While Microsoft is touting next week's launch of Windows 8 as the savior of the computer industry, PC makers and analysts are increasingly skeptical that the new operating system will lure consumers a

China flexed some maritime muscle in its dispute with Japan over a chain of uninhabited islands, holding naval exercises in the East China Sea on Friday to demonstrate its ability to enforce its territorial claims at sea.

Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the Kremlin Cup semi-finals by beating defending champion Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1 on Friday.

Wozniacki won four consecutive games in the first

Third-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain reached the Stockholm Open semifinals when he dispatched former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6-1, 6-4 on Friday.

The 12th-ranked Almagro, still contending for a place in

The European Union’s farmers’ union is warning that drought, cold and hail have conspired to produce the worst wine harvest for the region in up to half a century.

Already an outcast in cycling after a massive doping report, Lance Armstrong absorbed hits much closer to home Wednesday: to his wallet and his heart.

Armstrong was dumped by Nike, Anheuser-Busch and

Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe today blamed illnesses picked up touring during a 13-year international cricket career for his diagnosis with the cancer lymphoma.

Crowe said his cancer was "v

The Bangladeshi man accused of trying to bomb the Federal Reserve building in New York City was a banker’s son from a middle class neighbourhood whose family says it was stunned by his arrest.

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British writer Hilary Mantel won the prestigious Booker literary prize for a second time on Tuesday with her blood-soaked Tudor saga Bring Up the Bodies, which the head of the judging panel said had “

The first woman to lead a Formula One team has another reason to look forward to the Indian Grand Prix next week - it's in her country of birth.

The 41-year-old Monisha Kaltenborn was promoted from S