The quirky Russian world number two has polarised crowds, been taken to the brink, survived match point, staged amazing comebacks, had a furious meltdown with a chair umpire and yet he is into his fourth Grand Slam final. Never afraid to speak his ...

The Spanish great, who can win a record 21st Grand Slam title in Sunday's Australian Open final, constantly picks at the rear of his shorts, wipes sweat from his brow and pushes hair back behind his ears before every serve. At changeovers he supers...

The Russian world number two upset Novak Djokovic in last year's US Open final to prevent the Serbian's calendar Grand Slam bid and scuppered his attempt to move ahead of Nadal and Roger Federer on the all-time list of men's major winners. Apart fr...

Hong Kong was the only place in China where mass remembrance of Tiananmen was tolerated, but authorities have driven such activities underground after imposing a sweeping national security law on the city. The University of Hong Kong (HKU) last mon...

"One night, she took a whole lot of pills and whisky, and her husband found her dead in the morning," said Meacher, a member of British parliament's upper House of Lords. "It seemed to me terribly sad that somebody would end their life alone in the...

Australian officials said the team of eight experts landed in the capital alongside a shipment of more than 37,000 vaccine doses. "The multi-disciplinary team includes specialists in emergency medicine, infectious disease control, logistics and oc...

Based in Prague, RFE/RL was founded in 1950 as an anti-communist outlet to beam programmes into the Soviet bloc, helping topple those totalitarian regimes nearly four decades later. These days, it still broadcasts in 27 languages -- including Russi...

The Russian world number two was handed two fines by Tennis Australia -- $8,000 for a "visible obscenity" and $4,000 for "unsportsmanlike conduct". His four-set win over Tsitsipas sealed his second consecutive Australian final appearance, but it wa...

In a post on her website, the "Big Yellow Taxi" singer said she was supporting Young, who clashed with Spotify over its wildly popular "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast. "I've decided to remove all my music from Spotify," Mitchell wrote. "Irresponsib...

Places in the North East, including New York and Boston, were expected to bear the brunt of the far-reaching system, which is also predicted to pummel the Mid-Atlantic. Salt machines and snowplows were at the ready in New York, where Mayor Eric Ad...

Dozens of people have been on trial for more than four years over a killing that shook diplomats and the aid community, although key questions about the episode remain unanswered. Michael Sharp, an American, and Zaida Catalan, a Swedish-Chilean, di...

Despite her medal haul, Shiffrin has insisted she keeps her three Olympic medals wrapped in socks and tucked away in a drawer, and only hung up her world championships medals to fill dead wall space. It is indicative of the American's steel-edged a...

The Zen master, who was credited with bringing mindfulness to the West and whose reach in Buddhism was seen as second only to the Dalai Lama, died aged 95 a week ago at the Tu Hieu Pagoda in the central city of Hue. His remains were brought to an o...

The decision comes at a time when relations between Beijing and Taipei are at their lowest in decades with China ramping up military and economic pressure under President Xi Jinping. Taiwan's Sports Administration said late Friday that its 15-membe...

The 26-year-old Canadian will miss at least three games and his status for the NHL All-Star game on February 5 is in doubt. MacKinnon suffered a cut to the face in the first period of a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins and did not return. He was blin...