Livingstone’s maiden ton leads England win against WI

Captain Liam Livingstone cracked a maiden one-day international hundred to lead England to a five-wicket victory against the West Indies on Saturday. Livingstone's blistering innings outshone a century earlier in the day scored by opposition skipper Shai Hope. Chasing 329 to win, the England captain made his hundred off 77 balls with

Harris, Trump clash in heated finale

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump enter the final weekend of the most tense US presidential campaign of modern times witha flurry of swing-state rallies that will test their stamina -- and ability to persuade the country's last undecided voters. Harris, bidding to become the country's first woman president, will use rallies

Badenoch elected new leader of UK Conservative Party

"Anti-woke" candidate Kemi Badenoch on Saturday won the vote to become the UK Conservatives' new leader, replacing Rishi Sunak who quit after the party's disastrous showing in July's general election. Badenoch, 44, came out on top in the two-horse race with former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, winning 57 percent of the

Dissent on funding remains on final day of nature summit

The world's biggest nature conservation conference enters its final day in Colombia Friday with negotiators at odds over how best to fund plans to "halt and reverse" species loss. Amid murmurs that the talks may drag into an extra day, summit president Susana Muhamad said Friday's programmed closing session promised to

US sanctions on 19 Indian companies

The United States imposed sanctions on 19 Indian firms and two Indian nationals on Wednesday, alleging their involvement in aiding Russia’s military activities in Ukraine by providing essential materials and technology. The sanctions, part of a larger action involving nearly 400 entities and individuals globally, come at a sensitive time as

North Korea claims successful solid-fuel ICBM test

North Korea said Thursday it had test-fired one of its newest and most powerful missiles to boost its nuclear deterrent, Kim Jong Un's first weapons test since being accused of sending soldiers to Russia. Seoul had warned a day earlier that the nuclear-armed North was preparing to test-fire another intercontinental ballistic