October2019

Google owner Alphabet has made an offer to acquire U.S. wearable device maker Fitbit, as it eyes a slice of the crowded market for fitness trackers and smartwatches, people familiar with the matter said on Monday....

Warner Bros.’ “Joker” won a battle of the supervillains this weekend, selling an estimated $18.9 million in tickets to edge out “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and regain the top spot in North American theaters, an industry...

California’s governor declared a state-wide emergency on Sunday as a huge wind-fueled blaze forced evacuations and massive power blackouts, threatening towns in the famed Sonoma wine region. The so-called Kincade Fire, north of San Francisco, has...

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Monday ended a state of emergency that lasted more than a week amid mass protests, but demonstrations continued nonetheless. The decision to lift the decree at midnight, just two days after...

Seven people have been killed and 11 injured in floods after heavy rain lashed northeastern parts of Saudi Arabia, Al-Ekhbariya state television reported Monday. Rescue services in the northeastern city of Hafer al-Batin, about 100 kilometres...

A boy walks ashore in Brazil in filthy waist-high water with a look of exasperation and his body smeared in oil, a photographer takes a shot, and the image goes viral. On October 21, an AFP...

Belgian Budget Minister Sophie Wilmes has been chosen as the country’s new caretaker prime minister — a first for a woman, the current premier Charles Michel said on Saturday. The 44-year-old still has to be sworn...

A quarter century after grunge’s enigmatic rhapsodist took his own life, Kurt Cobain’s iconic cigarette-singed cardigan worn during Nirvana’s 1993 “Unplugged” performance has sold for $334,000. The tattered, olive-green, Manhattan-brand, button-up sweater, which has never been...

Cristiano Ronaldo stayed at home as Juventus battled to a 1-1 stalemate at lowly Lecce on Saturday, but the defending champions still stay top in Serie A as nearest rivals Inter Milan drew 2-2 with Parma....

The Bangladesh Cricket (BCB) got a proposal to play a day-night Test from their Indian counterpart BCCI, whose newly elected president Sourav Ganguly is very keen to make Kolkata Test, starting on November 22, a day-night...