Taiwan has previously blamed Chinese hackers for carrying out most of the millions of cyberattacks affecting the island democracy on a daily basis, but did not identify a particular country in this latest incident. China claims Taiwan is part of it...

Australian Open champion Rybakina delivered another gutsy comeback, beating fourth-seeded Coco Gauff 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 to reach Thursday's final in the hard court warm-up for the US Open. Former world number one Swiatek, seeded seventh, is in her first...

As an ear-splitting whistle blasted out, the 68-year-old settled into a captain's chair next to a huge boiler he calls "the beast". McLaughlin credits the shed, a recreation of a ship's boiler room, with "saving my life" after ill health forced him...

Pallister emerged from a back-and-forth battle with the Canadian star with a victory in 1min 53.67sec -- a championship record for the meeting that brings together top swimmers from the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and other non-European ...

The debate has flared as precariously falling water levels have revealed vast sandbanks on the Rhine, Danube, Elbe and other rivers, severely impacting cargo shipping crucial for many industries. With climate change driving new heat records and lon...

In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Wednesday, Senator Richard Blumenthal called for the Navy to account for conditions aboard the aircraft carrier, which "has been deployed more than 250 days" without coming ashore "in over 200 days, sett...

Swiatek, seeded seventh, improved to 5-3 against Svitolina, who had narrowed their head-to-head record with two wins over the Polish star this year. In Thursday's final, Swiatek will play either American fourth seed Coco Gauff or Australian Open ch...

Proctor suffered the injury during New Zealand's opening tour match win over the Stormers in Cape Town last week and will return home. "We really feel for Billy. He has had a great season so this is frustrating for him," All Blacks coach Dave Renni...

At the close Bangladesh were 96-1, 102 runs behind Australia. Mominul Haque was on 35 with Tanzid Hasan alongside him on 32 as the visitors made a superb start to a Test match most people expected them to lose inside three days. Earlier, Hasan le...

The consumer price index (CPI) report for July, which was in line with forecasts, followed figures pointing to a softer jobs market and gives the Federal Reserve room to keep borrowing costs on hold for now. However, with the reading holding stubbo...

The new Wallabies coach got off to a winning start last week in Osaka when Australia edged Eddie Jones's side 35-32, but the game was played in gruelling heat and humidity. With the conditions taking their toll, Kiss has opted to rest some of his k...

Polling stations open at 7:00 am (0600 GMT) with a total of 34 candidates in the running, forcing Farage to face off against dozens of fringe candidates, including Binface. Brexit backer Farage -- whose anti-immigration Reform UK won local election...

Soon after Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered government workers to stop using smartphones in June, the ban was also imposed in the world of academia. A 29-year-old student in the capital Kabul said a staffer had "visited the classrooms a...

At 86, Song is one of the last members of a community of visually impaired practitioners that drew generations of South Koreans seeking answers and advice about everything from illness and money to love and fate. In one of the world's most AI-conne...

Japan went down 35-32 in Osaka and Jones has made five changes to the starting line-up for the second Test in Townsville, including bringing in university student Yoshitaka Yazaki on the wing and handing Shunsuke Uenobo his first start at centre. J...