"I was just a few months old when I fed my first reindeer," the 24-year-old laughed, saying she "pretty much always knew" she would follow her father and grandfather into herding. "I managed one and a half weeks living in a city before I switched t...

"You would always know you were near Shimo la Tewa Prison," said Stephen Mwangi, a government scientist who has lived for decades in the coastal region where thousands of inmates are incarcerated in a maximum security jail. The smell wasn't comin...

Nearly 25 years after the death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti, his son Femi and grandson Made are taking his Afrobeat sound to the United States. With their double album "Legacy +", the father and son duo have been nominated for this year's Gr...

Since last summer, thousands of migrants and refugees -- mostly from the Middle East -- have come knocking only to be turned away by Poland, which sees their arrival as a kind of "hybrid warfare". Warsaw and others in the West have accused the Bela...

But for the first time in its 12 years in office Orban's Fidesz party will face a united opposition coalition. Fidesz's poll lead is narrow and "all options are on the table", Bulcsu Hunyadi, analyst with the independent Political Capital institute...

"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Patrick Demarchelier on March 31, 2022 at the age of 78," said a post on his official Instagram account accompanied by three photos. The announcement did not provide a cause of death or othe...

Electricity stoppages, petrol queues and escalating protests are threatening hopes that a tourism revival could help arrest the island nation's intensifying financial crisis. After being ravaged by civil war for decades the country's coconut palm-l...

Authorities are struggling to stamp out coronavirus outbreaks with restrictions and lockdowns on key manufacturing and transport hubs like Shenzhen and Shanghai. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) released by Chinese media group Caixin came just ...

EU to urge China rethink on Russia EU is set to hold a virtual summit with China against a backdrop of increasing alarm over Beijing's growing proximity with Moscow and its reluctance to condemn its invasion of Ukraine. "The meeting will focus on th...

Milwaukee superstar Antetokounmpo finished with 44 points, 14 rebounds and six assists in the victory -- which could well be a preview of a first-round playoff series. Kevin Durant had 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds for Brooklyn, but his ...

Oil fell further following a plunge Thursday in response to news that the United States would release a million barrels a day from its reserves as it looks to rein in a price rally fuelled by Russia's conflict. Investors suffered a torrid first thr...

The 28-year-old Kambosos gets his chance after upsetting the previously undefeated Teofimo Lopez in New York late last year to snatch the WBA, IBF and WBO belts. Haney, 23, is the WBC lightweight titleholder, with the winner on June 5 becoming the ...

The South Asian nation of 22 million people is facing widespread shortages of essential goods and sharp price rises, weighed down by enormous debt. Police in Colombo said they arrested 45 people after Thursday night's unrest, in which one man was c...

The results were not final in either case. At stake is Amazon's ability to remain union-free in its home market, a status it has guarded fiercely since the company was founded in the 1990s. "We already made history. We defeated a lot of odds to get...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold the videoconference with EU leaders Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen, carrying through on an annual exercise that was skipped last year as tensions simmered. "The meeting will focus on the role we are u...