World leaders are gathering at the COP27 conference in Sharm el-Sheikh to hash out the future of the planet, and China's role in global carbon emissions has been front and centre. Mongolia already sends 86 percent of its exports to China, with coal...

"75 minutes!" he said with a laugh. Given the thousands of hours of music-related content flooding streaming services, he is only half-joking. Barely a single famous popstar has not received the high-profile doc treatment in the last few years. ...

The accident caused major damage to wildlife and the environment as far away as France and Portugal, as well as to the important fishing industry of the Galicia region, where thousands of volunteers took part in the clean-up. Here are some other ma...

"You have made the right decision to come to see mbuya", she tells her client, using the Shona word for "grandmother" and offering a handshake. A Zimbabwean doctor has come up with a novel way of providing desperately needed mental health therapy ...

But 20 years after the oil tanker "Prestige" broke apart off northwestern Spain, covering thousands of kilometres (miles) of Atlantic coast with crude oil and killing 200,000 seabirds, some fear it could happen again. The tragedy unfolded just off ...

"One of the owners is a commercial partner of (Orban's son-in-law) Istvan Tiborcz," Juhasz, a bearded 30-year-old in a yellow parka coat, told AFP. To increase awareness Juhasz's corruption watchdog "K-Monitor" created a tourist guide with a diffe...

In the eight months of war, his people have followed his sartorial lead. Even civilians far from the frontlines have adopted their president's khaki dress code turned weapon of communication. As Ukraine's army chief, Zelensky could wear the natio...

Smartphones sold by Apple in China can now only receive files from non-contacts for 10 minutes through the AirDrop mechanism before the feature automatically shuts off. AirDrop did not previously have a time limit. The update, rolled out in the ope...

The Tottenham forward had successful surgery to repair an eye socket fracture suffered in the 2-1 Champions League win over Marseille nine days ago. Son wrote on his Instagram page Wednesday that playing in the World Cup was his childhood dream and...

The two leaders meet with signs that frosty ties are thawing over the issue that has paralysed politics in Northern Ireland and put London at loggerheads with Brussels. In a sign of renewed commitment to resolving the row, Sunak will become the f...

After almost three years of self-imposed pandemic isolation where international diplomacy was largely conducted via videolink, China now aims to shore up its global alliances -- especially with developing countries -- in the face of increased compet...

The new rule, introduced this week, further squeezes women out of an ever-shrinking public space that already sees them banned from traveling without a male escort and forced to wear a hijab or burqa whenever out of the home. Schools for teenage gi...

Five paintings entered the exclusive club of works of art sold for more than $100 million at auction, the New York auction house said, in a sign that the art market continues to grow despite economic uncertainties related to the war in Ukraine and i...

England extended their winning streak to 30 matches by beating Canada in the last four to set up a repeat of the 2017 final, won by five-times world champions New Zealand. England coach Simon Middleton described the prospect of facing New Zealand ...

Ignoring Vladimir Putin's attempt to photobomb the moment, Diego Maradona stooped to kiss a smiling Pele who held up a phone as he took a selfie of the occasion. The two men may have occasionally sniped at each other in the debate over which was th...