Roads out of Myanmar's biggest city were choked Friday with people fleeing the junta's deadly crackdown on anti-coup dissent, as authorities in neighbouring Thailand said they were preparing for an influx of refugees. Myanmar has been in turmoil si...

The court hearing for a Canadian man detained in China for more than two years on espionage charges finished after less than three hours on Friday, a Canadian diplomat said. Michael Spavor is one of two Canadians detained, in apparent retaliation f...

France and Germany were set to resume AstraZeneca vaccinations Friday after EU regulators gave the jab the all-clear, and Joe Biden said his administration would meet its goal of inoculating 100 million Americans weeks ahead of schedule. Days of co...

Although her face is covered by a black mask, Rita Carrasco still wears bright red lipstick. But her easy smile faltered when she had to join Madrid's "hunger lines" for food aid. "It was a hard moment. I felt shame," says the 41-year-old Mexican, ...

With the U.S. closing in on President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, the White House said the nation is now in position to help supply neighbors Canada and Mexico with millions of...

Team New Zealand Friday confirmed British sailing legend Ben Ainslie's Ineos Team UK as the challenger of record for the next edition of the regatta won by the Kiwis this week. The New Zealanders also said the spectacular 23-metre (75-foot) AC75 fo...

Former England dual rugby international Sam Burgess had a conviction for intimidating his ex-father-in-law overturned Friday, Australian media reported. A district court quashed the ruling against the retired star, saying allegations of intimidatio...

Robert Lewandowski comes up against another of the Bundesliga's hottest strikers, Atletico Madrid look to keep Barcelona at arm's length in Spain and there is a huge showdown at the top of the table in France. AFP Sport selects some of the standout...

"That's quite a big one," rat-catcher Colin Sims remarks with understatement, holding up a prime specimen measuring about 20 centimetres (eight inches) in length -- not counting its tail. It's boom time for companies like Sims' CHS Pest Control, wh...

Audio stimulates our brains more powerfully than video, and slots neatly into our new patterns of voracious cultural consumption -- making this a revolutionary time for aural entertainment. When Daniel Richardson, an experimental psychologist at U...

In jade waters off Hong Kong's eastern shoreline, scientists are thrilled to spot a cuttlefish protecting her eggs inside an artificial, 3D-printed clay seabed helping to restore the city's fragile coral reefs. On postcards and in the popular imagi...

A Peruvian judge on Thursday rejected preventative detention for ex-president Martin Vizcarra, who is being investigated for alleged corruption while he was governor of the country's southern region of Moquegua. The request for 18 months of detent...

Bradley Beal scored 43 points and Russell Westbrook produced a 35-point triple-double as the Washington Wizards knocked off the NBA-leading Utah Jazz 131-122 on Thursday. The Wizards notched their first win of the second half of the season, snappin...

An internet spin on talk radio, the new social network Clubhouse has become a sandbox for people tinkering with ways to win fans and make money with audio. Clubhouse, still invite-only and accessible just through apps on Apple mobile devices, lets ...

The hardest thing about caring for eight relatives with Covid-19 at the same time, says Brazilian student Lais de Souza Chaves, was deciding who got oxygen. The pandemic had so overwhelmed their city, Manaus, that it ran out of hospital beds and me...