MELBOURNE - Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen overcame a sluggish start to blast into the Australian Open second round Sunday as storms caused havoc ahead of Aryna Sabalenka beginning her quest for a historic third consecutive crown.

Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng has called for closer cooperation with Britain in areas including financial services, biomedicine and artificial intelligence, as both sides seek to repair ties after prolonged tensions.

LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Health bosses warned people living in Los Angeles on Saturday to stay indoors because of dangerous wildfire smoke wreathing the area.

PASADENA, California: The pitbull mix arrived at Pasadena Humane covered in ash, his paw pads ulcerated from walking on fire debris, his lungs choked with smoke. A good Samaritan found the dog lying in rubble in Altadena, wrapped him in a b...

Although the appeal of the English FA Cup has waned over the years, the third round is still eagerly anticipated especially for the smaller clubs that have battled hard just to get this far. It is the time the heavyweights join the competit...

Thai League champions Buriram United hammered Borneo FC Samarinda of Indonesia 4-0 in the Asean Club Championship (Shopee Cup) on Thursday night to move up to second place in their Group B standings.

Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpicha Choeikeewong booked their berths in the women's singles semi-finals of the season-opening BWF Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

ABDULLAH GOTH — Aneesa Haroon drops off her tattered school bag at her rural home in Pakistan and hurriedly grabs lunch before joining her father in the fields to pick vegetables.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration Friday issued sweeping extensions of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine, El Salvador and Venezuela in a move that makes it almost impossible for President-el...

NAYPYIDAW — Dozens of people were killed in an air strike by Myanmar's military government in the western state of Rakhine this week, the United Nations (UN) said, as the Southeast Asia nation's civil war nears its fourth year.