By Stephen Beech Young people who spend hours on end glued to screens are increasing their risk of a heart attack or stroke, ...

Switzerland's president held last-gasp talks Wednesday with the US secretary of state after rushing to Washington to avert a ...

French firefighters on Wednesday battled to halt the spread of a wildfire in the south of the country that has left one person dead as emergency workers in Spain subdued ...

Egypt said on Wednesday that its much-anticipated new $1-billion archaeological museum near the Pyramids of Giza will ...

Comeback queen Lindsey Vonn has appointed former Norwegian ski star Aksel Lund Svindal as coach to help her prepare for the ...

Brazil on Wednesday approached the World Trade Organization (WTO) for relief against a hefty trade tariff imposed by ...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered steeper tariffs on Indian goods over New Delhi's continued purchase of Russian ...

Natural disasters caused $135 billion in economic losses globally in the first half of 2025, fuelled by the Los Angeles ...

Italy's government on Wednesday approved a controversial 13.5-billion-euro ($15.6-billion) project to build what would be the ...

Stock markets edged higher Wednesday as traders assessed the latest corporate earnings and awaited President Donald Trump's ...

Hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday battled to halt the spread of a wildfire in southern France that has scorched a vast ...

German broadcasting giant ProSiebenSat.1 recommended Wednesday that its shareholders accept an improved takeover offer from ...