Pink-haired professional wrestler Hana Kimura, a 22-year-old cast member of the hit Netflix series "Terrace House" died by suicide in 2020. The revised legislation follows a passionate campaign by her mother, and now imposes fines of up to 300,000...

The visitors crashed 30-28 against a 14-man Wallabies in the first match of the three-Test series at Perth last weekend and with the pressure mounting, Jones rolled the dice for their clash in Brisbane on Saturday. Leicester Tigers' Jack van Poortv...

The white Toyota Corolla was buried in a village garden in Zabul province by former Taliban official Abdul Jabbar Omari, who ordered it to be dug up this week. "It is still in good condition, only its front is a bit damaged," Rahmatullah Hammad, t...

The visitors crashed 30-28 against a 14-man Wallabies in Perth last weekend and with the pressure mounting, Jones has rolled the dice for the Test in Brisbane on Saturday. Leicester Tigers Jack van Poortvliet will make his first start for England a...

Many of the robed worshippers are making the journey on foot to Mina, seven kilometres (four miles) from Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, where they circled the imposing black Kaaba at the start of the rituals on Wednesday. The crowds, c...

Sexton will captain a team in Dunedin on Saturday that features just one change from the fifteen that started in the 42-19 first Test loss, with right wing Mack Hansen having shaken off Covid to replace Keith Earls. The All Blacks also announced on...

The financial hub has become increasingly isolated under harsh pandemic restrictions as it mirrors a lighter version of China's strict zero-Covid policy, with the once busy Hong Kong airport now a relative aviation graveyard. On Thursday, new city...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to arrive Thursday on the Indonesian resort island for talks of the club of major economies -- with the State Department saying he will not meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. A senior US offic...

France won the first Test in Toyota 42-23 after scoring four tries in the second half, stretching away after a spirited Japan had held them 13-13 at the interval. New Zealander Joseph said his team would not abandon their dynamic passing game at To...

The move across the Atlantic has been challenging for members of the national team, said Nerilia Mondesir, who has played in France since 2017. "It's not easy for Haitian women to play football. Opportunities are rare. We have to make sacrifices li...

Moise was assassinated in the early hours of July 7, 2021, when a commando group entered the president's private home and shot him 12 times, killing him. The same day, Haitian police mobilized exceptionally quickly to arrest about 20 people, inclu...

But Western sanctions in the wake of Russia's military intervention in Ukraine mean that supplies of products such as botox and breast implants -- largely imported from countries such as the United States and Germany -- could become increasingly har...

A rarity in the conservative predominantly Muslim country, Bilan (meaning "beauty" in Somali) is funded by the United Nations Development Programme and operates out of the offices of Dalsan, a popular television and radio station based in the capita...

The key -- like the theory -- didn't stick, instead tumbling down her neck and leading to the video of her testimony going viral. While the nurse's failure mainly prompted derision, it was just one example of how parliamentary hearings worldwide ha...

"Decision to Leave" arrives after the world-smashing success of South Korean entertainment, including Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" and Netflix's "Squid Game", and has been the top-grossing domestic film in South Korea since opening last week. It star...