Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood continued his red-hot form with two goals in as many minutes for New Zealand in an 8-1 demolition of Vanuatu on Friday in World Cup qualifying.

The Hangzhou-based firm operates some of China's most widely used online shopping platforms, making its performance a bellwether for consumer sentiment.

One week after being given the power to seize luxury items from people not suspected of a crime, Swedish police said on Friday they had already confiscated items worth nearly $1.0 million.

China's finance ministry said Friday it was cancelling export tax rebates for metals like aluminium and copper, and certain other goods, beginning next month.

Police fired tear gas on protesters Friday in Abkhazia amid anger over a proposed deal with Moscow some fear will spoil the breakaway Georgian region's natural beauty.

Federal Reserve officials are keeping the market on its toes over its rate-cutting plans. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank would approach its decision “carefully” at a talk in Dallas on ...

Police made 40 arrests at a tense football match between France and Israel in Paris but the city's police chief said on Friday the huge security operation had "worked very well".

A fire erupted overnight in a retirement home in the northeastern Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro killing at least 10 people, the emergency services said on Friday.

A South Korean court handed the country's opposition leader a suspended prison sentence Friday for violating election laws -- a ruling that may prevent him from running in the next presidential ...

Oil executives descended on the COP29 talks in Baku for "energy day" on Friday as environmental groups denounced the presence of fossil fuel industry lobbyists at the UN climate talks.

A French convict accused of being a major drugs gangland figure vanished without a trace after an armed attack in May left two prison officers dead. Six months later, Mohamed Amra and the gunmen who ...

In the pantheon of global gatherings, the G20 is the main forum for economic and financial cooperation -- areas increasingly tested by today's shifting geopolitics.