The world's biggest cricket stadium was renamed after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a surprise move Wednesday hours before its inaugural international match between India and England. The 110,000-seater stadium was the pet project of Modi...

A Russian fugitive whose dramatic sprint out of an Indonesian immigration office was captured on CCTV has been caught again after two weeks on the run, authorities said Wednesday. Andrey Kovalenko fled the office on Indonesia's resort island of Bal...

Rugby's crown jewels are in the sights of investors seeking to exploit the untapped potential of the market as struggling governing bodies try to replenish their coffers. US private equity firm Silver Lake is reported to be offering around US$340 m...

England captain Joe Root won a crucial toss and chose to bat in the day-night third Test against India on Wednesday with the series level at 1-1. England, looking to bounce back from a 317-run defeat in the second Test, made four changes and India ...

Ghana received Wednesday the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free, as the world races to contain the pandemic. Covax, launched last April to help ensure a fairer distributio...

Police in Australia and Canada arrested four people accused of trying to extort a senior Iraqi politician, after what was described Wednesday as a year-long campaign of intimidation. Dual raids were launched after a string of attacks on a Sydney ho...

A Chinese man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife almost $8,000 for years of unpaid housework, in a landmark divorce case that has sparked furious debate in China. Under the country's new civil code, which came into effect this year, divorcing spou...

Neil Lennon resigned as Celtic manager on Wednesday after a disastrous season for the Glasgow giants as fierce rivals Rangers close in on a first Scottish Premiership title in 10 years. The Hoops are 18 points adrift of Rangers in the season in whi...

Celtic manager Neil Lennon has resigned after a calamitous defence of their Scottish Premiership title, with fierce rival Rangers set to be crowned champions, the club said Wednesday. A club statement said: "Celtic Football Club today announced tha...

Nissan's former CEO appeared in a Tokyo court on Wednesday in the trial of Greg Kelly, a former aide to Carlos Ghosn facing charges of financial misconduct. Kelly is the only person currently on trial in Japan in connection with the Ghosn saga afte...

Hong Kong hiked stamp duty on stock trades Wednesday for the first time in almost three decades as it tries to plug a pandemic-induced record budget deficit, sending the local equity market tumbling. The business-friendly financial hub, which pride...

The head of a controversial Malaysian "sugar daddy" dating website was charged Wednesday with causing public alarm after his claims that university students were using the service sparked an outcry. Sugarbook bills itself as a site "where romance m...

Indonesia said Wednesday it was in talks with both sides in Myanmar's political crisis and its foreign minister may visit to help find a solution, but she had no plans for an immediate trip. The statement came after a leaked Myanmar government docu...

A North Korean defector wore a diving suit and fins during a daring six-hour swim around one of the world's most fortified borders, a Seoul official said, and was caught only after apparently falling asleep. Bungling South Korean forces did not spo...

US aviation regulators on Tuesday ordered inspections of all Pratt & Whitney engines similar to the one that broke up on a Boeing 777 passenger plane over Denver at the weekend, directing the tests be carried out before any return to service. The s...