The team went through an optional training session on Tuesday ahead of their Super 12 match against the Netherlands at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday. They were unhappy with the fare on offer afterwards. "The team told the ground authoritie...

Under the compromise reached by Scholz's cabinet, Chinese shipping giant Cosco will be allowed to buy a stake "below 25 percent" in a container terminal owned by HHLA, the economy ministry said in a statement. "The reason for the partial prohibitio...

French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Paris on Wednesday, amid divergences between the two neighbors and key European Union allies over EU strategy, defense and economic policies. 

"Mercedes-Benz intends to sell its shares in Russian subsidiaries to a local investor," Avtodom, the ministry said in a Telegram statement. "The new owner of the Russian divisions of Mercedes-Benz, Avtodom, will be able to attract other companies a...

Iranian students protested Tuesday at multiple universities, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death. 

"Woman, life, freedom" and "Death to the dictator", dozens of men and women chanted at the Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Amini's home town in the western province of Kurdistan, in videos shared online. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, die...

Cyclones -- the equivalent of hurricanes in the Atlantic or typhoons in the Pacific -- are a regular menace in the region but scientists say climate change is likely making them more intense and frequent. Cyclone Sitrang made landfall in southern B...

Care homes company Orpea, hit by accusations of malpractice at its French retirement homes, said it would resume trading on financial markets on Wednesday and unveil a new strategy next month.

The English are among the title favourites and heavily-fancied to beat Ireland after opening their tournament with a five-wicket win over Afghanistan at the weekend. But the Irish, who lost their opening Super 12 round match by nine wickets to Sri ...

"We need it... especially in this difficult year," says Yiannis Dimitrakopoulos, a 75-year-old pensioner queuing for logs. Dozens of people wait patiently in their cars for their turn. "We try to get as much wood as we can. We have a fuel oil ce...

The European Union will on Wednesday propose tougher legal limits on health-damaging dirty air and rules to make pharmaceutical companies pay to clean up wastewater polluted by their products, the EU's top environmental official said.

An epic 82 not out from Virat Kohli powered India to a stunning last-ball win on Sunday in front of a frenzied crowd of more than 90,000 at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Pakistan have little room left for further error when they play Zimbabwe in Perth ...

Following talks in Tokyo, the three nations' deputy foreign ministers said they would ramp up their deterrence in the region. "We agreed to further strengthen cooperation ... so that North Korea can immediately stop its illegal activities and retur...

The two were involved in a scheme selling around eight tonnes of precious metals -- mostly gold and palladium -- between 2020 and 2021 for returns "incommensurate" with their backgrounds, customs official Rita Li said at a press conference. It was ...

Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovich said on Tuesday that Russian forces, occupying parts of the strategic region of Kherson in southern Ukraine, and Ukrainian soldiers, advancing towards the regional capital, will face off in "the to...