Russian prosecutors on Monday accused a veteran journalist of "justifying terrorism" -- a charge punishable by up to seven years in prison -- as her trial opened amid a widespread crackdown on ...

The whirr of machines and smell of carved wood hangs in the air of the Indian toy workshop, a centuries-old art form still in the game despite cheaper plastic alternatives. India's town of ...

South Korean automaker Kia told AFP Tuesday it had not approved an advertising campaign that featured one of its electric vehicles with a bumper sticker denigrating rival Tesla owner Elon Musk ...

Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic -- a moment when the world finally woke up to the unfolding disaster. The WHO had already sounded ...

Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, on Monday urged the UN to remove coca -- the main ingredient in cocaine -- from a list of harmful substances ...

Crowds may have declined in the past two years but for those with runners at jumps racing's most prestigious meeting the atmosphere at the Cheltenham Festival is like being in "the Colosseum ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will buy a "brand new Tesla" in support of his top donor and close advisor, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, after share prices tanked amid recession fears and Musk's ...

Thanks to the "mob wife" style trend and advances in manufacturing technology that make it look like the real thing, fake fur has conquered catwalks and the high street. The look is set to last ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the United States was cancelling 83 percent of programs at USAID, as the Trump administration guts spending not aligned with its "America First" agenda ...

Struggling Japanese automaker Nissan announced on Tuesday that chief executive Makoto Uchida would step down, a move that follows the failure of merger talks with rival Honda. The company said ...

Re-runs of "The Apprentice", the reality TV show that propelled Donald Trump into the US national consciousness, were riding high on Amazon Prime Video on Tuesday, the day after they hit the ...

A drought that has parched fields and prompted water restrictions in Spain since 2021 could be over soon thanks to recent abundant rainfall, national weather agency AEMET said on Tuesday. When ...