US retailer Sears, a brand that once dominated shopping malls in the country, has filed for bankruptcy. Sears Holdings - which also owns Kmart - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. The company has suffered, along with many other t...
Keira Knightley has called for funding for mental health services to be ring-fenced, with more help provided for children and young mothers. The actress revealed last week she had a mental breakdown at 22 and suffered post-traumatic stress...
Behind the scenes of rehearsals for the American Music Awards...
A judge in Pennsylvania has jailed US comedian Bill Cosby for three to 10 years for sexual assault. Cosby, 81, was also categorised as a sexually violent predator, meaning he must undergo counselling for life and be listed on the sex offender regist...
The US has imposed sanctions on the Chinese military over its purchasing of Russian military jets and surface-to-air missiles. It says such purchases contravene US sanctions on Moscow introduced over Russian actions in Ukraine and alleged interferen...
The US is imposing new tariffs on $200bn (£150bn) worth of Chinese goods as it escalates its trade war with Beijing. The higher import taxes will apply to almost 6,000 items, marking the biggest round of US tariffs so far. Handbags, rice and ...
A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other....
Fly over “Datong County”, a region in northern China, and you’ll see two giant pandas. One is waving at you. They are made of thousands of solar panels. Together, and with the other adjacent panels included, they form a 100-me...
The chief executive of China's JD.com, Liu Qiangdong, was briefly arrested in the US on accusations of criminal sexual conduct. Mr Liu, one of China's richest people, was arrested in Minneapolis shortly before midnight on Friday and released on Satu...
China says it plans to file a fresh complaint against President Donald Trump's tariffs at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The threat comes after the US imposed a second round of tariffs on $16bn (£12.4bn) of Chinese goods, in an escalation...
This supermom, who happens to be a New Zealand politician, decided to kick start her baby's birth in the bike lane on Sunday. Women's minister Julie Anne Genter announced that she took herself by bicycle to be induced. She'd reached the 42-week m...
Rescuers in the north-western Italian city of Genoa continue to search for possible survivors after the dramatic collapse of a motorway bridge. Police say at least 26 people were killed and 15 badly hurt, when dozens of vehicles fell 45m (148ft). R...
One of the most anticipated movies of the #MeToo era is the story of the women of Fox News who brought down the toxic male culture at the news network. Earlier this year, Charlize Theron made headlines when it was announced that she would play forme...
North Korea appears to be building new ballistic missiles despite recent warming ties with the Trump administration, media reports say. Unnamed US officials told the Washington Post that spy satellites had spotted continuing activity at a site that ...
Superfast "fifth generation 5G" mobile internet could be launched as early as next year in some countries, promising download speeds 10 to 20 times faster than we have now. But what difference will it really make to our lives? Will we need...
The cave complex in northern Thailand where 12 boys and their football coach were trapped for more than two weeks is set to be turned into a museum. Rescue officials said the museum would showcase how the operation unfolded, adding that it would be ...
Missing soccer team found alive in a cave in Thailand after 10 days...
A new video has been released of the 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a Thai cave, in which they say they are in good health. Smiling and at times laughing, they each introduce themselves one by one. They were found on Monday after nine ...
Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a Thai cave are alive, but will need to learn to dive or wait months for flooding to recede before they can get out, the army says. The group had been missing for nine days before they were found by di...
Five dead, several injured in shooting at Annapolis newspaper Capital Gazette...