The American third seed rolled over seasoned Czech 19th seed Karolina Muchova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Margaret Court Arena, but needed nearly two hours to do so. She will play either Ukraine's 12th seed Elina Svitolina or 18-year-old Russian eighth seed M...

The six-time Grand Slam champion won 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 7-5 to equal his best run in Melbourne and is yet to drop a set. The Spanish top seed plays home hope and sixth seed Alex de Minaur or 10th seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan for a place in the ...

She vows not to let a prison term dealt this weekend dent her resolve either. The 32-year-old shot to prominence tackling some of the country's most sensitive topics while defending ethnic minorities, journalists facing defamation charges and clie...

Shakib's links to ousted leader Sheikh Hasina made him a target of public anger, and he was among dozens facing murder investigations for a deadly police crackdown on protesters. The all-rounder announced his retirement from international cricket i...

The shift has fuelled what experts describe as "event cinema", as studios rely on big-budget spectacles and top-tier stars to lure audiences -- especially smartphone-loving Gen Z viewers -- back into theatres. That strategy appears to be working. A...

Hundreds of spectators gathered at the base of the 101-storey tower to watch Alex Honnold, 40, embark on his daredevil feat, which was also broadcast live on Netflix. After an hour and a half, he successfully made it up 1,667 feet (508 metres) befo...

The pair played together once before, a charity match on Rod Laver Arena ahead of the 2024 Australian Open. Asked if they would team up again, she replied: "Maybe at the US Open this year. "I mean, I'm still waiting," she added jokingly. "I'm st...

Actress Olivia Wilde, who was in Park City, Utah, for the premiere of "The Invite," said the death of a second protester in just three weeks at the hands of federal agents was "unfathomable." "I can't believe that we're watching people get murdered...

The 18-year-old American was undaunted on John Cain Arena against the vastly more experienced Yulia Putintseva, ripping her apart 6-0, 6-1 in just 53 dominant minutes. It marked another giant step in the emergence of Jovic, who stunned two-time Gra...

The bespectacled officer became military chief in 2011, just as Myanmar broke with its history of iron-fisted martial rule and began its latest experiment with democracy. Now 69, he spent a decade jostling with civilian leaders before mounting his ...

Coco Gauff fought through in three sets as temperatures at Melbourne Park eased to 22C, after brutal heat a day earlier. Top seed Alcaraz was in ominous touch at Rod Laver Arena, dismissing the American Tommy Paul 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 7-5 in a mastercla...

At the Adani Group's factory in Mundra, in India's western state of Gujarat, assembly lines churn out photovoltaic panels around the clock. Up to 10,000 a day come off the line, with most sent straight to Khavda, further north, where the Indian con...

The Belarusian world number one laid down the law to the 19-year-old in the first set before meeting resistance in the second on her way to a 6-1, 7-6 (7/1) win on Rod Laver Arena. She will play another fast-rising teenager, American Iva Jovic, or ...

Fiery accusations of rights abuses and betrayal have circulated for weeks in state-run and social media after a brief conflict in Yemen, where Saudi air strikes quelled an offensive by UAE-backed separatists. The United Arab Emirates is "investing ...

The central bank has cut rates three consecutive times since September as the jobs market weakened, bringing them to a range between 3.50 percent and 3.75 percent. But Fed Chair Jerome Powell has signaled the bar would be higher for a further reduc...