Fabled Argentine city Ushuaia tries to shrug off virus suspicions
Argentina's city "at the end of the world," Ushuaia, the jump-off point for expeditions to the Antarctic, is laboring under suspicion of being the source of the deadly hantavirus outbreak that killed three cruise ship passengers.
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Wild peacocks bring delight, despair to Italian village
Dozens of preening peacocks looking for love have colonised a seaside village in Italy, strutting their stuff for the ladies but infuriating human residents with their spring mating season screams.
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Murray to coach British star Draper in run-up to Wimbledon
Former Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is to return to coaching with Britain's Jack Draper during the grass-court season, it was announced Tuesday.
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Dick Advocaat returns as Curacao coach for World Cup
Veteran Dutch coach Dick Advocaat, who led Curacao to World Cup qualification, will return as coach for the tournament after his successor Fred Rutten resigned.
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Real Madrid president Perez calls club elections, will stand again
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez on Tuesday called club elections and announced that he would stand again.
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Prosecutors granted access to Woods's prescription records in DUI crash case
Tiger Woods's prescription drug records will be made available to prosecutors after the golf superstar's March arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, a Florida judge ruled on Tuesday.
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US Senate confirms Trump-nominee Warsh to Federal Reserve board
The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kevin Warsh as a governor on the board of the Federal Reserve, clearing the way for him to take the reins of the central bank later this week as the world's largest economy faces inflation at a three-year-high.
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Wine consumption slides in 2025
Wine consumption fell worldwide last year, the industry's trade body said Tuesday, amid changing lifestyles and economic pressure on consumers.
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Trump due in China for superpower summit with Xi
Donald Trump was due in Beijing Wednesday for the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as the war he launched on Iran in February added to the heap of issues straining the powers' ties.
Read moreOil prices advance, stocks retreat on US-Iran deadlock
Oil prices rallied and stock markets fell Tuesday as investors braced for further volatility after talks appeared to stall on ending the Middle East war and re-opening the Strait of Hormuz to tanker and cargo ship traffic.
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