News Hour: Fans mourned on Wednesday for a Brazilian football team decimated in a plane crash that killed 71 people in Colombia, as a recording emerged of the panicked pilot reporting he was out of fuel....

News Hour: Seven people have died in the US southeast as wildfires blazed across a mountainous tourist region, forcing thousands to evacuate and destroying or damaging hundreds of structures, US media reported on Wednesday. High winds...

News Hour: Oil eased in Asian trade on Thursday, taking a breather after soaring nearly 10 percent on the wings of OPEC’s decision to carry out its first output cut in eight years. The Organization of...

News Hour: A man suffered foot and arm injuries after being attacked by a shark while surfing off Australia’s east coast on Thursday, authorities said. The 65-year-old managed to swim ashore and raise the alarm, before...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher on Thursday with investor sentiment boosted by the yen’s sharp drop and an OPEC deal to cut oil production. The yen’s fall to its weakest level in more than...

News Hour: A ‘Sit Less’ intervention ‒ breaking sitting with standing and light-intensity walking ‒ may be an alternative to structured exercise to promote blood sugar control in patients with type 2 diabetes, giving improved 24-hour...

News Hour: U.S. pop star Taylor Swift, boy band One Direction and British singer Adele were the highest paid musicians in the world this year, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday. With earnings of $170 million from...

News Hour: With the eight participating countries’ routes to glory at the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 now mapped out, as of Thursday 1 December 2016, 12.00 CET/14.00 MSK time, fans will be able to apply...

News Hour: Rapper Kanye West was released from hospital on Wednesday, according to media outlets citing unidentified sources, more than a week after he was admitted for exhaustion, reports Reuters. CNN and the Los Angeles Times...

News Hour: Video streaming pioneer Netflix Inc has added an option that allows subscribers to download shows at no additional cost on their mobile device to watch without an internet connection. Netflix signaled in recent months...