The Test openers were in good touch on a docile pitch at Lilac Hill in Perth against a second-string England Lions side. It was a shot in the arm for Duckett who failed to fire in their recent ODI series in New Zealand, when he was out three times ...

AFP looks at the ancient sport, at previous attempts by women to challenge the taboo, and at why the situation is so delicately poised. What is the issue? Sumo grew out of ancient Shinto religious rituals and its origins can be traced back over 2,0...

A rebound in some Asian markets, especially China, also contributed to its performance, resulting in sales of 10.6 billion euros ($12.3 billion) between April and September -- the first half of Richemont's financial year -- a rise of five percent. ...

The panel was a key recommendation of a task force created by G20 host South Africa and led by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz ahead of the leaders' meeting next week. Modelled on the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I...

But in the days since Monday's blast, which hospital officials told AFP had killed at least 12 people and wounded 30, authorities have released few details. Indian media, meanwhile, has been rife with speculation about the most nation's serious sec...

With the US shutdown saga now out the way, focus returned to the central bank's policy meeting next month, when officials will decide whether or not to lower borrowing costs again. For much of the year, equities have been boosted by optimism that r...

"The best thing that we could see for the environment is getting rid of filters altogether," Andrew Black, acting head of the secretariat of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), said Thursday. Plastic cigare...

But in the days since Monday's blast, which hospital officials told AFP had killed at least 12 people and wounded 30, authorities have released few details. Indian media, meanwhile, has been rife with speculation about the most nation's serious sec...

Nearly 14 million Ecuadorans will vote on four questions that will decide how the country tackles rampant drug violence and addresses economic reforms. Voters will decide on the presence of foreign military bases, which have been banned on Ecuadora...

Jose Jeri -- barred from seeking election next year due to a constitutional one-term limit -- has made crime the focus of what will be a short presidency ending in July. As the 39-year-old seeks to stabilize a government rocked by anti-crime protes...