Snooker investigates Chinese players over alleged match-fixing scandal
Snooker's governing body on Tuesday said it had suspended two more Chinese players as it investigates an alleged match-fixing and betting scandal -- bringing the number of players from the Asian country caught up in the probe to 10.
Japan is paying families to leave Tokyo. Here's why
Japan is offering to pay families to move out of its overcrowded capital, in an effort to revitalize countryside towns and boost the falling birth rate.
'I thought I would die on that boat': Mother recalls the horror of month at sea
Hatemon Nesa weeps as she clings to her 5-year-old daughter, Umme Salima, at a rescue shelter in Indonesia's Aceh province. Their faces appear gaunt, their eyes sullen, after drifting for weeks at sea on a boat with little food or water.
Australia cruise ship stopped for biofuel cleaning will compensate passengers
Viking Cruises will compensate hundreds of passengers on its Orion cruise ship after cruisers were forced to stay on board and miss multiple stops because officials blocked port access due to marine growth on the ship's hull.
Philippines government vows to investigate New Year's Day airport chaos
The Philippines government has announced that it will launch an official investigation into what led to a severe outage at the country's largest airport on New Year's Day that disrupted hundreds of flights and left thousands of travelers stranded.
Thousands bid farewell to Pelé
Soccer great Pelé was laid to rest on Tuesday after thousands lined the streets in the city of Santos to view his funeral procession.
'Uncharted territory': January heat records smashed across Europe
The year has only just started but already Europe has broken an alarming number of weather records as extreme heat spread across the continent.
United said it had this woman's missing bag. She tracked it to a residential address
Most of us know the travel fear of a bag not appearing on the belt after a flight. Some of us -- ever more, thanks to the aviation chaos this year -- know the gut punch of it not appearing. But an increasing number of travelers know what it's like to lose a bag and get it back -- not because of airlines' diligence, but because they knew their bag's location thanks to a tracking device they'd packed with their clothes.
Global markets try to put last year's misery behind them
Global stocks are striding higher on the first major trading day of 2023 as investors try to look beyond a gloomy outlook for the world economy, China's worst Covid outbreak and stubbornly high inflation in Europe.
Here's what will drive markets this year
Welcome to the first trading day of 2023. Markets are pushing higher but don't get comfortable just yet — if last year taught us anything it's to expect the unexpected.