Mexico is now poised to join a handful of countries with laws imposing criminal penalties related to vaping. Members of President Claudia Sheinbaum's Morena party had argued the measure would protect the health of young people and close legal looph...

The junta has increased air strikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar's civil war, conflict monitors say, after snatching power in a 2021 putsch ending a decade-long democratic experiment. The military has set polls starting December 28 -- to...

The Japanese joint chiefs of staff said Wednesday's exercise with the US Air Force was conducted in "an increasingly severe security environment surrounding our country". Tokyo said Wednesday that two Russian Tu-95 nuclear-capable bombers flew a da...

The skydiver survived the incident, which occurred south of Cairns during a stunt in September but has only just been revealed following investigations by the transport safety watchdog. Plans for a 16-way formation by parachutists at 15,000 feet (4...

Typhoon Rai struck the southern and central regions of the Philippines in December 2021, toppling power lines and trees and unleashing deadly floods that killed over 400 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. The lawsuit on behalf of 103 s...

The Black Caps were 278 all out with about an hour to play in the final session, after the West Indies scored 205 at the Basin Reserve. At stumps the visitors were 32-2 in their second innings, with Brandon King (15) and Kavem Hodge (3) at the crea...

The 32-year-old former England international scored the opener in Seoul's 1-1 draw at home to Melbourne City in the AFC Champions League on Wednesday night, having announced days before it would be his last appearance for the club. Lingard, who mad...

The church, known for its mass weddings, is currently being investigated on charges of unlawful donations linked to the country's former first lady Kim Keon Hee. Kim's conservative husband, Yoon Suk Yeol, was ousted in April and is now in prison fo...

The centuries-old city has become a haven for people seeking safety and work since Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the capital Sanaa, forcing out the sitting government. The displacement, which has more than doubled the city's population, has put ...

Royal, real name Guo Pu, shot to fame when she won both the youth and adult Asian Championships in June. She is part of a growing Chinese force in breakdancing, which combines acrobatic floor moves, footwork and rhythmic expression to hip-hop or fu...

AFP examines the reasons for the divergence and the current state of the cocoa market. West Africa at heart Ivory Coast and Ghana are the world's biggest suppliers of pods -- the fruit of the cocoa tree -- from which cocoa beans are extracted to mak...

NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points to lead the reigning NBA champion Thunder, who improved to 24-1 to equal the best 25-game start to a season in league history. They dominated from start to finish to book their place...

Austria's conservative-led government -- under pressure at a time when anti-immigration sentiment is running high -- proposed the ban earlier this year. They argue it is to protect girls "from oppression". In 2019, when the country introduced a ban...

And when you reach the big fish, you have to fix a tracker to its dorsal fin while bobbing in a boat on the ocean swell. The job is key to a sophisticated protection network that lets swimmers, surfers and fishers check for the aquatic hunters in r...

At least 19 people have been killed in the latest round of border fighting that reignited last week, officials said. More than half a million people, mostly in Thailand, have fled border areas near where jets, tanks and drones have waged battle. T...