But for the couple from Chiang Rai, abandoning what Amnat called "the old way of doing things" for new microbial solutions has been a boon. Thanks to the hungry bacteria that chew up post-harvest leftovers -- their soil is softer, their yields are ...

Activists had challenged the New South Wales legislation, enacted 10 days after the December 14 attack which killed 15 people and wounded dozens at a beach-side Hanukkah festival. The law gave police the power to restrict public assemblies in decla...

Lebanon unaware of Israel talks Lebanon is unaware of any planned contact with Israel, an official source told AFP, after US President Donald Trump said the leaders of the two countries would speak on Thursday. "We are not aware of any planned conta...

Authorities said 83 people had been detained, hundreds of accounts blocked and groups shut down after praise for the attacks -- one on Tuesday, which wounded 16 people, and one on Wednesday which killed nine and wounded 13. Eight of the dead were c...

The attack in the southern province of Kahramanmaras was Turkey's second such incident this week in a country where such shootings have been rare. The funerals will be for eight children aged 10 and 11 and a 55-year-old teacher, the local authoriti...

The phenomenon of so-called transnational repression exploded into public awareness with the horrific murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at his country's consulate in Istanbul in 2018. In an annual report on transnational repression, the ri...

Since Curacao clinched qualification with a hard-fought 0-0 draw against Jamaica in November, the 160,000 inhabitants of the Dutch island famed for its eponymous sapphire liqueur are riding the crest of the Blue Wave, as the national side is dubbed....

AFP journalists heard loud bangs echoing over the capital during the night and saw huge plumes of black smoke rising over central Kyiv at dawn. The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 659 drones in the attack and 44 missiles, over the last...

Last summer Gasperini left Atalanta after nine hugely successful years to replace Ranieri, now a senior advisor to the billionaire Friedkin family who own the club, and was hailed by his predecessor in the dugout as the "right man" to take one of It...

The 'Blue Wave' created one of last year's most romantic sports stories when they qualified top of their group after a nerve-jangling 0-0 draw in November with Jamaica which only came about when the Reggae Boyz had an added-time penalty ruled out. ...

One day after the Hornets ousted Miami from the play-in tournament with a nail-biting 127-126 overtime triumph, Ball was fined and assessed a flagrant 2 foul for the controversial play early in the second quarter. Ball fell to the court after a sho...

New Zealand-based Moana Pasifika, founded in 2020 as a pathway for players of Pacific heritage, said Wednesday it will disband at the end of the season. Their impending exit follows the demise of the debt-laden Melbourne Rebels in 2024 and means ne...

"Iran is coming for sure. We hope that by then the situation will be a peaceful situation, that would definitely help," Infantino told an economic conference organized by broadcaster CNBC. "But Iran has to come, they represent their people, they ha...

The pair -- a 47-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man -- were detained in Watford, north of the capital, and are being held in custody, police said. A little-known Islamist group with possible links to Iran claimed responsibility for the attack, ac...

Since last week, "unregistered" Kurds, who have been stateless since a controversial 1962 census, have been flocking to registration centres across Syria to apply for citizenship, based on the interior ministry's instructions. "A person without cit...