January2018

A ruthless Rafa Nadal preserved his creaky knees for tougher tests down the road by routing Dominican journeyman Victor Estrella Burgos 6-1 6-1 6-1 to sail into the second round of the Australian Open on Monday....

Spain is expected to replace the United States as the world’s second tourism destination while France has retained the top spot, the UN World Tourism Organization said Monday. “It is expected” that Spain will take the...

Winning Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza hoped that his side would carry out the same performance in their second match against Sri Lanka. He was speaking at a post-match session on Monday at the Sher-e-Bangla National...

At every Australian Open tennis great Ken Rosewall writes a heartfelt letter and leaves it for Roger Federer in the players’ locker room. It’s just a short note on a single slip of paper in neat...

Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the first ODI of the tri-nation series on Monday at Sher-e- Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur. Courtesy of an unbeaten 84, by opener Tamim Iqbal, the hosts romped...

Ford’s $11bn investment pledge is much higher than a previously announced target of $4.5bn by 2020. Ford says it will boost its investment in electric vehicles to $11bn (£8bn) in the next five years, more than...

The number of new cases has fallen to around 80 from 164 a week ago. Of the more than 3,200 cases reported in total, more than 3,000 have been in Lusaka. Zambia on Sunday relaxed rules...

Rare earth metals are vital for manufacturing high-tech products ranging from smartphones and wind turbines to electric car batteries and missiles. New rare earth deposits have been discovered in east China’s Jiangxi Province, authorities said. A...

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were unchanged at $64.30 a barrel. Trading was relatively slow due to a national holiday in the United States. Oil hovered below a three-year high near $70 a...

Police ruled out a bomb as a cause of Monday’s collapse. They said more than 70 people had been injured, but no deaths had been reported. A mezzanine floor overlooking the main lobby of the Indonesian...