More than 1,300 people have been killed in the devastating floods that have already submerged a third of Pakistan, razing villages and displacing millions of people. The worst may be yet to come as the country’s largest freshwater lake, Manchar,...

The selling came after a mixed day in Asia, where the positive vibes from a US jobs report were offset by growing fears about the European outlook as well as Chinese Covid lockdowns and geopolitical tensions. Paris, Frankfurt and London all sank sh...

Washington has accused Beijing of cyberattacks against US businesses and government agencies, one of the issues over which ties between the two powers have nosedived in recent years. China has consistently denied the claims and in turn lashed out a...

Originally from Moldova, the 59-year-old former weightlifter set up the Olvio Nuvo vineyard in 2013 on the slopes of the estuary of Ukraine's long Southern Bug river. It owes its name to the ancient Greek city of Olbia, founded in the seventh centu...

A number of governments have expressed concerns over cryptocurrencies, but those behind the first Crypto Policy Symposium say they hope the event will prompt much more "critical discourse" of the sector. "There are so many crypto conferences but th...

The euro sunk below $0.99 on Monday, a 20-year-low, following the announcement last week that Russia would cut off gas deliveries to Germany via the Nord Stream pipeline.

The 35-year-old opener managed just 15, one and five in Australia's 2-1 ODI series win against Zimbabwe last week, following two consecutive ducks in the final two games of their recent series in Sri Lanka. With the T20 World Cup on home soil in Oc...

The IAEA mission has toured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is still operated by Ukrainian staff, and some experts have stayed there pending the release of an IAEA report. Russian authorities said the situation was calm around the Russian-occu...

Based on the bestselling, semi-fictionalised book by Joyce Carol Oates, it is a dark retelling of the iconic actress's life that lifts the lid on the trauma and fierce intelligence behind the bubbly, sexualised image of the time. It looks set to p...

Many are just curious but others are driven by nostalgia for a past that weighs heavily on the party tipped for victory in the general election on September 25 -- Giorgia Meloni's post-fascist Brothers of Italy. A white marble bust of "Il Duce" ado...

Although Chileans previously voted in droves for a rewrite of the current constitution, adopted in 1980 during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), opinion polls suggest the new text will be rejected. Social upheaval that began in 2019 as...

Serena Williams could easily walk off the court and into the broadcast booth if she wants to, pocketing a handsome paycheck and boosting ratings for a sport that is losing star power, those in the business say. Williams bid an emotional farewell to ...

The camp, in the grounds of a small railway station on the outskirts of Fazilpur in Pakistan's Punjab province, is the only high ground in a landscape of water, and accommodates around 500 people. They include Fahmidah, 40, who arrived with her fiv...

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said a review of the makeshift ban was "progressing very well. We do not expect the temporary moratorium to last for a long time". Two weeks ago, US Coast Guard ship Oliver Henry opted to turn away from Honiara, cap...

The two mongrels are victims of a surge in pet abandonments as the city experiences an exodus of residents due to China's crackdown on dissent as well as some of the world's strictest Covid restrictions. They were brought to Hong Kong Dog Rescue (H...