Carlo Ancelotti says Everton "are going to change next season", beginning with turning round their dreadful home form having lost nine times at Goodison Park this term. Sunday's 1-0 defeat by bottom-placed Sheffield United summed up their home woes...

Britain took a big step towards normal life on Monday with more easing of coronavirus restrictions, but there was even more misery in India where a powerful cyclone disrupted efforts to fight a devastating Covid-19 wave. Rapid vaccinations have all...

The Colombian government said Sunday it would consider protesters' demands to "guarantee the right to protest" as a condition for negotiations after 19 days of bloody demonstrations against President Ivan Duque. Triggered by a now-abandoned tax ref...

Hundreds of cars crowded roads linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Monday, as Riyadh permitted citizens vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel abroad more than a year after barring external trips. The King Fahd Causeway, a 25 kilometre (16 mile) series...

Two of Indonesia's most successful start-ups are to merge, the companies announced on Monday, creating the largest tech firm in the world's fourth most populous country. Ride-hailing and payments giant Gojek and e-commerce firm Tokopedia -- which g...

A major cyclone packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm surge bore down on India on Monday, disrupting the country's urgent response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. At least six people died over the weekend in torrential r...

Singapore will close schools from Wednesday as authorities warned new coronavirus strains like the one first detected in India were affecting more children in the city-state. The government has been tightening restrictions following a recent rise i...

Ryanair posted Monday an annual net loss of 1.0 billion euros as the coronavirus pandemic grounded the global aviation sector but the Irish no-frills airlines said a recovery has already begun. Ryanair described the year as "the most challenging" i...

French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi and Britain's GSK reported on Monday "strong immune responses" in early tests of their Covid-19 vaccine, raising hopes it could join the fight against the pandemic. The companies said the results of the Phase 2 s...

France great Frederic Michalak warned the Wallabies that France would be at their flamboyant best as they chase a rare Test victory on Australian soil in July. France have not won in Australia since 1990 but Michalak said the tourists would be conf...

Samoa's opposition claimed victory in an election standoff Monday after court rulings backed its bid to form a new government and install Fiame Naomi Mata'afa as the Pacific island nation's first female prime minister. Hundreds of FAST Party suppor...

Table tennis world champion Liu Shiwen has been controversially left out of China's women's singles line-up for the Tokyo Olympics and will instead play doubles and team events. The 30-year-old won a team title as China swept all four gold medals a...

Argentina is ready to host the Copa America, President Alberto Fernandez confirmed Sunday, despite the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic that has killed more than 70,000 people in his country. The tournament is due to kick off on June 13 even as t...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hosts African leaders, diplomats and lenders at a summit aimed at helping Sudan after years of conflict-riven authoritarian rule. Several heads of state will gather in Paris to discuss investment in Sudan ...

Most of the UK takes a major step towards normality on Monday as coronavirus restrictions are eased, despite concerns over the spread of a more transmissible variant of the disease. Across England, Wales and most of Scotland, indoor hospitality in ...