Copa America Centenario organisers are left red-faced on Sunday after an embarrassing blunder which sees Chile's national anthem played instead of Uruguay's ahead of their Group C clash with Mexico in Arizona.

Mexico defeat Uruguay 3-1 in a stormy Copa America Centenario that see both teams finish with 10 men after a pre-match furore over a bungled national anthem.

Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.

Colombia wreck the United States' hopes of a winning start to the Copa America Centenario as goals from James Rodriguez and Cristian Zapata give the South Americans a comfortable 2-0 victory.

Muhammad Ali’s most famous act of social activism — one that would strip him of his best fighting years, cost him millions of dollars, forever alter his image and eventually send him into debt — began with one off-hand quote: “Man, I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong.”

Colombia come and spoil the party, easing to a 2-0 win over the United States in the Copa America Centenario curtain raiser in Santa Clara on Friday.

Chinese construction on a South China Sea islet claimed by the Philippines would prompt "actions being taken" by the United States and other nations, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warns.

Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said. The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world's best-known sportsmen, had been in hospital in the US city of Phoenix in Arizona state.

Google wins a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language.

The 96-year-old American inventor of the Heimlich manoeuvre uses the technique himself to save a choking woman at his retirement home.

Cyber attackers are targeting the campaigns of Democratic and Republican presidential contenders, US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Wednesday.

The ruling Awami League calls upon the United States not to interfere in Bangladesh's internal affairs including the trial of war criminals.

As a response to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comment on a ban on Muslim in the United States, London's new mayor Sadiq Khan says he would welcome Trump to London to "educate" him about Islam and its compatibility with Western values.

The United States says the recent spate of attacks in Bangladesh has been denounced by the overwhelming majority of Bangladeshis.

In light of the recent spate of killings of bloggers, intellectuals, and religious minorities in the country, the United States assures that they will continue to stand with Bangladesh in its efforts to counter terrorist activities prevailing in the country.

Argentina captain Lionel Messi admits he would have liked play at the Olympic Games after he was left out of the squad in order to take part in the Copa America Centenario.

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal says that she has had a “productive” Bangladesh trip taking forward bilateral cooperation on countering terrorism and extremism.

An Army captain sued President Barack Obama on Wednesday, alleging that he doesn't have the proper congressional authority to wage war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

The United States yesterday pressed the Bangladesh government to bring the perpetrators of the brutal murders of secular bloggers and activists to justice through effective and prompt investigations.

The United States wants to see Bangladesh government take every step possible to protect its citizens, Spokesperson of US State Department Mark Toner says in a daily press briefing.