The first Black mayor of Aurora, Illinois, Richard Irvin, announced on Monday that he would join Illinois's gubernatorial race, running as a Republican.Irvin is the fif
Josh Giddey (#3) of the Oklahoma City Thunder dribbles in the game against the Dallas Mavericks at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., January 2, 2022. /CFP The Oklahoma City Thund
Newly-elected International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Vice President Aivaz Omorkanov is in the Chinese capital for the Olympic test events which consists of four tea
Two pieces of the lunar volcanic rocks brought back by China's Chang'e-5 mission have been dated as about 1.97 billion years old, making them the youngest volcanic rock
For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, a rocket is poised to blast into orbit with no professional astronauts on board, only four tourists.SpaceX’s first
Kimi Raikkonen of Alfa Romeo attends the drivers press conference ahead of the Formula 1 Grand Prix of The Netherlands at Circuit Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands, September 2, 2021. /CFP K
Holmes founded Theranos when she was 19 and by 2015 the company had been valued at $9bn - but it was all about to collapse as what the US government alleges was "an elaborate, years-long fraud" unravelled.
Apna, a 21-month-old startup that is helping millions of blue and gray-collar workers in India upskill themselves, find communities and land jobs, is inching closer to becoming the fastest tech firm i
Afghans clean up the rubble at blast site, Kabul, Afghanistan. /CMG The U.S. military on Sunday carried out a drone strike targeting a vehicle in a residential neighborhood of Kabul, killing 1
TOKYO - China pocketed another eight golds, six silvers and one bronze medal on Monday to consolidate its dominance in the medal tally as the Tokyo Paralympic Games rea
TOKYO - China pocketed another eight golds, six silvers and one bronze medal on Monday to consolidate its dominance in the medal tally as the Tokyo Paralympic Games rea
FILE PIC: Kenya's Minister for Health Mutahi Kagwe. /Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health on Saturday announced that 1,286 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 8,310
Chinese celebrities (from left) Jackson Yee, Wang Yibo and Jia Ling. /CFPChinese super idol Jackson Yee has topped the Forbes China Celebrity List for the second year i
A flame-collecting ceremony for the Tokyo Paralympics is held in Ichihara, Japan, August 18, 2021. /CFPThe International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has launched a globa
A Belgian-British teenager took to the skies Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo. /AP With her parents looking on, 19-year-old Zara Rutherfo
Three University of Michigan students are building Channels Inc., a communication software tailored for physical workers, and already racking up some big customers in the event management industry.Sid
Two Democratic senators have asked the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Tesla’s statements about the autonomous capabilities of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems. The