Norway's Jens Luraas Oftebro claimed his second Nordic combined gold of the Games, dominating the large hill ski jumping and 10km cross-country race. The 25-year-old crossed the line in 24:45.0, ahead ...

SAO PAULO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and 11 others injured early Tuesday in a road accident in central Brazil, local authorities said. The accident occured at the Planaltina area of ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Sweden became the first team to book a place in the women's curling semifinals, while Switzerland and Canada secured spots in the men's last four at the ...

MILAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Italy and Canada won the respective men's and women's team pursuit speed skating gold medals at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics here on Tuesday.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) cited government figures showing that at least 52 people were killed, over 800 others injured, and nine remain missing after Tropical ...

OTTAWA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Canada's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.3 percent year on year in January, following a 2.4 percent increase in December, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Germany demonstrated its depth and dominance in the two-man bobsleigh event, sweeping the podium at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games here on Tuesday ...

LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Norway's Tormod Frostad clinched the men's freeski big air title at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Tuesday with a total of 195.50 points, as unusually high ...

TBILISI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili said Tuesday that funds channeled through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other ...

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri said 70 suspects were detained in simultaneous raids carried out in Kayseri, Istanbul, Adana, and Mersin following an ...

Trump, who withdrew from an earlier nuclear accord with Iran during his first term, reimposed a "maximum pressure" campaign on Tehran and has repeatedly warned he could resort to military force to ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Several backcountry skiers were reported missing Tuesday following an avalanche in Nevada County in the U.S. state of California, local authorities said.