The "cool" guy at high school ambushed me to talk about Game of Thrones. Now regular folks are turning nerdburger, writes Paul Verhoeven.

A chess prodigy whose rags-to-riches story was told in a Disney film inspires a new generation of chess players looking to escape poverty in Africa.

An Australian solar car racing team is within striking distance of taking the lead in a race across the continent.

If you've seen Pulp Fiction, Silver Linings Playbook or the Spy Kids films, you already know more about Harvey Weinstein than you might think. Let's take a closer look at the powerful Hollywood producer and the allegations of sexual harassment that have just seen him fired from the company he co-fou...

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Company in the wake of "new information" about his conduct and a flurry of sexual abuse allegations.