When Britain leaves the European Union at midnight on Friday the bloc loses the second-biggest net contributor to its budget, leaving a 12-billion-euro ($13-billion) hole in its finances. The United Kingdom will continue making budget contributions this year under an agreed post-Brexit...

Lewis Hamilton says he has not spoken to Mercedes about signing a new contract as he prepares to launch his bid to equal Michael Schumacher's record of seven drivers' championship titles. The British driver's £40 million ($52 million)-a-season deal expires at the end of the year and he has...

Novak Djokovic shattered the hopes of ailing rival Roger Federer Thursday to sweep into a record eighth Australian Open final and move closer to his 17th Grand Slam crown. In the 50th instalment of one of sport's greatest rivalries, the Serb shrugged off a tentative start to reinforce his...

Kuwait "highly appreciates" U.S. efforts to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, a day after U.S President Donald Trump announced a new peace plan. The statement, cited by the state news agency, reiterated Kuwait's commitment to an independent Palestinian...