A Chinese court on Sunday handed a former top provincial official a suspended death sentence for bribery, it said, the latest senior politician to be jailed in a high-profile, anti-corruption campaign.
German police arrested a 16-year-old Syrian at a refugee hostel near Cologne on suspicion of having contact with a supporter of Islamic State abroad and expressing his willingness to carry out a bomb attack, authorities said.
Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to deny bullying his political opponents after one of his MPs alleged that the Labour leader had threatened to telephone his father amid a row over the party’s direction.
Sprint king Usain Bolt believes the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on Russia’s drug cheats will scare athletes and send a strong message that doping won’t be tolerated. CAS yesterday rejected an appeal by 67 Russian athletes seeking to overturn an IAAF doping ban on them competing at th
Six-time champion Serena Williams stormed into her ninth Wimbledon final in record time yesterday and will meet Angelique Kerber after the German ended Venus Williams’s hopes of becoming the oldest woman in the title match in 22 years.
Emerging market stocks snapped a four day-losing streak yesterday, as investors anticipated a soothing message later from the US Federal Reserve to help settle the current outbreak of Brexit nerves.
Singapore’s move to shut down scandal- plagued BSI Bank’s operations in the country is reverberating through private banks facing surging costs to combat money laundering and protracted screening of new clients.
James Anderson recorded his best Test figures at Headingley as Sri Lanka were made to follow-on on the second day of the first Test against England yesterday.
LG Electronics has recognised its 30-year partnership in Qatar with Video Home and Jumbo Electronics.
I wasn’t predisposed to love Algorithms To Live By, a new book by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths that suggests approaching life decisions like a computer scientist.
For the first time, an individual from Qatar has qualified for the Regionals level of the CrossFit Games competition. Steph Chung will go on to represent Qatar and CrossFit Erada on May 24-27.
The scene was reminiscent of 2006. Or 2011. But 2016? Was this possible?
