Adam Justice

Jack Ma, chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings, said on Monday that he was not frustrated with Chinese regulators, but wanted his company, which is similar to Amazon in China, to be considered world class.

About 5,000 runners braved bitter cold, mud, fire and exhaustion in the annual Tough Guy event in the English midlands on Sunday (February 1).

It is described by many as the most important document in British history and one that has influenced the legal framework of other countries for centuries – the Magna Carta, or Great Charter.

Punxsutawney Phil, the American groundhog famous for his weather predictions, emerged from his burrow atop Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania on Monday (February 2) and saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter.

The Athens Stock Exchange noted gains of 5.6 percentage points on its general index shortly after opening on Monday (February 2) amid expectations that there will be no rupture between the government and lenders.

A gas-filled balloon co-piloted by an American and a Russian touched down safely in the waters off Mexico on Saturday (January 31), completing a week-long trans-Pacific flight that unofficially broke two world records.

Venetians were cloaked, masked and robed in style for the first full day of the Venice Carnival on Sunday (February 1) as they rowed their way along the canals followed by crowds of curious onlookers.

Ukrainian protesters on Sunday (February 1) installed crosses with the names of people who were killed in the shelling of the government-held port of Mariupol, next to the Russian embassy building in Kiev.

Al Jazeera is relieved that its journalist Peter Greste has been released from a Cairo jail, while concerned for his colleagues who remain in detention, the managing director of Al Jazeera English said on Sunday (February 1).

Owning a piece of rock and roll history is now possible as the very first Les Paul guitar is scheduled to hit the auction block.

Arsenal's new signing Gabriel Paulista could make his Premier League debut against Aston Villa, manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday (January 30).

Pop singer, Katy Perry on Thursday (January 29) teased a lion, sharks and at least some live singing during her Super Bowl halftime performance, the most-watched dozen minutes annually on US television. Perry opened her remarks with a small dig at the New England Patriots who have been accused of ball tampering in the AFC Championship game.

Scientists said on Wednesday (January 28) the upper part of the skull, the domed portion without the face or jaws, was unearthed in Manot Cave in Israel's Western Galilee. Scientific dating techniques determined the skull was about 55,000 years old.

set in Taiwan of Martin Scorsese's upcoming film "Silence," the production said.

While its golden arches are ubiquitous, McDonald's constantly expanding menu and the lack of a clear direction are being blamed for the hamburger giant posting one of its worst financial years in decades.

Tourists at Grand Canyon National Park witnessed a rare treat on Wednesday (January 28) -- a meteorological phenomenon known as cloud inversion.

The UN Children's Fund launched a record $3.1bn (£2.06bn) appeal on Thursday (January 29) to enable it to help children caught up in a "new generation" of conflicts and disasters round the world, $1 billion more than it sought in 2014.

The governments of Egypt, Syria and Iraq used real and perceived security threats in 2014 as an excuse to downplay or abandon the rights of their citizens, which ultimately fuelled crises, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday (January 29).

Danish brewer Carlsberg on Thursday (January 29) closed two of its 10 breweries in sanctions-hit Russia as a weak market blighted by the economic downturn has dented demand there.

Tottenham boss, Mauricio Pochettino has said that 'you need to kill' in football when you create a lot of chances.

If anyone had doubts that football believes the time is right for change at FIFA, the roll call of people ready to unseat incumbent president Sepp Blatter should dispel them.

Fans attending Sunday's Super Bowl in Arizona will face tight restrictions on what they can take into the stadium as a huge security operation swings into action to protect the biggest annual US sports event.

Facebook's revenue grew 49 percent in the fourth quarter, as mobile advertising growth helped the world's largest Internet social network beat Wall Street's targets for earnings and sales.

Stuart Lancaster, coach of the England Rugby team spoke to the media on Wednesday (January 28) ahead of the start of the Six Nations tournament on February 6.

A lifelike polar bear wandered through the streets of the British capital on Tuesday morning (January 27), leaving commuters bewildered at the sight of the unusual acquaintance.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is set to hold its annual Film Awards at London's Royal Opera House on February 8, but despite the glittering array of talent and celebrity that will hit the red carpet, one face will be seen more than any other - the iconic BAFTA mask.

Lance Armstrong, the disgraced former cyclist who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, appears in a new music video about the practice of using banned performance-enhancing drugs by the band Future User.

Water levels have dropped to dangerous levels at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro which will host rowing and canoeing events in the 2016 Olympics.

Three bandits wearing ski masks crashed a stolen SUV into the Wells Fargo History Museum in San Francisco early on Tuesday (January 27) morning and held a security guard at gunpoint before making off with a display of gold nuggets from the 19th century.