The Saudi capital Riyadh is set to host the WTA Finals for three consecutive years, from 2024 through 2026.
This announcement was made following the agreement between the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and the Saudi Tennis Federation. The event, (...)
Police in the Caribbean are investigating the disappearance of an American couple after escaped inmates in Grenada allegedly hijacked their yacht. Now, their family is bracing for the possibility "they aren't with us" after the violent scene (...)
An explosion has occurred at a gas export terminal near the city of St. Petersburg in Russia, officials say.
The blast caused a large fire, state-owned Ria Novosti news agency said. It said the fire had been contained, and there were no reports of (...)
Guyana and Venezuela have agreed to not "use force" to settle their dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo.
After meeting Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, Guyanese President Irfaan Ali reaffirmed his commitment to peace in the (...)
A fire burning at an oil depot in St. Petersburg has been extinguished, the Russian Emergency Ministry said on Telegram, after dozens of firefighters were called to the scene.
Videos from the area posted on social media showed a large plume of black (...)
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in a private funeral in St Petersburg, his press service has said.
It said the ceremony, in his home city, was held in "a closed format", and all those "wishing to say goodbye can visit the [city's] (...)
Presumed human remains have been found within the wreckage of the Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard says.
Pieces from the sub, which imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, were unloaded in St John's, Canada, on Wednesday.
Officials say the (...)
Parts of the tourist submersible that imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, killing five people, have been seen for the first time since the incident.
Metal wreckage from the Titan sub was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St John's, (...)
Teenager Suleman Dawood, who died in the Titan submersible, took his Rubik's Cube with him because he wanted to break a world record, his mother has told the BBC.
The 19-year-old applied to the Guinness World Records and his father, Shahzada, who (...)
Investigators in Canada have boarded the support ship used to launch the Titan submersible in their bid to understand what caused the vessel's catastrophic implosion.
Flags on board the Polar Prince were at half-mast as it docked in St John's, (...)
A suspect in the killing of pro-war Russian blogger Vladlen Tatarsky has been charged with terrorism, Russian officials say.
Darya Trepova was taken to a Moscow court on Tuesday after her arrest the previous day in St. Petersburg. Prosecutors are (...)
A US man who spent nearly 28 years behind bars for a murder he has always denied committing has had the conviction overturned in Missouri.
Lamar Johnson, 50, walked out of the St Louis' courtroom a free man after a ruling by Judge David Mason on (...)
At least three people, including the suspect, have died and seven others are injured after a shooting at a high school in St Louis, Missouri.
The gunman entered Central Visual & Performing Arts High School shortly after 09:00 local time (13:00 GMT) (...)
Antigua and Barbuda will vote on whether to become a republic following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the country's prime minister revealed.
Gaston Browne said a referendum could take place within three years — but emphasized that the move was (...)
A news anchor in Missouri was deeply hurt when a viewer criticized her for being "very Asian" but within hours, Asian Americans across the country stood up for her, CNN reported.
Last week, an unidentified woman called CNN affiliate KSDK in St. (...)
Dr. Jack Lyons remembers the pandemic's early days when grateful communities banged pots and pans to honor frontline health care workers.
But now, faced with hostility just for trying to save his patients' lives, he says that, sadly, those days are (...)
The Women's Tennis Association has announced the immediate suspension of all tournaments in China amid concern for Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, BBC reported.
Peng, 35, disappeared from public view for three weeks after accusing a top Chinese (...)
A cheap, generically available anti-depressant may reduce the risk of severe Covid-19 disease by close to a third in people at high risk, researchers reported Wednesday.
A trial among about 1,500 patients in Brazil showed those who took the drug, (...)
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale, who served as vice president under then-President Jimmy Carter before waging his own unsuccessful White House bid in 1984, has died, according to a family spokesperson. He was 93.
Mondale died at home in downtown (...)
Endurance athlete Cameron Bellamy completed the longest recorded ocean channel swim on Sunday, covering the 151.7 km (94 miles) from Barbados to St. Lucia in the Caribbean in 56 hours and 36 minutes, according to the official website tracking his (...)
Defending champion Geraint Thomas crashed on the Tour de France on Saturday, losing time to Frenchman Thibaut Pinot, but took heart from a strong recovery.
"It's annoying and frustrating but, at the same time, to come back like I did shows the legs (...)
The prospect of a home-grown rider winning the Tour de France for the first time in more than three decades started to take shape on Saturday when Thibaut Pinot ended the first block as the best of the overall contenders.
The 29-year-old, third in (...)
Julian Alaphilippe reclaimed the Tour de France's yellow jersey and Thibaut Pinot underlined his title credentials as the French pair highly impressed in a spectacular eighth-stage finale on Saturday.
Belgian Thomas De Gendt won the 200-km hilly (...)
The United States got their Gold Cup title defense off to a flying start with a 4-0 win over Guyana in Saint Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday.
The United States opened the scoring in the 28th minute when Weston McKennie delivered a pass to Paul Arriola, (...)
Heavy rain didn't dampen the spirits of the St. Louis Blues or their fans Saturday as a crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands turned out to see the 2019 Stanley Cup champions parade through downtown.
It was the first Stanley Cup title in (...)