With a third successive interest rate cut already priced in, trading has softened ahead of key indicators this week that could still play a role in the central bank's planning over the next year. Most in focus are the private jobs report from payro...

"Reservations for KFC Christmas typically begin around the beginning of November," Takuma Kawamura, a KFC marketing manager, told AFP at a new upmarket pop-up eatery in Tokyo. "From that time, stores with the Colonel statue will dress him in Christ...

England were beaten by Australia inside two days in the first Test in Perth and need to avoid defeat or risk seeing their hopes of regaining the Ashes go up in smoke. In their only change, England recalled 26-year-old Jacks for his first Test since...

The South Africa-born Smith, who had moved to Australia and lived in Perth, attended the first Ashes Test almost a fortnight ago and met some of the England and England Lions players. Smith, who played 62 Tests between 1988 and 1996, has been haile...

"This is the dawn of a new era, the era of Europe's full energy independence from Russia," EU chief Ursula von der Leyen told reporters following the overnight deal. Aimed at breaking a reliance the bloc has struggled to end despite the invasion of...

At stumps on day two in Christchurch, New Zealand were 32-0 in their second innings to be 96 ahead. Devon Conway was 15 not out with Tom Latham on 14. Once the forgotten man of New Zealand domestic cricket, Duffy found himself the enforcer in only ...

Hopes have faded for the 366 other people unaccounted for after mudslides and floods triggered by the cyclone, which brought record rains across the island last week. "Our initial estimate is that we will need about six to seven billion dollars for...

Travis Head, who made a match-winning century as a makeshift opener in Perth, is set to remain at the top of the order in place of the injured Usman Khawaja, with England-born Inglis slotting into the middle order. Stand-in captain Steve Smith woul...

The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in one of aviation's greatest enduring mysteries. Two-thirds of the passengers were Chinese, while the others included Mala...

War-ravaged Myanmar is a hive of black market activity ranging from illegal mining to internet scamming and the manufacture of illicit drugs like methamphetamine and heroin. The nation has long ranked among the world's top opium poppy producers, cl...

In Indonesia, survivors expressed growing frustration about the slow pace of the rescue effort and aid delivery, as humanitarian groups warned the scale of the challenge was almost unprecedented even for a country that has faced no shortage of natur...

Reigning Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points to steer the reigning NBA champions to a win that leaves them on 21-1 at the top of the Western Conference standings. Oklahoma City had looked poised to deliver a crushing win a...

The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in one of aviation's greatest enduring mysteries. Two-thirds of the passengers were Chinese, while the others included Mala...

That starts with the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne this week. The Northern Irishman is in Australia for the first time in 11 years, where he is on a mission to lift a second Stonehaven Cup to go with his 2013 victory over Adam Scott on the fin...

"The need is really huge," said Hani Isleem, who coordinates medical evacuations from Gaza for the charity, known by its French acronym MSF. The numbers taken in by countries so far remains "just a drop in the ocean", Isleem told AFP in an intervie...