In time for Valentine's Day, Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year has rolled out a programme telling the kind of intimate tales perfectly suited to lockdown-era filmmaking. Acclaimed French director Claire Denis unveiled "Both Sides of ...

Australian Ashleigh Barty continues to dominate the women's tennis rankings ahead of Belarus Aryna Sabalenka, with no change in the top five positions. Kontaveit claimed her sixth career title on Sunday with a gruelling 5-7, 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 victory ...

Investors flocked to the country after the military relaxed its iron grip in 2011, paving the way for democratic reforms and economic liberalisation in the country of more than 50 million people. But human rights groups have pressed foreign compani...

AFP charts how the controversy surrounding the 15-year-old unfolded: December 25, 2021: Valieva has a sample collected while competing at the Russian Championships in Saint Petersburg. It is sent for testing to a laboratory in Stockholm accredited ...

Under the law, Taiwanese people may legally wed foreigners but only from countries that also recognise marriage equality. Taiwan's courts have been open to considering challenges on a case by case basis, but that requires the presence of both partn...

The ballot will not be legally binding but is intended to "confirm the views of our shareholders regarding moving forward", Toshiba said, with a binding resolution to be voted on sometime in 2023. But the board will be hoping the vote produces soli...

The Palestinian health ministry identified the youth as Mohammed Abu Salah, 17, who was killed after Israeli forces entered the village of Silat al-Harithiya near the flashpoint town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Soldiers and border police ...

The brewery is the latest foreign company to pull out of Myanmar with international pressure building against the junta since it ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and waged a widespread crackdown on dissent. Kirin said its decision comes aft...

Officials cited licensing concerns for their swoops on the gastronomic homages to Bing Dwen Dwen. Generally depicted in a full-body ice suit, Bing Dwen Dwen has sparked long queues at Olympic souvenir shops -- with many willing to fork out more tha...

Goggia sustained the injury in a crash on home snow in Cortina d'Ampezzo last month. She admitted that she quickly ditched her crutches after just three of the 10 recommended days because she feared it would harm her fitness. After finishing fourt...

"When I was three years old I would tell my mother, I want to be an Olympic champion," she said after she led the Russians to gold in the team event on February 7. "I believe my next dream will come true too," she added, an apparent reference to ...

The 33-year-old -- best known outside Australia for a short-lived attempt to break into America's NFL -- was found guilty last year on two counts of intercourse without consent in 2018. He was sentenced to a maximum five years and nine months, but ...

The blockading of the Ambassador Bridge, which handles an estimated 25 percent of trade between the two countries, had disrupted business in the world's largest economy and forced automakers in both the United States and Canada to halt or scale back...

CAS said it had rejected appeals by the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union to have the suspension of the 15-year-old reinstated. The prodigious Valieva is now able to take part in the s...

Authorities have adhered to mainland China's policy of stamping out the smallest outbreak with mass quarantine, widespread tracking, and prolonged social distancing measures since the start of the pandemic. But the extremely contagious Omicron var...