Jacobs and silver medallist Fred Kerley will go head-to-head for the first time since the Olympics. Their clash comes six weeks since Jacobs stormed to victory to take the world indoor 60m gold in Belgrade when the Italian chased down the American ...

Narayanan Iyer, 52, died Thursday at an altitude of 8,200 metres (26,900 feet), near the top of Mount Kanchenjunga. "He was slower than others and we had two guides assist him. He was very exhausted, couldn't continue and collapsed," Nivesh Karki o...

"I'm happy," he said with a grin after inspecting the pockmarked tail of a downed Russian fighter jet. "The more destroyed enemy vehicles we have, the closer victory is," said Stavichenko, who stumbled on the bits and pieces of the Russian war mac...

In mid-April, 43-year-old Steve says he was walking his dog in the village in North Yorkshire when he learnt of the proposal from visiting reporters. They "asked what I thought of what was going on" Steve tells AFP. It was then he found out that m...

An early start to summer has brought record temperatures and made life a misery for human and animal alike, with experts warning that climate change is making such conditions more intense and more frequent. One animal hospital in the western city o...

After months of fierce campaigning marked by relentless misinformation and an online whitewashing of the country's violent history, rivals Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Leni Robredo implicated each other in underhand tactics. Marcos Jr -- the son of the ...

No reason was given for the delay, but China is racing to extinguish its largest outbreak of Covid-19 since the early days of the pandemic. "The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 19th Asian Games, originally scheduled to be held in Han...

"I tried calling them and messaging them on various apps. I also tried reaching them through volunteers", the 22-year-old student told AFP. He didn't succeed. "Perhaps their houses burned down? Perhaps they don't have a phone anymore?" Zarubin sa...

No reason was given for the delay, but China is racing to extinguish its largest outbreak of Covid-19 since the early days of the pandemic. "The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 19th Asian Games, originally scheduled to be held in Han...

Months of blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and pharmaceuticals have seen widespread suffering across the South Asian island nation. Public anger has sparked sustained protests demanding the government step down over its mismanagement of ...

Early English local election results showed Boris Johnson's Conservatives suffered early losses in a ballot held against the backdrop of a cost-of-living crisis and fines imposed on the Prime Minister for breaking his own COVID-19 lockdown rules.

After months of fierce campaigning marked by relentless misinformation and an online whitewashing of the country's violent history, rivals Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Leni Robredo implicated each other in underhand tactics. Marcos Jr -- the son the lat...

-Mariupol factory ceasefire in doubt - The Russian military had announced a three-day ceasefire starting Thursday at the besieged Azovstal steelworks in the southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces are making a last stand. But a comm...

It has been some 80 days since the two-time Olympic gold medalist was arrested at the Moscow airport. But it has also taken the United States that long to go public with its push for her freedom. The six-foot-nine (2.06-meter) player was halted on ...

Three days later, the 24-year-old was dead in hospital, after suffering catastrophic injuries during his detention. The case has highlighted chronic police violence in the Dominican Republic -- an issue that appears linked to racial and class discr...