The squad of 1,000 officers deployed in September to four out of Greece's more than 20 university campuses. In Athens and second city Thessaloniki, all were chosen for having the highest instances of drug trading and petty crime. "We haven't seen t...

Homebuyers are gripped by panic after the Bank of England declared it would not hesitate to lift its main interest rate in response to the government's anticipated borrowing splurge that many see as further fuelling sky-high inflation. 'Torrid week'...

The 22-year-old Toyota driver thrived in wet conditions north of Auckland and will take a 29-second lead over French eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier into the final four stages on Sunday. Championship pacesetter Rovanpera is guaranteed to ...

The 2006 champions, who narrowly lost to China in the semi-finals, took a 51-43 lead into half-time on the back 11 points from Steph Talbot in Sydney. They stretched out a 17-point advantage heading into the final quarter, with Jackson pivotal, and...

The appointment by royal decree comes ahead of a deadline for US President Joe Biden's administration to weigh in on whether Prince Mohammed qualifies for immunity from lawsuits filed in American courts. The 37-year-old de facto ruler of the world...

Opinion polls ahead of the general election have shown a weakening of populists, conservatives and the social-democratic party Harmony which usually has strong support from Latvia's large Russian-speaking minority. Political expert Marcis Krastins ...

His death, which public broadcaster NHK said was from heart failure, brought to an end a varied life in the public eye, during which Inoki fought Muhammad Ali, fostered close personal ties with North Korea, and helped free hostages in Iraq. The Yok...

Novels such as "The Corrections" and "Freedom" have made him one of the foremost literary authors of his generation in the United States, and his most recent, "Crossroads", is seen by some critics as his greatest achievement yet. But in his home c...

An Optimus prototype wheeled on stage during an annual Tesla AI Day presentation was mounted to a small platform. The robot, which remains a work-in-progress, waved to the audience and raised its knees. "Our goal is to make a useful humanoid robot ...

Public broadcaster NHK said he died of heart failure. Standing 1.9 metres (six feet three inches) tall, Inoki was a pioneer of mixed martial arts in Japan, and shot to fame in 1976 for taking on world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a zany wre...

Between 10 to 20 percent of people who contract coronavirus are estimated to have long Covid symptoms -- most commonly fatigue, breathlessness and a lack of mental clarity dubbed brain fog -- months after recovering from the disease. The US-based I...

When she is at home in the cramped family apartment, the 18-year-old said she feels that "the drone is constantly with me in my bedroom -- worry and fear don't leave our homes. "Sometimes I have to put the pillow on my head so I don't hear its buzz...

Their preference? "We are seated in an 'L'" for Lula, Letizia Corvello, a 22-year-old law student, told AFP. Brazil's youngest voters are staking their future on the oldest of the two frontrunners: 76-year-old leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who...

As Brazilians prepare to vote for their next leader Sunday -- a polarizing race in which the far-right incumbent trails veteran leftist ex-president Lula in the polls -- the press is hopeful but nervous after four years of insults and attacks agains...

On a recent weekday evening at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, dozens of players ranging from thirty-somethings to retirees shared the four new courts at Brooklyn Bridge Park, which recently replaced the bocce ball courts. Teams form spontaneously...