Deteriorating weather forced a Volvo Ocean Race yacht to abandon its search for a British crew member washed overboard in the hostile Southern Ocean Tuesday,...
Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian business to bigger regional rival Grab, the firms said on Monday, marking the...
Former President Barack Obama said Sunday that negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program are difficult, partly because the country's...
Russell Westbrook’s fifth straight triple double helped the Oklahoma City Thunder end the Toronto Raptors 11-game NBA winning streak Sunday, as the Portland...
The eyes of the rugby union world will turn to a wintry Twickenham on Saturday as Ireland try to jump the "final hurdle" that will see them win just their...
Finland tops an index of the happiest nations in which to live.
Finland is the world's happiest country, according to an annual survey issued Wednesday that put Burundi at the bottom of the happiness index and found...
Lebanon ranked 88 out of 156 countries in the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s 2018 World Happiness Report published Wednesday.
If cold weather and a lack of sunlight in winter are enough to get you down, chances are you're not Finnish.
They can make test-tube babies, grow human eggs in a lab and reproduce mice from frozen testicle tissue, but when it comes to knowing how a man’s sperm can...
Trade ministers from 11 Pacific Rim countries signed a sweeping free trade agreement Thursday to streamline trade and slash tariffs on the same day that...
Chris Paul scored 25 points as the Houston Rockets overpowered Russell Westbrook’s Oklahoma City Thunder to tighten their grip on the Western Conference with...
Undefeated heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder compares rival champion Anthony Joshua to a cow in calling out the unbeaten British heavyweight ahead of the...
A mentally disturbed teenager tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a 1981 visit to New Zealand and police covered up the botched attempt, according...
The World Bank’s annual Doing Business report is probably its most-cited publication.
Lawmakers from New Zealand's main conservative party on Tuesday chose their first indigenous Maori leader as they regrouped after an election loss.
Australia's deputy prime minister said on Friday he will resign as leader of his party after weeks of pressure over an affair with a staffer that brought him...
David Wise of the United States overcame broken bindings and produced a scintillating final run to retain his ski halfpipe Olympic title Thursday.
Anna Gasser stood at the top of the big air ramp Thursday, caught in two minds ahead of her crucial final run. In the end, the Austrian snowboarder changed...
Lebanon’s perception of corruption remained unchanged from last year’s global ranking published Wednesday by Berlin-based anti-graft group Transparency...