The group's founder Masayoshi Son said in a statement that US-Bolivian businessman Claure, 51, "made many contributions to SoftBank" during his nine years at the firm. "We thank him for his dedication and wish him continued success in his future en...

The rockets hit Baghdad International Airport's runways or parking areas, one of the sources said. "One civilian plane has been hit and damaged," this source, based at the interior ministry, said. A second security source confirmed the attack cons...

The global tech giant will buy a $700 million stake in billionaire Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel, giving it 1.28 percent ownership, the firms said in a joint statement. Up to $300 million more will be invested in "mutually agreeable" commercial proj...

Last year the 28-year-old American had emergency surgery for endometriosis and at the French Open suffered an abdominal injury. Nine months later the world number 30 is in the Australian Open final after blowing away Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek...

Few athletes can boost such a varied sporting resume, but the down-to-earth Australian has taken it in her stride. Widely seen as one of the nicest players on tour, the 25-year-old began playing tennis as a child in the Queensland state capital Bri...

But the resurgent American is reday to tackle top seed and clear favourite Ashleigh Barty. A raging Collins was in "the zone" to take apart Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek and make her first Grand Slam final. She knows if she can find the sweet spo...

The 35-year-old Spanish great, seeded sixth, was too solid for the Italian seventh seed, winning 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in 2hr 55min, and will face either Daniil Medvedev or Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's final. Nadal is level on 20 majors with his gol...

The violence that broke out Thursday evening and continued into the night was the bloodiest escalation between the countries since deadly clashes last year. Kyrgyz and Tajik frontier communities regularly clash over land and water supplies, with bo...

The Japanese auto giant said it sold nearly 10.5 million vehicles in 2021, a jump of about 10 percent from 2020, including units made by its Daihatsu and Hino subsidiaries. German rival Volkswagen, which Toyota overtook last year to reclaim the top...

Tourism operators across the archipelago nation famed for its beaches and dive spots have been devastated by a plunge in international visitors and restrictions on domestic travel. Their misery was worsened by a super typhoon that smashed into the...

Fighter jets could be heard carrying out drills above the Finnish capital this week, while Sweden recently deployed troops to a Baltic outpost in response to rising tensions. President Vladimir Putin's demands that NATO not expand eastwards have al...

Federal District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras declared existing contracts invalid, saying the Department of the Interior did not adequately consider the leases' impact on climate change when issuing them. According to the ruling, officials had us...

Like mainland China, Hong Kong is one of the few places left in the world still pursuing a zero-Covid strategy that has largely kept the virus at bay but left the finance hub internationally isolated. On Thursday, city leader Carrie Lam announced t...

Cameroon's economic capital is a loud and chaotic port city, hot and humid. It is here that the country's Indomitable Lions will face Gambia in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals on Saturday as Cameroon come to Douala for the first time in th...

The decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday was the latest broadside in a standoff that has seen Beijing and Washington clash over trade, technology, human rights and other issues. The United States has previously cit...