The prices of palm, soybean, European rapeseed and even its Canadian GMO counterpart, canola oil, have reached historic highs following Indonesia's announcement on Wednesday. "We already had problems with soybeans in South America, with canola in C...

The Sara Cultural Centre is one of the world's tallest timber buildings, made primarily from spruce and towering 75 metres (246 feet) over rows of snow-dusted houses and surrounding forest. The 20-storey timber structure, which houses a hotel, a li...

Russian-born photographer Pavel Oskin enlisted some friends to help him convert the space into a refugee centre that is now home to 16 Ukrainians and can house dozens more. "I can shoot and I could go to war, but I will be more useful here," the 4...

The UN's highest court ruled in 2012 that Italy had failed to fulfil its obligations by allowing victims of Nazi crimes between 1943 and 1945 to make compensation claims against Germany. However, despite the ruling, Italian courts have "since 2012,...

The five-day break is typically one of China's busiest travel periods, but the country's worst Covid resurgence since early in the pandemic is likely to keep people home. Faced with the highly transmissible Omicron variant, Chinese officials have d...

Bane made nine of 15 shots from the field including a crucial go-ahead three-pointer late in the fourth quarter as the second seeds completed a 4-2 series win to silence Minnesota's Target Center crowd in Minneapolis. It was another shattering loss...

The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of manufacturing activity, clocked 47.4 in April -- below the 50-point mark separating growth from contraction -- as authorities said that a "decline in production and demand" has deepened. ...

The Spanish star, the highest-ranked player in the field of the long-established event that is part of the US PGA Tour for the first time this year, steered a steady course in more difficult conditions to break free atop the leaderboard after sharin...

Embiid was injured near the end of the Sixers' series-clinching blowout of the Toronto Raptors on Thursday. Embiid left the court clutching his face after appearing to be struck by a Pascal Siakam elbow as the Raptors ace drove to the basket. ESPN...

Green, who started the day four shots off the overnight lead of compatriot Minjee Lee, wasted no time gaining ground with birdies at the first three holes on the par-71 Palos Verdes course south of Los Angeles. She added birdies at the sixth and se...

Although Ukraine has retained control of Kharkiv, the city has been repeatedly battered by Moscow's forces and still faces daily attacks. One person was killed and five were injured "as a result of enemy artillery and mortar strikes", the Kharkiv's...

Green, who started the day four shots off the overnight lead of compatriot Minjee Lee, wasted no time gaining ground with birdies at the first three holes on the par-71 Palos Verdes course south of Los Angeles. She added birdies at the sixth and se...

Embiid was injured near the end of the Sixers' series-clinching blowout of the Toronto Raptors on Thursday. Embiid left the court clutching his face after appearing to be struck by a Pascal Siakam elbow as the Raptors ace drove to the basket. ESPN...

The 36-year-old actress' domestic violence accusations, and the 58-year-old star's denials, are at the heart of a high-profile defamation lawsuit that has been going on since April 11 on the outskirts of the US capital Washington. After a flood of...

The case of Debanhi Escobar has generated unusually intense media interest in a country where nearly 100,000 people are missing and most homicides fail to make national headlines. Escobar's body was found on April 21 in a motel water tank, nearly t...