Three employees at CNN have been fired for violating the network's coronavirus policy by coming into the office unvaccinated, according to US media reports. In an internal memo emailed to staff Thursday and obtained by several US media outlets, CNN...

President Joe Biden's plan for a $1.2 trillion investment in US infrastructure will face a key step in the Senate Saturday determining if it comes to the floor for a final vote, before heading to the House of Representatives. After spending hours t...

Thai police are investigating the suspected murder of a Swiss woman whose body was found near a waterfall at a popular beach resort. Police found the woman, named as Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, lying face down covered in a black sheet, in water among...

Paris Olympics chief organiser Tony Estanguet has told AFP the 2024 Summer Games will be "spectacular" but admits coronavirus and environmental issues could pose a problem as he prepares to take the baton from Tokyo. The postponed Games in Japan ha...

Cuba's Julio la Cruz, who was shot during a robbery just a few years ago, won his second Olympic gold on Friday with victory in the heavyweight boxing final. The 31-year-old defeated Russia's Muslim Gadzhimagomedov on unanimous points to add the To...

Major supermarket chains in Britain are offering cash bonuses for lorry drivers, as Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic leaves tens of thousands of jobs unfilled and shop shelves increasingly empty. Industry warnings of crisis affecting supplies of...

The Philippine capital Manila returned to lockdown Friday as authorities sought to slow the spread of the hyper-contagious Delta variant and ease pressure on hospitals while trying to avoid crushing economic activity. Police checkpoints across the ...

From a distance, the black cliffs appear featureless, scorched by a blazing desert sun. But up close, the basalt reveals engravings of giraffe, ostrich and antelope made 7,000 years ago. These masterful works, etched onto stone in northern Djibouti...

When Dragica Gasic tried to buy groceries in a local store, the Albanian owner barred her from entering. Her offence? Being the first and only Serb to return to this Kosovar town, which still bears the scars of a decades-old conflict. More than 20 ...

Taiwan will not send a team to next year's Gay Games in Hong Kong because of fears their athletes and staff could be arrested if they wave the island's flag or use its name, the organisation that sends its delegation told AFP. The revelation means ...

A member of the Swedish nobility, Carl Johan Cronstedt, 75, is the tenth generation to have inherited the family estate and home. Built in 1656 and designed by French-born architect Jean de la Vallee, Fullero castle and its 700-hectare (1,729-acre)...

Canadian footballer Quinn will become the first openly transgender athlete to win an Olympic medal on Friday in another trailblazing moment at the Tokyo Games for the marginalised community. Quinn -- who goes by a single name and uses the pronouns ...

Poland's Dawid Tomala won an astonishing 50km walk Olympic gold on Friday despite only completing the distance once before as US sprint great Allyson Felix sets her sights on track and field history in Tokyo. Tomala's feat in gruelling conditions s...

President Joe Biden underscored US support for Pacific island nations battling Covid-19 and the climate crisis on Friday as Washington tries to counter China's expanded influence in the region. In a video message at the opening of a forum of 18 isl...

Asian markets struggled on Friday despite Wall Street benchmarks climbing overnight on the back of healthy US economic data. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at fresh records Thursday after another fall in applications for unemployment benefits, while...