Qingqing Chen, a reporter for the state-owned Global Times, tweeted a video of Peng appearing to speak with Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming. Chen said the video was sent to her by a "friend" and that it was taken at an event to promote cross-count...

Speaking at the opening of a special meeting of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad, Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said fallout from the deepening crisis could mean mass hunger, a flood of refugees a...

The southern European country fell five spots in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index compiled by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and now ranks 70th out of 180 countries, behind Poland and Mongolia. George Pleios, head of media studie...

"This stupid law means certain books must be sealed in wrapping, and separated from the others," he tells AFP, at his Budapest store Irok Boltja (Writers Shop in Hungarian). Introduced in July, the legislation provoked anger in Brussels and a backl...

Germany's new government is set to extinguish the at-home heat source from a bygone era as part of its ambitious climate plans, as it looks to cut harmful emissions linked to climate change. But Herbst says he remains attached to his coal-powered ...

Russia flaunted its comeback this month dispatching two cosmic adventurers -- Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant -- to the International Space Station (ISS) in its first launch of tourists in 12 years. Buoyed by the success, fire...

"The Four Terrorists who carried out the shooting attack last Thursday were caught," the Israeli army said in a statement. "The suspects were transferred to the security forces for further investigation and the weapon of the suspect who carried ou...

The league said in a news release that it took the action to try a halt the rapid spread of the latest coronavirus variants. The NHL decided to shut down the Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators through December 26. The Predators have eight playe...

The visitors are desperately trying to save the clash in Adelaide after being skittled in the first innings for 236 in reply to Australia's 473 for nine. Australia captain Steve Smith opted not to enforce the follow on and his team resumed on 45 fo...

The line will connect the capital Vientiane with the southern Chinese city of Kunming, and there are grand plans for a high-speed rail network running to Singapore through Thailand and Malaysia. Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith at the opening her...

Rogers died Saturday night aged 88, according to Britain's Press Association, which cited his spokesperson. One of his sons also confirmed his death to the New York Times, but did not give the cause. An Italian immigrant and winner of the prestigio...

Recycling is almost non-existent in the North African country, which produces 2.6 million tonnes of waste each year. Some 85 percent of that ends up in landfills, while much of the rest winds up in informal dumps, says Tunisian waste management exp...

Short for "non-fungible tokens", NFTs are digital items whose certificates of authenticity and ownership are registered on blockchains, the technology behind cryptocurrencies. From art to fashion, the creative industries have been quick to experim...

A resumption of pre-virus workplace norms was only partially moving forward in the United States when the fast-spreading new variant arrived and provoked fresh concern. Legal challenges have made the future of President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate ...

"Sometimes I have periods where I don't have the drugs I need and my illness gets worse. I suffer pains," said the 35-year-old, who has been taking pills to relieve a rare autoimmune disorder known as Behcet's syndrome, for the past nine years. "It...