In France, fires raging near the country's prized wine country of Bordeaux forced hundreds of people to flee the Cap Ferret peninsula in the middle of the summer vacation season as the blaze devoured an area nearly twice the size of Manhattan. In S...

Chey Tae-won, 65, is the chairman of the SK Group, which owns world-leading memory chipmaker SK hynix -- a pillar of South Korea's tech-led economy. Seoul High Court in 2024 had told him to pay 1.38 trillion won ($940 million) to his ex-wife Roh So...

Every mid-July, thousands of ethnic Kabye men aged 18 to 20 take part in the ancestral rite of passage in the west African nation's Kara region, hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the capital, Lome. And authorities hope it will soon be recognised...

Boats have ferried more than 400 people so far from the Cap Ferret peninsula that stretches along France's Atlantic coast west of the city of Bordeaux, city authorities said. The fire raging near one of France's prized wine regions has so far devou...

A record 16-nation line-up -- up from 12 at the previous edition -- will compete with 10-time title-holders and defending champions Nigeria the team to beat. The last success of the Super Falcons was spectacular. Trailing Morocco by two goals at h...

Brian Lara Stadium, located in the south of the island, has previously hosted one-day and T20 internationals along with regional first-class fixtures. It becomes the nation's second Test match venue and 13th in the West Indies, drawing it alongsid...

A New South Wales police statement said a 22-year-old man -- widely identified as Italy-based Volpato by local media -- was allegedly caught speeding twice overnight. He passed a roadside breath test on the first occasion and was issued an infringe...

Kyiv has accused Wildberries -- Russia's largest online retailer often known as the Russian equivalent of Amazon -- of storing drone parts and helping the Russian army. Ukraine has targeted Saint Petersburg as it steps up long-range drone strikes ...

Public frustration has mounted following a series of exam irregularities, including the leak of a medical entrance examination paper and problems with an online marking system for high school students. The social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party ...

The levies, which range from 10 percent to 12.5 percent and impact major economies like China, India and the European Union, sparked protests from Beijing and other targets. "The United States has had a forced labor import ban for nearly a century,...

Former three-time world champion Peter Sagan said as much earlier this year, coming from a man who won a record seven green jerseys at the Tour. The same such accusations were laid against Spaniard Miguel Indurain when he won the Grande Boucle five...

In May 2025, Khan had stepped back from his duties to fight the allegations made by one of his female colleagues, after an inquiry was launched the previous year. The 56-year-old Briton was then suspended last month by a key governing body of the I...

"They did not give any warning. Even the lawyer didn't know," a close relative of Baniamerian, based outside of Iran, told AFP, asking not to be identified. "It was completely illegal, even based on their own oppressive laws." Baniamerian, a 34-ye...

Stars Mookie Betts and Enrique Hernandez notably skipped the ceremony in the Rose Garden, nearly nine months on from their stunning 2025 game-seven victory against the Toronto Blue Jays. But the vast majority of the roster, including Japanese supe...

Lyles, who captured 100m gold at the Paris Olympics in 2024, won his heat in 9.97sec to book his semi-final berth with the second-quickest time of the day behind the 9.96 posted by former world champion Christian Coleman. Richardson, the 2023 world...