Much had been made of how the Australian sides would fare in after the drubbing they took last year from the New Zealand clubs but the Waratahs, ACT Brumbies and Melbourne Rebels all proved the doubters wrong over the weekend. The front-running Bl...

The building, in Changsha city, housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema. It caved in Friday afternoon, leaving a gaping hole in the dense streetscape. At least 18 people were trapped and another 39 were incommunicado, according to city mayor Zheng...

The Fed has long played a decisive role when the world's largest economy faces tough times. Here are some of its major actions since the 2008 global financial crisis: The financial crisis and recovery November 2008: The Fed began injecting liquidity...

"I'd like to see one or two of my opponents sitting right here," the 89-year-old says, pointing to an empty armchair in his living room full of gilded icons. The white-bearded priest in a black cassock is one of the few Russian Orthodox priests to ...

The policy setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will convene its two-day meeting on Tuesday, and top officials have strongly signaled they will hike interest rates by half a percentage point and announce plans to reduce their massive holding...

American Stevenson improved to 18-0 as he handed Mexico's Valdez his first defeat in 31 professional fights. Stevenson sent Valdez to the canvas with a left to the head in the sixth round on the way to his first defense of the WBO title he won with...

But Bach warned that like any marriage there would likely be surprises causing problems in the relationship. "We are not only satisfied. I have said it before, we are impressed and happy," Bach said during a visit to Sydney to meet members of the ...

The first women's bout to headline a fight card at the iconic New York venue in its 140-year history did not disappoint. Brooklyn-based Serrano pummelled Taylor in the fifth round, but the bloodied champion held on and reasserted herself as the pai...

Back to Back Theatre is the only Australian company ever to have won the 2.5 million Norwegian kroner (266,000 US dollar) International Ibsen Award, with the selection committee saying they had "created some of the most memorable productions of twen...

"Even war is better than being here," said 25-year-old Yasser Harb, who left Kyiv just two days before Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. The final-year medical student is now back in a country where electricity is scarce, public services are d...

The kingdom is known for its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law, which forms the basis of its judicial system. But in recent months it has moved ahead with reforms that analysts say could make its courts function more like others in the Mi...

Nambuma, 35 kilometres (20 miles) northwest of the capital Lilongwe, used to be a thriving farming town, buoyed by vast tobacco farming businesses. Today, even during harvest season the town is sleepy, leading some farmers to think about switching ...

The company Mine, co-founded by Gal Ringel, Gal Golan and Kobi Nissan, says it uses artificial intelligence to show users where their information is being stored -- like whether an online shoe store kept your data after a sneaker purchase three year...

After the United States brought 40 countries to a US base in Germany last week to discuss aid for Ukraine's war with Russia, Putin on Wednesday threatened a "lightning fast" response if there is any direct intervention by outsiders on Kyiv's behalf....

The president of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), which caused a stir in early April by becoming the e-commerce giant's first union in the United States, walks the sidewalk he knows so well in a New York industrial area. He will soon learn if, after ...