Australia's 133rd-ranked Maddison Inglis, 6-4, 6-2. Ferna...

Top-10 women's seeds Garbine Muguruza, Iga Swiatek and Anett Kontaveit also all made comfortable starts to their Melbourne title charges, while former number one Simona Halep won despite struggling with her serve. But there was defeat at the first ...

For the first time in 24 years, Team Jamaica will send a four-man sled, the event which inspired the popular film about the Caribbean country's first unlikely foray into the winter sport. "It will be fire on ice," Team Jamaica said Monday on their ...

The disaster has virtually cut the country off from the rest of the world as neighbours and aid organisations try to organise assistance. Here are five facts about Tonga: Remote archipelago Tonga is made up of 169 islands in the South Pacific, spre...

After several particularly horrific cases among the killings were widely reported in the media, the issue of femicide is now squarely under the spotlight. In a small, wealthy country where violent crime generally is rare, a public debate has begun,...

The Russian, who is looking for back-to-back Grand Slam crowns after winning last year's US Open, prevailed 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) in 1hr 54min on Rod Laver Arena. "I tried to win the third set, I thought I'll wait (for the tiebreaker), it managed to ...

The Pampilla Refinery, part of the Spanish company Repsol, said there had been a "limited spill" of oil off the coast of Callao and Ventanilla districts near Lima Saturday due to the violent waves produced by the eruption on the other side of the Pa...

The fit-again Romanian 14th seed came into the Grand Slam full of confidence after her first title in 16 months at the Melbourne Summer Set tournament this month. But she struggled to find her groove against the 102nd-ranked Pole before banking the...

The Monday night gun battle started when two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on a police checkpoint in Islamabad. "A policeman was martyred while two others were wounded," the police said in a statement, adding both attackers were killed. P...

Since leader Kim Jong Un avowed his commitment to military modernisation at a key party speech last month, the nuclear-armed country has conducted a string of weapons tests, including of hypersonic missiles. Washington hit Pyongyang with fresh sanc...

Rublev, having his first hit-out of the new season, blasted past Italian Gianluca Mager 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in 1hr 24min on Margaret Court Arena. Rublev, who withdrew from the Russian team for the ATP Cup in Sydney late last month after testing positive ...

Sui was four years old when she was picked out by China's state sports machine and began training as an elite athlete. She became world champion on the balance beam in 2011 and won silver at the London Olympics the following year. But the pupils ta...