Billie Eilish sweeps Grammy Awards with top four prizes
Teen sensation Billie Eilish swept the Grammy Awards on Sunday, winning all four top awards – album, song, record of the year and best new...
Rapper Nipsey Hussle wins two posthumous Grammys, honored in tribute performance
Rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was slain in March of last year, won two posthumous Grammy Awards on Sunday and was remembered at the Awards with...
Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: EMSC
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said http://bit.ly/2GodlxB on Monday....
Mongolia shuts universities, border crossings to halt virus spread
Mongolia has closed from Monday until Mar. 2 all universities and educational institutes to contain the spread of a deadly coronavirus sweeping China, state media...
Tokyo 2020 to power Olympic torch with hydrogen for first time
Hydrogen will be used for the first time to power the Olympic torch during its journey through Japan, organizers said on Monday, as part of...
Kontaveit holds off teenager Swiatek to reach last eight
Anett Kontaveit fought off a spirited challenge from Polish teenager Iga Swiatek to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final with a 6-7(4) 7-5 7-5 victory...
Business survey suggests U.S. labor market may have peaked
There is an even balance in the share of U.S. businesses reporting decreases and increases in employment for the first time in a decade, a...
Factbox: Key winners at the 2020 Grammy awards
The Grammy Awards, the highest honors in the music industry, were handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by Alicia Keys....
Chinese premier visits virus epicenter as death toll hits 80
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday visited Wuhan, the epicenter of an outbreak of a new coronavirus that has killed 80 and infected more than...
Wuhan suspends visa, passports services for Chinese citizens until January 30: government statement
Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, said it would suspend visa and passport services for Chinese citizens until Jan. 30...
