Ten cities across China have sunk billions of dollars to build eight new stadiums and renovate two others for the Asian Cup next summer. But with the country sticking to its rigid zero-Covid policy and its biggest city, Shanghai, only just now tent...

"We don't create the associated CO2 that comes from creating a new car and we're not scrapping a perfectly valid old car. It's win-win," said Matthew Quitter, founder of London Electric Cars. London Electric Cars is one of the companies capitalisin...

Despite the procedure being legal in the European Union member, Mirela Cavajda is now being forced to have a termination in neighbouring Slovenia. The case comes amid a political storm in the United States over fears abortion rights there are being...

Swedish cult director Ruben Ostlund, who won the 2017 Palme d'Or for "The Square", is back with "Triangle of Sadness". He is joined by two other films from rising stars with immigrant backgrounds: "Boy from Heaven", by Sweden's Tarik Saleh and Dan...

Stefano Pioli's side are two points ahead of reigning champions Inter Milan and only need to draw to claim their first league crown since 2011, and they look almost guaranteed to do so after a hugely impressive run-in. Consecutive wins over tricky ...

In Barentsburg, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, relics of a bygone era -- a bust of Lenin, a sculpture with Cyrillic script declaring "Our goal - Communism" -- bear witness to Russia's longstanding presence. The town's population peaked at around...

The war has seen Sweden drastically ramp up its military readiness and take the "historic" step this week to apply for NATO membership, reversing two centuries of military non-alignment. "You realise this is actually for real -- I'm not here on som...

Prolonged virus lockdowns have constricted supply chains, quelled demand and stalled manufacturing in the last major economy welded to a zero-Covid approach to the pandemic. The five-year loan prime rate (LPR) -- which many lenders base their mortg...

After failing to take Kyiv following the launch of the invasion in February, Russia has focused its attacks on the south and east of Ukraine, devastating towns and villages with artillery fire. Moscow's forces have been trying to take complete cont...

The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut was sold to a private collector, the classic car auction company said in a statement, fetching almost triple the previous record price for a car, which was set in 2018 by a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that went for over ...

Here, AFP Sport takes a look at what is still at stake: English Premier League TITLE RACE: Manchester City lead Liverpool by a single point heading into Sunday's final round of matches and victory against Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa at the Etihad...

Downcast earning reports from retailers have heightened uncertainty in the world markets at a time of rising interest rates, surging energy prices, China's Covid lockdowns and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine. Leading indices have see-sawed at even ...

Bolstered by the return of Marcus Smart and Al Horford, who both missed Tuesday’s 118-107 game one drubbing, Boston were a team transformed as they squared the best-of-seven series 1-1. Boston made only 11-of-34 from three-point range in Tuesdayâ...

The meeting will be held in Sao Paulo, a source with the Brazilian president's office told AFP, without giving any details on what will be on the agenda. Earlier, Bolsonaro said that he had planned a private meeting in Sao Paulo "with a very import...

The world has changed drastically since the last time the World Economic Forum took place in person at the ski resort in January 2020. At the time, US President Donald Trump and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg headlined the show and the coronavir...