The tale of the single mother from humble beginnings, whose chance encounter with then-Crown Prince Haakon propelled her to the heart of the monarchy, won the affection of Norwegians. She was long seen as the embodiment of a modern monarchy capable...

Japan Rugby League One (JRLO) planned to introduce a new rule from next season that would limit the number of players in a matchday squad who had not completed at least six years of compulsory education in Japan, even if they were naturalised citize...

"It is with deep sadness that we announce that His Majesty King Harald passed away today. King Harald passed away peacefully at Oslo University Hospital on Friday, August 28 at 6:35 am," (0435 GMT) it said in a statement. The flag at the royal pala...

The Australian reigning Olympic and world 100m and 200m backstroke champion has been sidelined with glandular fever and a broken wrist. She missed the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships and could only watch as Italian teenager Sara Cu...

Anthropic infuriated Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth in February by insisting its technology should not be used for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons systems. President Donald Trump in response ordered every government agency to stop using ...

A summer of record-breaking temperatures and drought is threatening the ecological balance of rare chalk streams -- rivers formed on chalk beds that are largely unique to England -- and the fish that depend on them. Wading through a branch of the I...

Jovan Zivic, whose cafe sits on the road to one of the power plants, lost his teenage son to the disease in 2010, and then his wife 14 years later. Many of his customers have similar stories. "There is no family that has not been affected," Zivic t...

As part of the ongoing Champions League, two-time European champions PSG will host Barça and travel to England. Meanwhile, a host of meetings are set to take place including José Mourinho and his former clubs, Olivier Giroud with Arsenal and Yan D...

In both overall outlay and net spend, Serie A is a clear second among the 'Big Five' leagues. While fee structures, conditional payments and financial sleights-of-hand can make the precise transfer values a little hazy, German site Transfermarkt o...

Lock Eben Etzebeth boasts a Springbok record 143 caps and the starting line-up total is 1,012. The average caps among the forwards is 73 and 61 for the backs. The All Blacks went one up in the four-match series last weekend in Johannesburg, winnin...

South Korean company SK Gas paid the record sum for the G. Spirit to transit the shipping lane on September 1, two days before canal authorities reduce the number of transits due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, Bloomberg reported. Panama on Tues...

About 15,000 athletes and officials were initially expected at the Games, which are being held in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area from September 19 to October 4. That was already more than the Olympics, but the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) last we...