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Almost all of us have played "rock, paper, scissors" not just as a child but as an adult too. You often use it to decide who gets the first say or sometimes simply to pass the time.

In a significant economic update, the US economy’s growth rate for the second quarter of 2024 has been revised upward to 3 per cent, according to data released on August 29.

Former world number one Novak Djokovic was stunned at US Open 2024 with a shocking loss to Alexei Popyrin, of Australia, in the third-round of the men's singles on Friday (Aug 30), at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Humans have been trying to defy ageing for decades. One such man in Japan has been practising a shocking habit for 12 years now. Daisuke Hori claims that he only sleeps 30 minutes a day in a bid to gain more hours for training.

Touted as a landmark move for the artificial intelligence sector, leading AI firms OpenAI and Anthropic have entered into agreements with the United States government aimed at advancing research, testing, and evaluation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, according to a report by Reuters.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's son Pax is recovering well. The 20-year-old suffered major injuries earlier this month after he crashed his e-bike in Los Angeles.

Four wolves that have terrorised residents in over 35 villages in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district have been caught by a forest department team so far, preparations to catch the remaining two fully grown male wolves are underway, officials engaged in the operation said.

US Presidential candidate Donald Trump said that he would vote against a ballot measure in Florida to protect abortion rights after facing criticism from Conservative supporters.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country’s air force, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot.

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media platform, X, in the country.

At least six people were dead as Typhoon Shanshan crept eastward through Japan on Saturday, drenching large areas with torrential rain, triggering landslide and flood warnings hundreds of kilometres from the storm's centre.

Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday (Aug 30) ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media platform X after it failed to comply with an order to name a new legal representative in the South American country.

The divide between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant appears to be widening. During a cabinet meeting on Thursday (Aug 29) Netanyahu informed that he is in favour of maintaining Israeli troops in the Philadelphi Corridor over saving the lives of the remaining hostages in Gaza, according to Israeli media reports.

A widely derided Japanese government plan to entice Tokyo women to marry men in rural areas by offering cash rewards and train tickets to matchmaking events has been abandoned, officials said Friday.

Over 100 killed in deadly attacks by Balochistan Liberation Army insurgents in Pakistan & India commissions its 2nd nuclear-powered submarine INS Arighaat to guard the high seas. Mohammed Saleh gets you an in-depth analysis of the world's biggest warzones of the week in World At War.

Norway's Princess Martha Louise married her long-term partner, American spiritual guru Durek Verrett, on Saturday in a ceremony attended by the Norwegian king and other royalty but marked by what critics saw as commercialisation of the event.

Africa will finally receive its first batch of vaccines against the mpox, weeks after they have reached other parts of the world where the virus is prevailing. A report by The Guardian earlier this week said that 10,000 shots, donated by the United States (US), will be used to tackle the clade Ib variant.

Seven people, including a six-year-old and 16-year-old, were killed when a bus overturned east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, early Saturday, Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said.

Weight-loss drugs are poised to revolutionise healthcare by slowing the ageing process and allowing people to live for longer and in better health. That is the dramatic message from leading scientists after studies were presented last week at the European Society of Cardiology Conference in London.