26 April 2019, Sydney (AFP) Powerful all-rounder Shane Watson retired from Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League Friday, but will continue playing select overseas tournaments. The 37-year-old, who quit international cricket
26 April 2019, Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s Sony said Friday its annual profits had climbed to record highs for the second consecutive year thanks to a robust performance of its games
26 April 2019, Los Angeles (BBC) People around the world are becoming more angry, stressed and worried, according to a new global survey. Of some 150,000 people interviewed in over 140
24 April 2019, LONDON (AFP) British Prime Minister Theresa May has given the go-ahead for China’s Huawei to help build a 5G network, shrugging off security warnings from senior ministers
24 April 2019, UAE (BBC) A woman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who was seriously injured in a traffic accident in 1991 has made a seemingly miraculous recovery after
24 April 2019, Vladivostok (BBC) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in the far east of Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin. Mr Kim arrived in the Pacific
23 April 2019, Manila (Xinhua) A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Eastern Samar province in the central Philippines on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The institute said
15 April 2019, Beijing (CNN) The last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle has died in China, according to Chinese state media, potentially dooming the species to extinction. The female
11 April 2019, New Delhi (AFP) The scion of the Gandhi dynasty told Indians that the country’s “soul” was at stake on Thursday, as millions braved the hot sun to
11 April 2019, Chile (BBC) Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy. It measures 40 billion km across –
