Six months after she nearly died, Serena Williams is closing in on what could be the greatest achievement of her incredible career.
Nigeria's central bank plans to diversify its $33 billion in foreign exchange reserves away from the dollar by switching a tenth of the stockpile into yuan, underlining the momentum behind China's drive to internationalise its currency.
Amid much moaning in U.S. media about the state of the nation's tennis prowess, veteran Andy Roddick, emerging Donald Young and big serving John Isner kept up a strong showing by American men with wins at the U.S. Open Sunday.
World number two and defending champion Rafael Nadal fought his way into the fourth round by beating Argentina's David Nalbandian in the US Open at Flushing Meadows while Andy Murray had a straightforward passage against Spain's Feliciano Lopez.
New Argentina manager Alejandro Sabella started his era with a win against Venezuela, thanks to a second half goal from Nicolas Otamendi.
World number one Novak Djokovic displayed exactly why he has lost just two matches this year with a demolition of Argentina's Carlos Berlocq in the US Open, while Roger Federer also had an easy day at Flushing Meadows.
The football magician Lionel Messi arrived in Kolkata early Wednesday to take part in the FIFA international friendly match against Venezuela, which will be played at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sept. 2.
The top seed makes easy work of his first round opponent.
Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges was honored with a Google Doodle on Wednesday in celebration of his 112th birthday.
The long-missing parent yeast of lager beer was discovered newly, and is believed to have sailed from Patagonia in South America, taking a 7,000-mile journey to Bavaria, the birth place of the most popular alcoholic beverage of today.
The mystery behind the birth of lager beer has gained a new clue through the discovery of elusive species of wild yeast in the frozen forests of Patagonia in Argentina.
Latin American precious metals miner Hochschild Mining posted its highest-ever first-half profit, driven mainly by strong gold and silver prices, and said it was on track to meet its full-year production target.
Scientists have cracked the mystery behind the lager beer after years of research and found the yeast's genomic foundation, paving way for new types of designer beers.
The mystery behind the birth of lager beer has been solved. Scientists have successfully traced the origin of the popular alcoholic beverage to a type of yeast, believed to have traveled 7,000 miles from Patagonia to Bavaria 500 years ago.
Both scientists and brewers knew for long time that the yeast that so happened to give beer the ability to ferment at cold temperatures was a hybrid. The knew it was the Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast used to make leavened bread and ferment wine and ale. But the yeast remained a mystery to scientists who were unable to find it among the 1,000 or so species of yeast known to science.
World number two home appliances maker Electrolux AB (ELUXb.ST), looking to further boost its presence in emerging countries and offset weakness in mature markets, has agreed to buy market-leading Chilean appliance company CTI (CTI.SN).
A giant South American rodent weighing at least 100 pounds (45 kgs) was spotted at a waste-water treatment facility in California recently before disappearing in the brush, according to a wildlife official.
The planned layoffs would reportedly include management, pilots, cabin crew and engineers. The company has a total of 35,000 employees.
The world's largest rodent, the South American capybara, has been spotted in a California wastewater treatment plant.
A giant South American capybara rodent weighing at least 100 pounds has been spotted at a California waste-water treatment facility, but has since disappeared in the brush, a wildlife official said on Tuesday, adding that it is apparently an escaped pet.
South America has a right to beef up its armed forces but is not in an arms race, Brazil's defense minister said on Monday
Center-left Argentine President Cristina Fernandez looks set to win a second term in October and deepen her interventionist policies after thrashing rivals in a primary election, results showed on Monday.
