King based her campaign around creating more opportunities for women in a country where gender violence is common and they have long been disadvantaged in employment and education. She will join the 52-member national legislature when it next sits ...

Hong Kong led the gains thanks to a surge in tech firms, extending a recovery from Monday's rout that was fuelled by worries of Xi Jinping's tightened grip on power in China. After a painful year for markets hit by central bank rate hikes to fight ...

The 34-year-old tested positive late on Wednesday -- the second Australian player at the tournament to do so -- and has mild symptoms, a team spokesman told AFP. Asked if Wade was expected to play for the holders and hosts against England at Melbou...

Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip, who also hosts the local edition of "Project Runway", becomes the first woman to own the beauty pageant organisation outright, according to an announcement Wednesday by the JKN Global Group, of which she is chief executiv...

The star all-rounder is yet to score a T20 fifty for England and his country need him to find form against old rivals Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Defeat for either team could be fatal for their World Cup hopes after holders Australia wer...

Then, one of the Russian soldiers glanced at his passport and burst out laughing. "It's okay guys, the war is over," the soldier said. "We can go home -- we got their president!" Born in 1958 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, then part of...

Switzerland's second-biggest bank launched a strategic review aimed at putting an end to a series of scandals that have shaken the institution, saying the results were intended to create "a simpler, more focused and more stable bank". The Zurich-ba...

City authorities are eager for the international finance get-together to show Hong Kong is open for business, having been previously isolated by China's zero-Covid policy. Financial Secretary Paul Chan was scheduled to deliver speeches next Wednesd...

Lufthansa had made huge losses when the coronavirus brought global air travel to a halt, and had to be bailed out by the German government in 2020. But a strong rebound in demand as economies reopen has lifted the company's fortunes. The net pro...

The pair came together after opener and captain Temba Bavuma again failed with the bat, out for two in the first over. From there it was all South Africa with the pair putting on 168 for the second wicket, surpassing the 166 that Sri Lanka's Mahela...

Myanmar has been in chaos since a coup in February last year, with more than 2,300 killed in the military's brutal crackdown on dissent, according to a local monitoring group. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has said it is "grave...

Only last year the IEA said there was "no clear peak in sight" in energy emissions, but the new higher investment in wind and solar is setting up demand for all fossil fuels to peak or plateau, leading to a drop in emissions. "The global energy cri...

China and the United States have butted heads in recent years on issues ranging from Beijing's aggression towards self-governing Taiwan to its crackdown in Hong Kong and alleged rights abuses in Xinjiang. Washington has also accused Beijing of prov...

The cavernous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is set for another carnival atmosphere on Friday night after hosting more than 90,000 raucous fans when India edged out Pakistan in a thriller on Sunday. "It doesn't get bigger than MCG with a full house...

Only last year the IEA said there was "no clear peak in sight" in energy emissions, but the new higher investment in wind and solar is setting up demand for all fossil fuels to peak or plateau, leading to a drop in emissions. "The global energy cri...