Britain鈥檚 former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and helped him transform the country鈥檚 Labour party, has died aged 86, his family said on Thursday, prompting tributes from across the political spectrum.
Josko Gvardiol continued his scoring streak to earn Croatia a 1-1 home draw with Portugal on Monday that allowed them to squeak into the Nations League quarter-finals.
Unlike Steinbeck鈥檚 defamed 鈥榮alt-water-eating bushes鈥� of the Sea of Cortez, the Sunderbans is an excellent forest treasure for Bangladesh, India鈥檚 West Bengal, and the rest of the world. In 1997, UNESCO awarded the Sunderbans the accolade 鈥楢 World Heritage Site,鈥� with the obvious implication that everything should be done to preserve this incredible...
Russian authorities ordered the closure from Thursday of Moscow鈥檚 award-winning Gulag History Museum.
Worldwide killings of journalists jumped in 2022-23 compared with the previous two years, UN cultural body UNESCO said in a report Saturday, with almost all cases going unpunished...
A United Nations report, published on Monday, lays out in chilling detail the advances made by Israel in Gaza as it seeks to eradicate 鈥榯he very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine.鈥� This genocidal project, the report ominously warns, 鈥榠s now metastasizing to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.鈥�..
Russia鈥檚 central bank hiked interest rates to 21 per cent on Friday, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in more than two decades as Moscow鈥檚 Ukraine offensive has triggered rapid price rises at home...
Openers Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt-Hodge put on an unbeaten century partnership as England hammered debutants Scotland by 10 wickets at the Women's T20 World Cup on Sunday.
South Africa produced a superb all-round performance to thrash Scotland by 80 runs in their Group B match at the Women's T20 World Cup in Dubai on Wednesday.
Bangladesh began their ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign with a scrappy 16-run over debutants Scotland to put an end to their 10-year-long winless streak in the tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE on Thursday.
Russian shelling killed one person in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, local authorities said, as Moscow鈥檚 troops inched closer to the key logistics hub...
Cristiano Ronaldo's late strike sealed Portugal's 2-1 win over Scotland as the 901st goal of the striker's extraordinary career completed a stirring fightback in Sunday's Nations League clash.
THE literacy rate for people aged above seven years that the national statistical office has come up with every year for 19 years, from 2023 backward to 2005, shows a consistent increase, by small leaps though. Literacy rate is reported to have been 52.1 per cent in 2005 and it has increased to 77.9 per cent in 2023, keeping to official documents...
Australia gave millions of workers the legal right to 鈥榙isconnect鈥� on Monday, allowing them to ignore unreasonable out-of-hours calls, emails and texts from their bosses...
President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed more 鈥榬etribution鈥� against Russia on Ukrainian Independence Day Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow announced the exchange of 230 prisoners just over two weeks into Ukraine鈥檚 surprise offensive on Kursk.聽...
The second edition of the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 will be hosted by Malaysia and will comprise 16 teams.
American pop superstar Madonna spent her 66th birthday at Pompeii and donated to a local theatre project supporting at-risk kids, the archaeological site said on Saturday.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia on Thursday got back police escort again after nine years.
India鈥檚 biggest e-scooter maker Ola Electric Mobility dazzled on its market debut Friday after raising $734 million, as traders bet on surging demand for battery-powered vehicles...
Warner Bros Discovery鈥檚 share price plunged more than 10 per cent after-hours on Wednesday after it reported a quarterly loss of almost $10 billion...
Charlie Cassell broke the record for the best bowling figures by a men鈥檚 one-day international debutant as he took seven wickets for 21 runs during Scotland鈥檚...
A planet relatively close to Earth could be the first ever detected with a potentially life-sustaining liquid ocean outside our Solar System, according to scientists using the...
China is seeking to strengthen its leadership of an expanding bloc of nations it considers as a potential counterweight to the United States-led world order....
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi told Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Moscow that peace was 鈥榦f utmost importance鈥� and that 鈥榳ar cannot solve problems鈥�.....
A magistrate Wednesday charged prominent film director Benoit Jacquot for allegedly raping actors Julia Roy and Isild Le Besco, prosecutors said, in a high-profile MeToo case that has rocked France.
Domenico Tedesco was left ruing Belgium's luck on Monday after Jan Vertonghen's late own goal ended their Euro 2024 campaign and sent France into the quarter-finals.
Hungary striker Barnabas Varga is expected to undergo surgery after fracturing 鈥榤ultiple bones鈥� in his face in a sickening collision during his team's 1-0 win over Scotland at Euro 2024.
Kevin Csoboth scored in the 10th minute of added time as Hungary snatched a 1-0 win over Scotland to stay in the hunt for a place in the last 16 of Euro 2024.
Switzerland boss Murat Yakin hailed Xherdan Shaqiri鈥檚 ability to produce magical moments after his stunning strike rescued a valuable 1-1 draw against...
Australia saw off a determined challenge from Scotland to claim a five-wicket victory in a decisive final Group B match of the T20 World Cup for both teams at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Saturday.