The page features the first appearance of Spidey's black symbiote suit that would later lead to the creation of anti-hero Venom in artwork by Mike Zeck from Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars no. 8. "This page was the big reveal teased on the cover! T...

The 34-year-old won a court appeal Monday and was back in training as the Australian government decided on its next steps, but his bid to defend his Australian Open title and win a record 21st Grand Slam title is now in serious peril. AFP looks at...

The KTM rider and 2017 winner, when he was the first British champion in either car or bike category, finished ahead of Chile's Pablo Quintanilla and Austrian Matthias Walkner to take the chequered flag in Jeddah. Dubai-based Sunderland, 32, domina...

The Gangasagar Mela in the east of the country has drawn comparisons with another "superspreader" Hindu gathering last year that the Hindu nationalist government refused to ban. It was blamed in part for a devastating Covid surge. Officials had sai...

The government acted three days ahead of the Australian Open, putting the unvaccinated Serbian's dream of a record 21st Grand Slam in extreme peril. Djokovic, an avowed Covid-19 vaccine sceptic, is the tournament's top seed and had been practising ...

"Gross domestic product is estimated to have grown by 0.9 percent in November 2021 and is above its pre-coronavirus pandemic level for the first time," the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. The UK economy is 0.7 percent above its ...

Last week, Cambodia's strongman ruler Hun Sen made the first trip by a foreign leader to Myanmar since a coup last year that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government. Critics said the visit by Hun Sen, whose country holds the rotating chair of...

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said he acted on "health and good order grounds on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so". Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government "is firmly committed to protecting Australia's borders, particula...

The move deepens Hong Kong's global isolation as the city pursues a staunch zero-Covid policy, and creates new headaches for airlines -- some of which have begun avoiding the Chinese territory because of its strict quarantine rules. Hong Kong rank...

Australia were 85-4 at the break after England captain Joe Root won the toss and sent the hosts in to bat in overcast conditions and on a real green-top of a wicket. Travis Head was not-out 31 and Cameron Green was on two at Bellerive Oval. Englan...

There is currently no effective treatment for paralysis caused by serious spinal cord injuries, believed to affect more than 100,000 people in Japan alone. Surgeons at Tokyo's Keio University want to study whether induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cel...

The new suspected test comes after the United States imposed new sanctions this week, prompting Pyongyang to vow never to give up its "right to self defence". "North Korea fires unidentified projectile eastward," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said ...

The 33-year-old "King Kohei" won two Olympic and six world all-around titles, earning a reputation as one of the greatest male gymnasts of all time. But Uchimura could not help but dwell on his perceived shortcomings when he spoke to reporters for ...

The 26-year-old has now won five of his seven matches this year after sweeping past compatriot Corentin Moutet 6-1, 6-3 at Memorial Drive. World number 58 Rinderknech was dominant, dropping just three points on his first serve and winning more than...

The French Open champion looked out for the count when she lost the first set to love against the seventh-ranked Estonian, but re-focused to take the match into a deciding third. It could have gone either way in a high-quality toe-to-toe encounter ...