Both Sweden's Duplantis and Briton Hodgkinson arrive in the north central Polish city fresh from new world records. Duplantis sailed over 6.31 metres on home soil last week, his 15th world record in the pole vault. Hodgkinson meanwhile smashed the...

Previously, Chinese travellers were the biggest source of tourists to Japan, contributing to a boom in the land of cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji that was fuelled by a weak yen, making shopping cheap. But in January, South Korea overtook China as t...

The world's biggest boy band reunites on Saturday for their first show in nearly four years, taking over central Seoul for a K-pop extravaganza beamed live around the globe. K-pop fans are known for their concert light sticks, which have become sy...

Eugenio Suarez drove in the winning run in the top of the ninth inning to seal the historic victory in Miami over a star-studded American line-up hyped as a baseball "dream team". Jubilant Venezuelans poured into the streets of Caracas to celebrate...

The veteran prop, 36, will Friday surpass the all-time mark of 202 held by retired All Blacks and Canterbury Crusaders great Wyatt Crockett since 2017. Crockett is making the trip from New Zealand to Canberra to witness the feat. "He just keeps go...

Suicide is one of Greenland's leading causes of premature death and the autonomous Danish territory has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. An "epidemic", some Greenlanders call it, striking above all teenagers and young adults. "Come o...

Hugues Falys, a farmer from Belgium's western Hainaut region, was backed by environmental groups including Greenpeace in the David-versus-Goliath case they hope could prove a turning point in the climate fight. Together they took TotalEnergies to c...

A law regulating children's use of social media was approved last year after a scandal involving the alleged sexual exploitation of minors on Instagram, and comes into effect this week. The hyper-connected nation of 212 million people joins several...

Gilgeous-Alexander was backed with 20 points and 12 rebounds from Chet Holmgren while Ajay Mitchell's 16 point-display helped the NBA champions slam the door on the Magic in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma City's ninth straight victory leaves them on...

Eugenio Suarez drove in the winning run in the top of the ninth inning to seal victory for Venezuela over a star-studded American line-up which had been hyped as a baseball "dream team". Trailing for most of the game, the USA looked to have hauled ...

Authorities reported that falling munitions had hit multiple sites in central Israel in the overnight barrage that triggered air raid sirens across the area, after another day of heavy Israeli bombardments in Iran and Lebanon. The latest deaths too...

Several Senegalese players controversially walked off the pitch in Rabat during the final on January 18 in protest when the hosts were awarded a penalty late in second-half stoppage time. After Senegal's players eventually returned having been coax...

Officials from the two countries will lay out their case at a three-day hearing before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, set up in 1899 to settle contractual disputes between nations. A three-judge panel will weigh the clash ov...

Their northern region of Chernigiv was occupied when Russian forces invaded four years ago. Now liberated, it is the gateway for freed Ukrainian prisoners of war heading home. The 50-year-old Gladka, whose husband was killed fighting Russian troops...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) "has been informed by Iran that a projectile hit the premises of the Bushehr NPP on Tuesday evening", the Vienna-based agency posted on social media. "No damage to the plant or injuries to staff reported...