UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an impending “climate catastrophe” while environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg dismissed Saturday’s COP26 climate conference deal as “blah, blah, blah”. After last-minute drama in Scotland...

Flanked by mountains, the courtyard of the Venezuelan Military Academy hosted around 12,000 classical musicians looking to make their way into the Guinness Book of World Records. "If you break a string, don't stop. If you lose the score, go on by ...

Nearly half the lower house Chamber of Deputies seats are up for grabs, as well as a third of the Senate members in the mandatory vote for 34.3 million people. Fernandez's Frente de Todos (Everyone's Front) party is already a minority in the lower ...

The top diplomats from China and the United States have exchanged stern warnings over the flashpoint issue of Taiwan, ahead of Monday's hotly awaited summit between their leaders.

Atahualpa Amerise, head of EFE's Cuba bureau, said authorities asked them to return their credentials, without providing "the exact reason" why they would be prohibited from reporting. "When we asked why, they pointed to the regulations on foreign ...

New Zealand and Australia renew their trans-Tasman rivalry in Dubai as both teams look to clinch their maiden world title in the shortest format. It's a hat-trick of ICC finals for the once perennial underdogs of world cricket after they outplayed ...

"It is hard to get deliveries. Certain brands of gin, tequila and whisky are impossible to find," the manager of the emblematic cafe, Raul Garcia, told AFP. "The lack of stock affects well-known international brands we never would have thought woul...

The pair tied the knot in Tokyo last month in muted fashion, following years of tabloid gossip and online sniping over their union that Komuro said caused her "sadness and pain". A move to the United States had long been rumoured. The two 30-year-o...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and "expressed concern regarding the PRC's continued military, diplomatic, and economic pressure against Taiwan," the department said in a statement. President Joe Biden and his ...

"We must all vote but I'm also afraid that it will all be in vain... I don't have much hope," 62-year-old Milena Stoyanova told AFP on the eve of the election, summing up the general gloom. While many said they won't bother to go to the polling sta...

Tyler Herro ignited the Heat's offence with 27 points and eight rebounds in front of a crowd of 18,300 at Vivint Arena. Duncan Robinson scored 22 points and added a half dozen three pointers and Kyle Lowry finished with 21 for the Heat. Bojan Bogd...

With 49 titles under his belt, Smith became a household name, his swashbuckling adventure stories taking readers from tropical islands to the jungles of Africa and even Ancient Egypt and World War II. "Global bestselling author Wilbur Smith died un...

Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten said Saturday that Roethlisberger was being placed on the list and would miss the game against the Detroit Lions. The Steelers had been the only team that hadn't placed a player on the Covid-19 reserve list this seaso...

Experts have warned that record low rainfall, compounded by climate change, are threatening social and economic disaster in war-scarred Iraq. "Growing wheat and barley is a gamble. It all depends on the rain," said the 42-year-old father of nine. ...

Scheffler had thrust himself into contention with an eight-under par 62 on Friday, a course record on the recently renovated Memorial Park Course. Low scores were hard to come by in the third round, and Scheffler's effort that included three birdie...