The disaster killed 48 people, according to the latest toll, and rescuers are still seeking bodies in the mud and rubble. As deadly ash destroyed villages in East Java's Lumajang district, at least 767 cows also died, while 648 sheep were killed in...

The Transitional Justice Working Group analysed satellite imagery and collected testimonies of 23 public executions during the era of Kim Jong Un, who took power a decade ago following the death of his father in December 2011. North Korean escapees...

North Korea is one of the most isolated and censored societies on the planet, with its state media tightly controlling what the people see and hear. Three generations of the Kim family have ruled the country with absolute authority since 1948, and ...

While the much-anticipated decision spells an end to the age of ultra-loose monetary policy, investors cheered the fact the US central bank had outlined a plan to overcome a months-long surge in inflation that many fear could threaten the economic r...

Typhoon Rai was packing maximum sustained winds of 165 kilometres (102 miles) an hour as it barrelled towards central and southern regions of the vast archipelago, the state weather agency said. But it warned wind speeds could intensify to 195 kil...

The firm launched in April in Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo's second-biggest "favela," a sprawling shantytown of 100,000 people with a maze of impromptu streets and no official address system. Corporate delivery firms typically reject orders from here, c...

Following a rapid vaccination programme, authorities eased restrictions last month to help boost the Covid-hit economy, removing limits on how long businesses could stay open. But new daily infections have more than trebled since then, with a recor...

The clamor over virtual goods comes amid feverish predictions that the metaverse -- a virtual reality version of the internet -- will eventually replace the web of today. But some virtual worlds, for example the Fortnite and Minecraft games or the ...

"He became very wild and very toxic," said the 27-year-old, conjuring the painful memories from a small suburban house outside Pretoria, where he now lives. "He came with a bottle to hit my head and said he was going to kill me," said Mandela, who ...

Johnson, 57, is already reeling after around 100 of his own MPs on Tuesday broke ranks and voted against government plans to introduce vaccine passes for large events. It follows a torrid few weeks for the leader, whose authority has been hit by cl...

The charges were leveled against Amplify Energy, a Texas company operating the pipeline off Huntington Beach, and two of its subsidiaries -- Beta Operating Co. and San Pedro Bay Pipeline Co., according to the prosecutor's statement. The authoritie...

The Frankfurt-based institution is expected to confirm the planned end of its massive pandemic-era stimulus plan in March, currently hoovering up around 70 billion euros ($78 billion) worth of assets every month. The 1.85-trillion-euro pandemic eme...

Projections that the mutated and highly infectious Covid strain could be dominant in the EU as early as next month have pushed the issue to the top of the agenda and ignited fears of a health crisis. The summit will also tackle other big topics pre...

The BoE's monetary policy committee will announce its latest decision at 1200 GMT, in a whirlwind 24 hours that includes interest rate calls from both the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve. Major central banks remain on standby shoul...

With 3,000 people employed every day, from the orchestra to the technical teams, "our population is far larger than any other not-for-profit performing arts organization in the country, which is why we have to be in the vanguard of health and safety...