With just hours left before the US hits the "fiscal cliff", investors on the other side of the world sold off stocks to lock in profits.
Glenn McGrath will be inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame during Australia’s third Test against Sri Lanka in Sydney
President Barack Obama, pushing for a deal to avoid the looming tax hikes and spending cuts entered last-minute talks with Senate leaders on Friday.
Officials believe the shooter set a ‘trap’ by starting a house fire to lure firefighters into the home.
Volunteers at a US Air Force base monitoring Father Christmas’s progress around the world have answered a record number of Christmas calls.
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the US over his gun control views.
A toad, nicknamed Jack B Nimble, has miraculously survived many weeks and thousands of kilometres of travel from China to South Africa.
Europeans are cutting down on Christmas shopping and pinching their pennies this festive season due to austerity measures.
After another brutal year of economic hardship, Spaniards across the country are hoping for relief through the country’s famed Christmas lottery.
Okinawa is about as far away as one can get from Fukushima without leaving Japan, and that is why Minaho Kubota is here.