Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest.

Los Angeles firefighters braced on Tuesday for intense winds that could fuel two monstrous wildfires that have already killed two dozen people, leveled entire neighborhoods and scorched an area the ...

US equity futures rise slightly, but Japan's Nikkei falls 1.5% amid high Treasury yields and inflation concerns ...

Brazilian digital lender Nubank has signed an agreement with Mexican convenience store chain Oxxo, run by FEMSA, to expand its cash deposit and withdrawal network in the North American country, the ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, this Friday, responding to his offer of talks to try to resolve a spat over the end of ...

China's exports gained momentum in December, with imports also showing recovery, though strength at the year-end was in part fuelled by factories rushing inventory overseas as they braced for ...

Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, was hit on Monday with multiple lawsuits claiming its electrical equipment started one of the major wildfires raging in the Los ...

Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

South Africa is not a perfect country. We have our unique challenges, such as rising crime, failing municipalities, deteriorating roads, problems at the ports, and a slow inclusivity journey, among ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has postponed the announcement of this year's Oscar nominations for a second time because of the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, organizers said on ...

American former swimmer Gary Hall Jr. is set to receive replicas of the 10 Olympic medals he lost in the Los Angeles wildfires that destroyed his home, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President ...

It had taken Robert Fortune years of extensive planning and three months of arduous travel by boat, sedan chair and on foot disguised as a mandarin. His aim was to reach the black tea hills in the ...