The enormous cash injection comes as Asia's fourth-largest economy rides high on a global AI boom -- with South Korean memory chipmakers emerging as a crucial cog in the fast-moving industry. "Speed is the only path to survival. We must secure the ...

The strikes are the latest flare-up of violence between the neighbours whose relationship has been fraught since 2021, when the Taliban government took power in Kabul, and follow a weeks-long war that erupted in February. Pakistan's information min...

The Brazilians are desperate to win the World Cup again, 24 years after they last lifted the trophy, and they eased through the group stage in first place above Morocco, with Vinicius Junior playing a starring role by scoring four goals. The South ...

South Korea, World Cup semi-finalists as co-hosts in 2002, limped out of the tournament after failing to squeeze into the knockout rounds as one of the top eight third-place finishers. They had the last 32 within their reach only to suffer a shock ...

The animal, one of the world's most endangered and trafficked mammals, has been stripped of its scales and is being advertised by a Thai account selling "seasonal wild delicacies". The post is one of dozens reviewed by AFP that illustrate what cons...

Holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians and believed to be the burial place of biblical figures including Abraham, the site has long represented the competing claims that define Hebron, the largest city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Known to Musl...

"We walk long distances for this water and it is undrinkable," the 35-year-old mother of seven told AFP from the camp on the edge of El-Obeid, a key prize in the three-year war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). "Our ...

Scheffler sank a clutch par putt from just inside nine feet on the 18th hole to force a sudden-death playoff as both completed 72 holes on 21-under par 259 for 72 holes at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. "You see why he is the number ...

Stokes explained on Sunday that he felt "burnt out" after four years as England's Test captain following an extraordinary day of drama in the third match of the series against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. Replacing him in the England set-up, both a...

Despite progressing as Group E winners with a game to spare after a 7-1 thrashing of Curacao and a late 2-1 win over Ivory Coast, defeat to Ecuador in their last outing has raised further doubts about Germany's chances of progressing far in the tour...

Ryu, who trailed by 10 after the opening round, was unflappable at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, where world number one Nelly Korda's bid for a third straight major title ended with a one-over par final round that left her tied ...

Co-hosts Canada entered this tournament having lost all six games across two previous World Cup appearances, but are now the first team to reach the second knockout round thanks to a 1-0 win over South Africa. Marsch gathered his squad on the pitch...

Japan defeated Carlo Ancelotti's men 3-2 at home in October in a friendly for a historic first victory over the South Americans. Coupled with a 1-0 win over England at Wembley, Japan came into the World Cup in North America as dark horses. Japan a...

With both sides making their first-ever appearance beyond the group stage of a World Cup, a tense last-32 tie appeared to be heading for extra time, before Eustaquio broke South African hearts with a clinical hit from just outside the area in the 92...

The incidents came despite a trilateral framework agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel under US sponsorship on Friday to pave the way for peace between the two countries and disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (...