The situation for media workers around the world at the moment is "bleak", Ressa told AFP in an interview, saying much of the blame lies with the dramatic shift in the way information is distributed. Speaking on the sidelines of an event in Geneva ...

While experts have warned that Russia's war in Ukraine could cause famine, the FAO said in an annual report that nearly 40 million more people were pushed into "acute food insecurity" in 2021. Among 53 countries facing the problem, the most affecte...

The treaty was the first in the world to contain specific measures to protect the human rights of environmental defenders and Costa Rica had been the driving force behind it. Outgoing President Carlos Alvarado had asked lawmakers to ratify the agre...

Over the first three months of the year, Volkswagen raked in a net profit of 6.7 billion euros ($7 billion), up from 3.4 billion euros in the same period last year. The Wolfsburg-based group had shown "resilience" in the face of supply bottlenecks ...

China has been battling its worst coronavirus flare-up since the early days of the pandemic, with most cases found in the business hub of Shanghai. Scenes of chaos and anger at weeks of stay-at-home orders in Shanghai have alarmed people in the cap...

Tea is the island nation's biggest export commodity, bringing in about $1.3 billion annually before the current economic downturn, the worst since independence in 1948. But a bungled ban on fertiliser imports last year -- introduced in a doomed eff...

Archaeologists excavating the city, which was destroyed by the eruption of nearby Vesuvius in 79 AD, were initially startled to discover erotic images everywhere, from garden statues to ceiling frescos. Since those first digs in the 18th-century si...

Brooks was tossed from a bruising game two of their NBA playoff series after less than three minutes of the first quarter for an ugly mid-air challenge that flattened Payton as he drove for a basket. Payton, an increasingly influential figure for G...

But that might be said of "Guerre" (War) by one of France's most celebrated and controversial literary figures, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, which arrives in bookstores on Thursday, some 78 years after its manuscript disappeared. Celine's reputation ha...

But one chequered design at the Macnaughton Holdings' giant factory in Keith stands out for its unconventional colours: yellow and royal blue. For a few weeks now, the Great Scot company, a client of the firm, has been weaving its "Ukraine Forever ...

Her hair covered with a hijab and a veil falling below her eyes, she evades the attention of fans and detractors. "It’s funny that people don’t recognise me, they play my songs but when I'm in front of them they don't know it’s me," the 22-y...

Three months into the war, Moscow has focused its fresh offensive on Ukraine's east and south, while Western allies continue to provide Kyiv with cash and weapons in a bid to force Russian leader Vladimir Putin to pull back. In one of a series of a...

Almost 50 people, mostly Australian tourists, were on the island, also known as Whakaari, when burning ash and steam blasted from a volcanic vent. The eruption killed 22 people and injured 25 more, some of whom were left with horrific injuries. Th...

Elite families have long ruled the poverty-ravaged nation, holding on to positions of power for generations by dishing out favours, buying votes or resorting to violence. Analysts say the system has become more pervasive in the decades since a popu...

The launch was the latest in a string of sanctions-busting North Korean weapons tests so far this year, and came after US and South Korean officials warned Pyongyang was preparing to resume nuclear testing. "One ballistic missile fired by North Kor...