The family of four has just spent a week in the cold, wet woods between Belarus and Poland, among thousands of migrants who have tried to cross into the European Union since the summer. Having embarked on the journey to seek treatment for their so...

"I would like to start by saying sorry to my teammates, and the fans back home," de Kock said in a statement on Thursday. "I never ever wanted to make this a Quinton issue. I understand the importance of standing against racism, and I also understa...

The students, originally from Indian-administered Kashmir, were taken into custody on Wednesday in the northern city of Agra for "promoting enmity" and disrupting religious harmony, police inspector Pavindra Kumar Singh told AFP. The case was lodge...

All non-essential services, including retail outlets, restaurants, and sporting and entertainment venues will be closed until November 7, along with schools and kindergartens. Only shops selling food, medicine and other essentials will remain open,...

The country has taken a zero tolerance approach to the virus since it first emerged in central China in 2019, stamping out emerging flare-ups with border closures, targeted lockdowns and strict quarantines. Although the hard-line measures have kept...

Filipinos usually pour into cemeteries on November 1 for the ancient Christian tradition, many holding family reunions at the gravesites of relatives. But for the second year in a row, the government has ordered the shuttering of cemeteries for fea...

The optimistic outlook came despite a lacklustre second quarter overall, with net profit down more than half compared to its extraordinary results in the same period last year. The Japanese conglomerate, which this year acquired top online anime li...

"Honey, vanilla, chocolate or cinnamon?" he asks her in the smell unit at the Mutua Terrassa Hospital northwest of Barcelona. "Vanilla?" the 66-year-old replies, her tone unsure. Oviedo is one of an estimated half a million people who lost thei...

The 66-member delegation on a tour of Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania has signed 18 memorandums of cooperation in the three countries. Taiwan's charm offensive in the region once oppressed by Soviet-led Communism has targeted industrial ...

The world's top chipmaker saw its operating profit reach 15.8 trillion won ($13.5 billion) for the July-September period, it said in a regulatory filing. Its sales rose 10 percent on-year to a record 74 trillion won on the back of strong performanc...

Lopez Obrador has repeatedly criticized the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in recent days, saying the prestigious public institution has "moved to the right" and "gentrified." The leftist leader, known for his ability to stir publi...

El Estor's subsistence fishermen, mainly of the Mayan Q'eqchi' indigenous group, say the Fenix mine is polluting Lake Izabal, diminishing stocks of fish that were abundant just a generation ago. The mine's owners deny the allegation, saying adequat...

In an interview with CNN, Tsai described Taiwan as a regional "beacon" of democracy that is facing down a giant authoritarian neighbour as she warned that the threat from Beijing is growing "every day". The presence of US troops was first confirmed...

And if nothing is done to slow climate change, the record temperatures and deadly heatwaves it brings will only get worse, experts warn. "Climate (change) is sort of steroids for the weather. It’s loading the dice to make these sort of extreme ev...

In a quarterly report on prices and the economy, the central bank predicted growth of 3.4 percent for the year to March 2022, down from its previous forecast of 3.8 percent. "Downward pressure stemming from Covid-19 is likely to remain on service c...