China to fine ride-hailing giant Didi more than $1 bn: reports
China is preparing to hit ride-hailing giant Didi with a fine of more than $1 billion to wrap up a long-running probe, media reports said, boosting investor hopes that the country's tech crackdown is winding down.
Read moreAussie Patterson soars to high jump gold
Australia's Eleanor Patterson soared to victory in the women's high jump at the World Championships in Oregon on Tuesday.
Read moreWarholm wilts as Brazil's Dos Santos wins world 400m hurdles
Brazil's Alison Dos Santos ran the third fastest time of all time to win the world 400m hurdles on Tuesday as Norwegian prodigy Karsten Warholm wilted at Hayward Field.
Read moreNo further sanction for Irish prop Porter's bone-breaking tackle
The citing complaint against Ireland prop Andrew Porter for the high tackle which broke the cheekbone of All Blacks' lock Brodie Retallick has been dismissed by a disciplinary committee.
Read moreBritain's Wightman upstages Ingebrigtsen to win world 1500m gold
Britain's Jake Wightman upstaged Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win a thriller of a men's 1500m at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday.
Read moreRaising temperatures: Pakistan climate catastrophist Sherry Rehman
When Sherry Rehman speaks it seems as though the world is ending.
Read moreKerley sprint double dream over, Lyles marches on
Newly-crowned 100m champion Fred Kerley saw his hopes of a world sprint double go up in smoke Tuesday as he failed to advance from the semi-finals of the 200m.
Read moreCrunch time as Italy's Draghi faces parliament
Italy's political crisis comes to a head Wednesday as Prime Minister Mario Draghi discovers whether his fractured grand coalition can be saved or if snap elections are unavoidable.
Read moreBarca thrash Beckham's Miami 6-0 in friendly
Raphinha marked his Barcelona debut with a goal and two assists as the Spanish giants kicked off their four match US tour with a comprehensive thrashing of David Beckham's Inter Miami on Tuesday.
Read moreCanada Indigenous schools abuse: a timeline
For a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous, Inuit and Metis children in Canada were forcibly enrolled in state boarding schools, isolated from their families, language and culture as part of a failed policy of assimilation.
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