A small bouquet of carnations was placed on top of a simple pine coffin carried by six Anglican priests. Tutu's successor, Thabo Makgoba, said a prayer after priests burnt incense over the coffin before it was lifted from the hearse. Tutu's widow ...

China has tightened its control of Hong Kong since massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests engulfed the city in 2019, and suppression of the local press has also ramped up. Police burst into the Stand News office in the latest crackdow...

The 20-time Grand Slam champion withdrew from this week's teams event days before its start on Saturday, heightening doubts over whether he will defend his Australian Open title. Djokovic has refused to confirm if he has been inoculated against Cov...

The pieces are part of an exhibit in the Austrian capital aiming to shed light on the politics of art under the Third Reich -- one of the latest ways in which Vienna is seeking to address its complicated war-era past. Austria, the birth place of Ad...

The most recent death was recorded on Wednesday in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). The previous highest number of deaths per year before the authority began compiling data in 2012 ...

China has tightened its control of Hong Kong since massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests engulfed the city in 2019, and suppression of the local press has also ramped up. Police burst into the Stand News office in the latest crackdow...

The "steep rise in prices was probably the most dramatic development on the commodities markets in 2021", noted Commerzbank analyst Barbara Lambrecht. The most spectacular surge was that of Europe's reference gas price, Dutch TTF, which hit 187.78...

But this scene is not taking place in West Africa: this is Cuba, and the five young men here are converting to Abakua, a uniquely Cuban spiritual practice. Faced with economic hardships and the Covid-19 pandemic, many young Cubans have sought refug...

It will be the second telephone call in less than a month between the two leaders, with Biden in early December warning Putin of "severe consequences" if Russian troops invaded. Biden, who is at his home in Delaware for the New Year's holiday, will...

The sport has found itself in the crosshairs of the Communist Party's purity drive in recent years, and players on the national football team routinely cover their arms with long sleeves or bandages to hide their tattoos. But the China Sports Admin...

Fears of the Omicron coronavirus variant also weighed on markets, with the United States hitting its highest-ever average of new Covid cases and the World Health Organization warning that a "tsunami" of infections would push health systems to the br...

Man-made snow has been used to varying degrees since the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. But February's Beijing Games will depend almost entirely on artificial snow because they are happening in one of the driest parts of China. Wit...

Sultana Begum lives in a cramped two-room hut nestled within a slum on the outskirts of Kolkata, surviving on a meagre pension. Among her modest possessions are records of her marriage to Mirza Mohammad Bedar Bakht, purported to be the great-grand...

With women barred from the throne under male-only succession rules, the place of Emperor Naruhito, 61, will one day be filled by his nephew Prince Hisahito instead of his only child Princess Aiko. But if 15-year-old Hisahito does not have a son, th...

"By silencing independent media, PRC and local authorities undermine Hong Kong's credibility and viability," he said, referring to the People's Republic of China. "A confident government that is unafraid of the truth embraces a free press." Police...