Chinese tennis star Li Na has been named as the 60th member of Laureus World Sports Academy (LWSA), according to the official website of the organization on Wednesday.
Africa needs better and more flexible policies to build financial market resilience in the face of global economic volatility, economists urged at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda.
U.S. researchers said Thursday they turned skin cells into heart cells and brain cells using just a combination of chemicals, a breakthrough that may lay the foundation for one day regenerating lost or damaged cells with pharmaceutical drugs.
Robin Auld picks out some highlights for Hong Kong television viewers, including a documentary about the impact on sherpa communities in Nepal of the deaths of 16 sherpas on Mount Everest in 2014
Australia's federal election race is becoming more contested as opposition leaders and ruling backbench MP's continue airing their disquiet over Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of an investigation into the banking industry.
Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday green-lit a plan for the embattled operator of the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in the northeast to start freezing soil around its battered reactor buildings, in a bid to reduce the massive amounts of radioactive water accumulating in the buildings.
For weeks, the United States government has said that the only way to open an iPhone used by a gunman in a mass shooting was to get Apple’s help, a position that set off a clash between the technology giant and law enforcement.
Agreements between Hong Kong and six Nordic jurisdictions (namely, Denmark, the Faroes, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Greenland) for the exchange of information relating to tax matters have entered into force, a spokesman for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said on Wednesday.
If a judge agrees, Apple could be forced to make the data on any iPhone available to any law-enforcement agency demanding it
South Korea's defense ministry said Tuesday that a satellite, launched two days earlier by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), had successfully flied into orbit.
Beverages major Coca-Cola on Monday announced its foray into value-added dairy drinks segment in the Indian market with Vio brand, which will make its debut across the country next month.
From making your browser do a ‘barrel roll’ to playing a quick game of Breakout with your search results, Google’s full of quirky little easter eggs.
From making your browser do a ‘barrel roll’ to playing a quick game of Breakout with your search results, Google’s full of quirky little easter eggs.
Hosts Bayern Munich overcame Real Madrid 1-0 to win the pre-season tournament meanwhile Tottenham Hotspur clinched the third place as they beat AC Milan 2-0 in the Audi Cup at outsold Allianz Arena on Wednesday.
The United States pushed the nuclear talks into deadlock with excessive demands, local Fars news agency quoted an Iranian diplomat in Vienna as saying on Thursday.
Monetary Authority of Singapore ( MAS) said on Wednesday it is in contact with financial institutions in relation to Malaysia's probe into allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars had been transferred to accounts of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Israeli war jets struck northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday in response to rockets launched earlier from the coastal enclave into southern Israel, witnesses said. No casualties were reported.
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