The Japanese auto giant reported an annual net profit of 215.5 billion yen ($1.67 billion), beating the company's forecast of 205 billion yen and representing the first net profit since fiscal year 2018-19. But looking ahead, it warned of a market ...

So the 34-year-old Nice cook is now working for top athletes and other rich clients. The Covid pandemic and now Western sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine war have kept rich Russians away from the French Riviera, one of their favourite foreign de...

Palestinian-American Abu Akleh, 51, a veteran of Qatar-based Al Jazeera's Arabic TV service, was shot in the head during clashes in the Jenin refugee camp, a major flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel's Defence Minister Benny Gant...

International tourist arrivals worldwide have more than doubled, up 130 percent in January 2022 on the same period last year, according to the latest UN World Tourism Organization figures. Travellers are regaining confidence, and Europe and the Ame...

The economy grew 0.8 percent in the January-March period compared with expansion of 1.3 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. After solid output in January, the UK economy posted zero gr...

The investment giant reported a net loss of 1.708 trillion yen ($13.17 billion) in the year to March 2022 -- a vertiginous plunge from 4.99 trillion yen net profit the previous year, when huge market rallies boosted results. SoftBank's big stakes i...

Marcos, the son and namesake of the late Philippine dictator, secured more than half of the votes in Monday's poll to win the presidency by a wide margin and cap a remarkable comeback for his family. He and running mate Sara Duterte, who also won t...

The powerful islanders, with their flair and unorthodox style, have always been an integral part of teams in the southern hemisphere club championship. But this year for the first time they have teams of their own, with the competition rebranded S...

California has in recent years passed several laws tightening the regulation of firearms, which, according to recently released federal data, were linked to more than 45,000 deaths nationwide in 2020. Buyers under 21 years old are already prohibite...

"We were concerned. To what extent can you represent something Russian?" Moscow-born lead singer Georgij Makazaria tells AFP in a joint interview with Ukrainian bassist Dimitrij Miller. "Singing 'The Russians are here' gets stuck in my throat." Th...

But according to witnesses and rights groups, the summary deportations are also hitting vulnerable opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kurdish writer Meral Simsek, 42, is one of several people who told AFP they were sent back to Tu...

"Whatever time it might take, we will return to Aghdam," said Hasanov. "We want to live here... we belong here." Aghdam has been a ghost town since June 1993 when Armenian separatist forces took it from Azerbaijan, sending its entire population of ...

Coronation Chicken -- also called "Poulet Reine Elizabeth" -- is now so popular it can be found in supermarket ready-meals, pre-packed sandwiches and on the pages of many recipe books. "It's not the same recipe though. It's just mayonnaise with a ...

Respected five-time former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was the frontrunner to head a "unity government" with cross-party support in the 225-member parliament and replace Rajapaksa's elder brother Mahinda who stepped down on Monday. "A swearing-in ...

The world's foremost film festival always tries to strike a balance between serious arthouse fare and popcorn-guzzling entertainment. It has scored some big crowd-pleasers for its diamond jubilee, with Tom Cruise coming to the French Riviera for t...