At least 225 residents are rescued from a San Jose neighbourhood inundated by floodwaters, after a series of storms swelled waterways and left about half of California under flood, wind and snow advisories.

Overeating is having a bigger impact than simply affecting waistlines — the world's population is consuming around 10 per cent more food than it needs, while almost 9 per cent is thrown away or left to spoil, a new study finds.

The United States are not calling on Australia to increase its military presence in Iraq and Syria, Julie Bishop says after meeting with Vice-President Mike Pence.

US Supreme Court justices appear split over the rights of a Mexican family to sue over the death of their teenage son, who was shot while on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border by a US Border Patrol officer standing on US soil.

Cards for diving, saved penalties, end-to-end football and fabulous goals: Manchester City's 5-3 win over Monaco in the Champions League was a match that had everything.