Rafael Nadal moves into the second round of the US Open with a comfortable 6-4 6-2 6-2 win over Ryan Harrison.

A leading business lobby group calls on the government to abandon its controversial high-speed rail link, calling the project a "grand folly".

A young herder dies of bubonic plague in Kyrgyzstan - the first such case in the country for 30 years, the authorities say.

A weekend where defences were largely on top, but who has made Garth Crooks's team of the week?

JP Morgan is ordered to pay Russian billionaire Leonard Blavatnik $50m in damages over losses he suffered during the US subprime crisis.

A new campaign seeks tougher restrictions on child sex abuse offenders and suspects, saying the system is failing to stop grooming and exploitation.

UN chemical weapons inspectors are due to start a second day of investigations into last week's attacks in the suburbs of the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann apologises to Stuart Broad after accusing the England bowler of cheating in the Ashes.