Aramco's profits surge comes as world leaders prepare for the UN's COP26 climate summit starting in Glasgow later on Sunday, a key meeting in the battle against global warming. Aramco's net income was $30.4 billion in the third quarter, up from $11...

Akhundzada has been the spiritual chief of the Islamist movement since 2016 but has remained a reclusive figure, even after his group seized power in Afghanistan in August. His low profile has fed speculation about his role in the new Taliban gover...

Kamila Valieva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Alena Kostornaia finished 1-2-3 in Vancouver, repeating their success at Finlandia Trophy earlier this month. En route to victory, Valieva, 15, landed three beautiful quadruple jumps, two in combination wi...

Swanson and Soler hammered solo blasts in the seventh inning to grab the lead as the Braves seized a 3-1 edge in Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final, which could end with game five Sunday in Atlanta. "It's such a cool moment for this city b...

Marin, who is 80, is one of New York's estimated 10,000 "canners," mostly older migrants from Latin America and China who scrape a living sorting and recycling plastics and aluminum. Frail and stooped over, Marin stops in front of the stairs of a ...

Point guard Dejounte Murray and reserve Bryn Forbes led the charge as five players, including two off the bench, scored in double figures for the Spurs, who improved to 2-4 on the season. Murray scored a team-high 23 points, Forbes had 16, Derrick ...

The southern Chinese business hub has kept the coronavirus at bay thanks to some of the world's strictest quarantine rules with most arrivals undergoing 14 to 21 days of hotel confinement. Competitors such as London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore h...

Three-time Stanley Cup winner Crosby, who scored the gold-winning goal for Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, had missed the first seven games of the campaign after undergoing off-season wrist surgery. Crosby played a role in the penalty-shot g...

The season-ending team tournament will be held on indoor hard courts at the O2 Arena in the Czech capital, with the final scheduled for November 6. As the host city, Prague has replaced Budapest which was due to stage the rebranded Fed Cup in April...

As of August 12 when the law came into force, couriers who deliver food, mostly on bicycles and motorcycles, must be recognised as employees instead of being considered self-employed freelancers as before. This means app-based food delivery firms h...

The Supreme Court is to hear arguments on Monday challenging a Texas law that prohibits abortion after six weeks, before many women even know they are pregnant. Here is a synopsis of the state of affairs: - Roe v. Wade - The US Supreme Court rul...

The nine-member court, which includes six conservative justices, will listen to two hours of arguments by parties in a closely-watched case with far-reaching human and political ramifications. Texas, the country's second-largest state, is being sue...

"Today is much, much better than three or four months ago because the Russians are back," he told AFP. "The return of Russian flights has spurred other countries to also open up," he added. Nahas, 42, has spent half of his life in the idyllic, sun...

The crisis erupted Friday when Saudi Arabia gave Lebanon's ambassador 48 hours to leave the country, recalled its envoy from Beirut and suspended all imports from Lebanon. The Saudi foreign ministry said the measures were taken after "insulting" re...

While the American central bank is always capable of surprises, its top officials have widely signaled that they will announce at their policy meeting next week the start of a drawback in their monthly purchases of bonds and securities, which they b...