January2018

The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup is set to be the most widely available edition in history thanks to expanded digital syndication of live coverage led by ICC’s global media rights partner, Star Sports. In 102...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland met today in Strasbourg to discuss how to better promote human rights in sports. The meeting followed an exchange of views between the FIFA...

Kodak said it was teaming up with London-based Wenn Media Group to carry out the initial coin offering (ICO). Shares in photo firm Eastman Kodak soared nearly 120% after it revealed plans to mint its own...

Hollywood is hardly a big fan of Donald Trump, but on the upcoming reboot of “Roseanne,” the title character will be a supporter of the Republican president. The award-winning ABC sitcom is returning for a 10th...

Australia sweltered through its third-hottest year on record in 2017 despite the lack of a warming El Nino weather phenomenon, official figures showed Wednesday. Seven of the vast continent’s 10 warmest years have occurred since 2005,...

Ethiopia is one of the biggest source countries for international adoptions by US citizens, accounting for about 20% of the total. Ethiopia has banned the adoption of children by foreigners amid concerns children face abuse and...

The Labor Department said on Wednesday import prices edged up 0.1 percent last month after an upwardly revised 0.8 percent rise in November. That was the smallest gain since July and was well below economists’ expectations...

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, together with Russia and a group of other producers, last November extended an output-cutting deal to cover all of 2018. Crude oil prices hit new multi-year highs on Wednesday...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 that struck near remote islands belonging to Honduras on Tuesday was felt across northern Central America but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. The quake rattled windows...

A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s crimes angered state officials is due to begin enforced psychiatric testing this week amid fears he will be falsely declared insane, his lawyer said on Tuesday....