China is a key market for Uniqlo, but consumer spending has been hampered as coronavirus cases surge in cities such as Shanghai, prompting authorities to impose tough lockdowns under the country's zero-Covid policy. Uniqlo operations in mainland Ch...

As politicians find their homes besieged by large and resentful crowds, incensed over months of fuel shortages and lengthy blackouts, spiritual advisers have also found themselves under pressure. Images of soothsayers standing alongside top admini...

In a care-free show of defiance, a Ukrainian graffiti art collective has sprayed dozens more such felines on the walls of the Black Sea port since the start of the war. "Odessa is a port city, so there are a lot of cats. With the war, they had to b...

"Two youths died of injuries sustained in an Israeli attack in the Jenin district," the ministry said in a statement. The Israeli army said it had been "continuing recent counterterrorism activities", a week after a Jenin man killed three people in...

In his ruling, US District Court Judge William Orrick said "the weight of the evidence amply supports the jury's liability findings" but the damages ordered were "excessive," citing constitutional limitations on punitive damages set by the Supreme C...

Pyongyang has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this year, including launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at full range for the first time since 2017. It was a dramatic return to long-range testing after a years...

Scores of people are still missing and feared dead after the strongest storm to strike the archipelago nation this year dumped heavy rain over several days, forcing tens of thousands into evacuation centres. In the central province of Leyte -- the ...

The 25-year-old rattled off eight birdies and two bogeys to edge clear of the pack on a day where strong winds buffeted the Hoakalei Country Club on Oahu island. "It was quite hard to predict the wind the last few holes," world number 31 Green said...

"It's time for the matter to be closed," Nikos Stampolidis told AFP in an interview. "We are not talking about just any work of art far from its place of origin", but of "part of an architectural monument that is a symbol of global culture", said S...

But hunting for shellfish treasure among gnarly tree roots in brackish water is a lot of work. Thousands of people -- the vast majority of them women -- make a living from oysters in Senegal, usually at a small and informal level. But experts say ...

Rincon suffered a severe head injury following a collision on Monday between the vehicle he was travelling in and a bus in the southwest city of Cali. The former Real Madrid and Napoli ace underwent almost three hours of surgery before being transf...

Some have come under Russian fire in their care homes. Others fled amid the sound of explosions and gunfire. Many remain unaccounted for, lost in the chaos of Ukraine's sprawling and often disorganised social service system. "There was a big probl...

Suffered by millions worldwide, the degenerative disease erodes motor functions and in its later stages often confines patients to a bed or wheelchair. This is due to a condition called orthostatic hypotension, which occurs when a person stands up ...

With the war entering its seventh week, US President Joe Biden announced an $800-million military aid package for Ukraine that included helicopters and armoured personnel carriers. And international prosecutors said the conflict has turned Ukraine ...

With more than 250 opposition and government officials staying in two luxury hotels, the Gulf state is picking up a mounting bill for its mediation in the Central African nation. The transitional military council's foreign minister Mahamat Zene Che...