A thrilling 5hr 15min duel that finished at 2:50am local time ended with the 19-year-old Alcaraz claiming a 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-7 (0/7), 7-5, 6-3 victory to advance to a last-four showdown with Frances Tiafoe of the United States on Friday. The previ...

Now the 30-year-old and her husband are stocking up on potassium iodide tablets in case of a radiation emergency from the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station. "We were planning a child, but...we did not know whether to be happy or not. "My h...

Like many of Sweden's "free schools", it doesn't have its own building -- instead, it rents a commercial space alongside other companies. Here, performance is not just about how students do in exams. "Free schools" owned by for-profit companies th...

The 82-year-old Margrethe, with her trademark white-haired bun is the first woman to hold the position of reigning queen. And she has become the second longest-serving monarch in Danish history. Having come to power amid waning support for the roya...

The Nordic country was already a leading exporter of electricity thanks to its many hydroelectric dams. But since the cut in natural gas supplies from Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, it has now emerged as Europe's main supplier in that fi...

The unemployed 25-year-old is one of thousands of Saudis enrolled in the state-run "Tourism Pioneers" programme, which aims to prepare 100,000 job-seekers for a field that government officials insist is set to take off. At two facilities in Riyadh,...

The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometres (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometres on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey, forcing thousands to be resettled into temporary camps. S...

Truss only took over from Boris Johnson on Tuesday, but has vowed to hit the ground running as calls mount for urgent action to help hard-pressed households and businesses. Reports suggest the plan could top more than £100 billion ($116 billion), ...

The UN Development Program (UNDP) announced that for the first time since it was created over 30 years ago, the Human Development Index -- a measure of countries' life expectancies, education levels, and standards of living -- has declined for two y...

China is the last major economy welded to a zero-Covid strategy, tamping down virus flare-ups through a combination of snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines. Chengdu, the capital of southwestern Sichuan province, has been effectively...

Beale returned from a stint in France with Racing 92 this year to sign for the NSW Waratahs and keep himself in the frame to play at a fourth World Cup next year. The 33-year-old playmaker was not included in Australia's squad for their three-Test ...

The alleged shooter in the attack at point blank range, Fernando Sabag Montiel, and his girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, both in custody, are accused of trying to assassinate Kirchner "with planning and prior agreement," Judge Maria Eugenia Capuchetti sa...

Equities have been ravaged for weeks by fears that global central bank moves to rein in runaway inflation by ratcheting up borrowing costs will spark fresh recessions in some leading economies. In turn, the greenback has moved ever higher against i...

The Australian violently crushed two racquets into the surface of the Arthur Ashe Stadium after his five-set quarter-final loss on Tuesday. It was Kyrgios's fifth sanction of the tournament after he was earlier punished for bad language and spittin...

Steep increases in the price of energy in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine have heaped pressure onto households and businesses. Inflation hit 9.1 percent in August, an all-time high for the eurozone and more than four times the two-perce...