Photo of a very thin Lee Kuan Yew sparks concern
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South Africa has the unenviable reputation of having some of the world's highest levels of violence against women. More than 100 rapes are reported daily, while on average a woman is murdered every three hours, according to official data. President Cyril Ramaphosa regularly characterises violence targeted at women a "second pandemic" after Covid-19. of survivors in shelters for victims of GBV
A rare wintry storm sweeps across the Middle East turning the region into a winter wonderland.
A school board in Tennessee has added to a surge in book bans by conservatives with an order to remove the award-winning 1986 graphic novel on the Holocaust, "Maus," from local student libraries.
The handover marks the culmination of the government’s efforts to sell the loss-making carrier
Stars including Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert and Lea Seydoux were present at the funeral ceremony for Ulliel at the Saint-Eustache church in central Paris.
Iranian women were allowed Thursday for the first time in almost three years to attend a football match of their country's national team in a Tehran stadium.
Thousands of people braved a morning chill on a ceremonial boulevard in India's capital to watch a display of the country's military power and cultural diversity, but the colourful annual Republic Day spectacle was curtailed amid Covid-19
Snow covers Jerusalem's golden-topped Dome of the Rock as rare wintry weather sweeps across the Middle East
The Italian-flagged tanker Mare Doricum was offloading crude at the Repsol refinery in Ventanilla, 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Lima, when it spilled 6,000 barrels into the ocean
The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) rehearses for a show as the musicians resume live performances while navigating a maelstrom of Covid-19 rules. At the start of 2020, the NSO was planning its first international tour with conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic forced the ensemble out of the concert hall at the Kennedy Center in the US capital for 18 months. "I enjoy the present," Noseda says. "I am here and now is fantastic, it’s a gift for me to be here."
The data-tracking "cookies" at the heart of concerns over online privacy were meant to shield people, rather than serve as cyber snoops, their inventor told AFP.
Morocco on Thursday inaugurated construction of an anti-Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in partnership with Swedish firm Recipharm, the official news agency MAP reported.
China Unicom said Friday there were no "justifiable grounds" for a US order that banned the company from operating in the country on national security concerns.
Nearly 300 people are diagnosed with or are suspected of having thyroid cancer, surveys show
Up to 160,000 litres of oil may have spilled from an undersea pipeline
England on Thursday lifted coronavirus restrictions imposed to tackle the Omicron variant, with masks no longer required in enclosed places and vaccine passports shelved.
An injured hawk-eagle found at Jurong Island was nursed back to health by a veterinary team from Jurong Bird Park, and is now flying free again.
Tajikistan said Friday that two of its citizens were killed and 10 injured during overnight clashes at its contested border with Kyrgyzstan, where a ceasefire is now in place.
MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian bond yields spiked while the rupee struck a one-month low on Thursday on fears of potential outflows after the U.S. Federal Reserve delivered a more hawkish than expected policy update, saying a U.S. interest rate hike was likely in March. The Fed also reaffirmed plans to end its bond purchases around the same time, calling time on a long phase of easy money. India's benchmark 10-year bond yield rose to 6.73%, up 7 basis points from its previous close and its highest level since Dec. 19, 2019.
President Joe Biden confirms he will nominate the first Black woman in US history to the Supreme Court bench as he addresses the nation from the White House on the retirement of the liberal justice Stephen Breyer.