Scientists appear to have broken a decades-long deadlock in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease after announcing trial results for the first drug that appears to slow the pace of mental decline.
Turkey’s central bank kept interest rates on hold for a fifth straight month yesterday, avoiding any mention of the political uncertainty that has unnerved investors...
Actor Ben Fellows arrives at the Old Bailey courthouse in London yesterday.
British cosmologist Steven Hawking launched the biggest-ever search for intelligent life in the universe in a 10-year, $100-million project to scan the heavens
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said yesterday that his newly announced plan to slash taxes over the next three years...
Brazilian football legend Pele, 74, is back in hospital in Sao Paulo and has undergone spinal surgery, TV Globo announced.
Eighty-five percent of India’s family planning budget is used to promote and conduct sterilisations on women, the head of a prominent charity said, calling for more funds to be ...
In a sneak preview of their opening match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, world number nine Samoa kicked off their Pacific Nations Cup campaign Saturday with a 21-16 win over the US.
Brazil’s corruption-fuelled political crisis has ramped up with prosecutors announcing a probe into possible...
Chris Froome is a more proactive rider than Tour de France rival Alberto Contador (pictured), according to the former’s teammate Nicolas Roche.
Louis van Gaal has turned to a familiar face to help get Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League.
Sri Lankan police yesterday made the first ever arrest of a Supreme Court judge who was detained in connection...
