Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky too has accused Russia of genocide over the discovery of hundreds of bodies of civilians in areas that were controlled by Russian forces and labelled the bloody siege of the southern port of Mariupol a "crime a...

Inflation surged to 7.0 percent in March from 6.2 percent in February, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. "Broad-based price rises saw annual inflation increase sharply again in March," said ONS chief economist Grant Fitzner. ...

The island nation is in the grip of its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, with severe shortages of essential goods and regular blackouts causing widespread hardship. Authorities are weathering intense public anger and spirited prot...

The world's second-largest economy has stuck to a strict zero-Covid strategy as it tries to contain outbreaks fuelled by the Omicron variant in recent months. The economic costs, however, have mounted -- the waves of infections and resulting lockdo...

Despite being traditionally considered a safe-haven currency, uncertainty fuelled by Russia's war in Ukraine has not caused the yen to strengthen. Instead, moves by the US Federal Reserve towards a more aggressive monetary policy and the shock of r...

Lumbi is being treated for a blood parasite after he was rescued from traffickers during a police sting in South Africa's northern Limpopo province late last year. He and several other pangolins in the room are patients of Johannesburg Wildlife Vet...

Nakken was brought on at first base in the third inning after regular first-base coach Antoan Richardson was ejected at Oracle Park in the Giants 13-2 win. The 31-year-old Nakken was congratulated by Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer after coming on...

Biden's accusation comes as Moscow -- already accused by the West of widespread atrocities against civilians -- is feared to be readying a massive onslaught across Ukraine's east that Washington warned might involve chemical weapons. "Yes, I called...

Six days after he and two friends started selling coffee from a ground-floor window in the western city of Lviv, word of mouth had spread and their chicken and pineapple pie slices were fast running out. A few customers had posted on social media t...

Her skin still warm from the needle, Dos Santos gazes at the flowers that descend her torso and turn to diamonds, tattooed over her reconstructed left breast thanks to a project to help women overcome the physical and emotional scars of the past. "...

John Lee, 64, is expected to be anointed the business hub's new chief executive by a committee of 1,500 Beijing loyalists next month. Hong Kong media have widely reported that Lee will, at Beijing's request, face no rivals in the election. Lee off...

Experts say the fall of the city, seen as strategically vital for Russian plans to attack eastern Ukraine, is inevitable. But holdouts in their underground bases hope to make conquering the Sea of Azov port as hard as possible for the attackers. T...

The business hub of Shanghai has become the heart of China's biggest Covid-19 outbreak since the virus surfaced more than two years ago. The city of 25 million has remained almost entirely locked down since the start of the month. "We have tempora...

Yuriy Prylypko "was a great patriot, a great man", says Father Petro Pavlenko. "He was loved." Prylypko was killed on March 7, after Russian forces rolled into the Kyiv commuter town he managed. The municipal council said he was shot dead while "ha...

For just a few days every year, the elfin cloud forest of Costa Rica came alive with crowds of golden toads the length of a child's thumb, emerging from the undergrowth to mate at rain-swelled pools. In this mysterious woodland the cloud drapes o...