Visiting an exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris featuring some his early work, the 73-year-old seemed bemused by the volume of items on display. "I don't have the software for periods and dates," he told AFP when asked about the pe...

His comments came after local broadcaster Global News reported that Beijing had funded a "clandestine network" of candidates in a recent ballot, and days after authorities began investigating illegal Chinese police stations in the Toronto area. "We...

Russian forces in the city of Kherson are occupying empty homes and dressing in civilian clothes to prepare for "street battles" in the event of an Ukrainian assault, Ukraine said Monday.  The reports came as attacks in the Kherson region killed m...

On November 8,1942, the Western Allies launched Operation Torch, landing in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to open up a second front in World War II. Torch was a paradoxical operation: The Allies won in just over a week, but losses were relati...

The 61-year-old, famed for his satirical Russian-language novel "Death and the Penguin", has become a kind of travelling cultural spokesman for Ukraine's war effort. His ready smile belies the tiredness resulting from criss-crossing European and US...

After Russia invaded Ukraine, Sweden and Finland abandoned their long-standing policy of military non-alignment and in May applied to join the transatlantic alliance. But Turkey has stalled ratification of their bids -- which require unanimous appr...

A trillion dollars should come from rich countries, investors and multilateral development banks, said the analysis commissioned by Britain and Egypt, hosts respectively of the 2021 UN climate summit in Glasgow and this week's COP27 event in Sharm e...

Medibank Private, one of Australia's largest insurers, told customers to be "vigilant" after the reported threat, issued a day after it had ruled out paying any ransom demand. The company revealed Monday that a hack originally thought to have breac...

Japan-based striker Adam Taggart -— who has scored six goals in 16 Socceroos appearances -- was another surprise omission despite being a stalwart of their qualifying campaign. That opened the door to the Central Coast Mariners' Kuol, who makes t...

Biden's Democrats are facing a gargantuan struggle to hang on to Congress, after a race the president has cast as a "defining" moment for US democracy -- while Trump's Republicans campaigned hard on kitchen-table issues like inflation and crime. Tr...

India and England clash on Thursday at the Adelaide Oval for a place in the final at the MCG against Pakistan or New Zealand. The top-ranked Indians have been riding high on Suryakumar's batting exploits, with the middle-order batsman in sparkling ...

The Adelaide Oval is expected to be sold out for a clash of the titans between the two top-ranked T20 teams in the world. Jos Buttler's second-ranked England, the reigning 50-over world champions, are gaining momentum after starting with a less-tha...

Boseman, who died from cancer two years ago aged 43, makes several flashback appearances in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". The real-life grief of the filmmakers is reflected in the film as Wakanda struggles to survive following the death of Bose...

Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, 58, is seeking personal injury damages from the 84-year-old former monarch, who ruled Spain from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. The British resident has accused Juan Carlos, who now lives in the United Arab Em...

The Tesla billionaire and self-declared free-speech absolutist has fired thousands of staff -– with sustainability executives Sean Boyle and Casey Junod among those signing off from the platform last week. Musk has promised to reduce Twitter's co...