Former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu cried the night before her much-anticipated return from a year-plus injury and then again burst into tears Monday after a tough victory in the Australian Open. The eighth seed was forced to save three break...

Pakistan won its first series against South Africa since 2003 by 2-0 with a 95-run victory in the second Test on the fifth and final day in Rawalpindi on Monday. Set 370-run to win, the Proteas were bowled out for 274 with Pakistan medium pacer Ha...

Tanzania has spent more than six months trying to convince the world it has been cured of the coronavirus through prayer, while refusing to take measures to curb its spread. However, dissent is mounting, along with deaths attributed to "pneumonia",...

Pet cats and dogs with a fever, cough or breathing difficulties will be offered coronavirus tests if they have been exposed to carriers, the Seoul metropolitan government said Monday. The programme in the sprawling South Korean capital comes weeks ...

Brent oil prices Monday shot past $60 a barrel for the first time in more than a year Monday with investors growing increasingly optimistic about demand as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The commodity climbed 1.26 percen...

The days of tennis players arguing whether balls are in or out could be coming to a close, after the smooth introduction of electronic line judging at the Australian Open on Monday. Line calls have been at the centre of many a tennis conflagration,...

South Africa suspended the start of its AstraZeneca inoculation programme over concerns the shot does not work on a new variant, with WHO experts due to meet Monday to discuss the vaccine already facing questions about its efficacy for over-65s. A ...

South Korean automaker Hyundai and its affiliate Kia on Monday denied news reports they were in talks with Apple for a joint project to make autonomous vehicles, sending their shares tumbling. The announcement came about a month after the country's...

India fast bowler Ishant Sharma bagged his 300th Test wicket on day four of the opening match against England in Chennai on Monday. Sharma trapped Dan Lawrence lbw for 18 -- his third of the match -- in his 98th Test for India. The milestone reach...

Every week, Serbian sculptor Nikola Macura wanders through a messy military junkyard in search of sounds. Picking through discarded rifles, helmets and missiles, he taps, blows and raps his knuckles on the decommissioned weapons to find pieces he c...

Chinese internet users are flocking to a rare uncensored app to breach the "Great Firewall" and freely discuss taboo topics, including the mass detention of Uighurs, democracy protests in Hong Kong and the concept of Taiwanese independence. Authori...

Kyle Mayers is determined not to become a one-hit wonder after a double century on his Test debut guided West Indies to an improbable Test win over Bangladesh. Playing his first Test for West Indies at the age of 28, Mayers became only the sixth cr...

South Africa opener Aiden Markram hit a century to help the Proteas recover from Pakistan medium pacer Hasan Ali's double strike on the fifth and final day in the second Test on Monday. Markram drove the last ball before lunch from Fawad Alam to wi...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in court on Monday to formally respond to corruption charges, as his trial enters an intensified phase six weeks before he faces re-election. Netanyahu, the first Israeli premier to be indicted in...

SoftBank Group on Monday said net profit rocketed to $11.1 billion in the third quarter as stock rallies and asset sales helped it solidify its recovery. Net profit for October-December hit 1,171.9 billion yen, more than 21 times higher than the 55...