Purja, 43, served with Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas and then the Special Boat Squadron of the Royal Marines before becoming a full-time mountaineer and guide. In 2019, he famously completed the summit of the 14 highest peaks in the world in just ov...

The 65-year-old musician "will no longer be appearing in Jesus Christ Superstar at the London Palladium", his manager Paul Kemsley said on social media. The singer, whose real name is George Alan O'Dowd, rose to fame in the 1980s as the flamboyant ...

"The North Sea remains integral to the UK's energy system," BP chief executive Meg O'Neill said in a statement. "However, as we focus our portfolio and direct capital to our highest-value opportunities, we believe our North Sea business will be be...

The global race to build artificial intelligence data centres has turbocharged business for chipmakers -- sending prices soaring for memory components in particular. Kioxia specialises in so-called NAND flash chips, an increasingly hot commodity as...

For the year to next March, the PlayStation maker expects net income of 1.21 trillion yen ($7.5 billion), up from 1.16 trillion yen projected before. Overall, Sony projected group revenues in the year to March 31, 2027 of 12.5 trillion yen, up from...

"The situation around Rethymno is better," a fire department spokesperson told AFP. But the blaze "has not yet been contained, there are still many hotspots," he added. Fires are also burning on the islands of Paros, Kalymnos and Andros in Aegean ...

A one-club man throughout a 20-year career, Baresi made 719 appearances for Milan between 1977 and 1997, becoming synonymous with the club's red-and-black colours and earning a place among the game's all-time greats. Baresi wore Milan's number 6 sh...

"Milan is in tears following the passing of Franco Baresi. His example and integrity will be forever etched into the Club's DNA, just as his iconic number 6 shirt is," AC Milan, of which Baresi became honorary vice-president in 2020, wrote on X. "...

UEFA has announced its opposition to FIFA President Gianni Infantino's plan to open the World Cup's commercial rights to private investors. At an emergency meeting, UEFA's 55 member associations unanimously voted to withdraw from the World Cup shoul...

The French international was unveiled on Thursday, moving to Stamford Bridge from Crystal Palace in a deal worth a reported £52 million ($70 million). Lacroix agreed a six-year contract and will link up with the new club for their pre-season prepa...

The 39-year-old pilot, identified only by his initials, MSO, was arrested Wednesday at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta international airport shortly after arriving from Kuala Lumpur. The airport customs office did not say which carrier the pilot worked fo...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, gas supplies flowing from the east have become increasingly weaponised -- accelerating Brussels' plans to reduce its reliance on Moscow. Russia still supplies around 12 percent of the bloc's gas imports, accord...

The Spanish World Cup winner backed UEFA's staunch opposition to the plan to create a commercial subsidiary to run FIFA's biggest events and allow private investors to acquire stakes in the company. "I think that football has to be for the people, ...

"At the Aeon mall, 11 people were pulled out as of last night (Thursday), among them seven dead. To make sure that no one else is inside, we are finalising our confirmation with the assistance of professionally trained dogs," government spokesman Mi...

"I think Samos was the perfect place to start," the 21-year-old university student said, wheeling her luggage alongside her mother as they waited for a ferry off the Greek island of Samos. They were heading back to Kusadasi, on Turkey's Aegean coas...