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.
Buoyed by optimism, about 2 500 leaders, politicians and activists will tackle an array of issues at the World Economic Forum in Davos.