An anti-corruption expert says Fifa should consider suspending officials under criminal investigation in its effort to clean up the organisation.
A discovery that a sub-atomic particle seemed to move faster than the speed of light has scientists rethinking one of the foundations of physics.
Average life expectancies are increasing steadily in most of the world, but men in Iraq and women in South Africa are bucking that trend.
Photographs of streets and houses in Switzerland could disappear from Google’s maps unless the country’s supreme court overturns a ruling.
Almost everyone on an ship carrying about 600 African migrants to Europe is believed to have died when the vessel broke apart within sight of Tripoli.
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A 54-year-old man has admitted sexually abusing more than 100 mentally disabled children and adults in care homes in Switzerland and Germany.
Buoyed by optimism, about 2 500 leaders, politicians and activists will tackle an array of issues at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The worldwide death toll from swine flu has doubled in the past month, reaching more than 700 since the start of the outbreak, WHO said on Tuesday.
The United Nations human rights office will examine whether Sudan’s decision to expel aid groups constitutes a breach of basic human rights.
Six in 10 people around the world now have cellphone subscriptions, with developing countries accounting for about two-thirds of the phones in use.