The former prime minister resigned in 2020, ending a tenure studded with headline-grabbing moments, from a turn as Super Mario to a controversial shrine visit that sparked regional anger. Here are some of the most memorable moments of Abe's record-...

Prices have doubled or even tripled since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began an unorthodox economic experiment last year that has seen Turks' living standards suffer. The young mother hopes to bargain down the price on one of the skimpiest-lookin...

Like thousands of young Greenland Inuit, she was the victim of a policy to limit the birth rate in the Arctic territory, which was no longer a colony at the time but still under Danish control. According to an investigation by Denmark's public broa...

Germany is already feeling the effects of the energy squeeze caused by the war in Ukraine, with many households and businesses turning down the thermostat or dimming the lights. Economy Minister Robert Habeck has even made headlines for extolling t...

Observers stress that there is no end in sight for Moscow's more than four-month military campaign in Ukraine and do not rule out that Belarus could still be dragged into it, too. Artyom Shraibman, a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment f...

A 14-man Australia broke an eight-match losing streak against the English with their 30-28 win over the visitors in Perth last weekend. With both sides making a host of changes for the second Test, the two camps see the forward battle, particularly...

"Every day it's like going out to hunt a lion," Luis Sacco told AFP in front of his electronics store in the capital Buenos Aires. Since Monday, prices have risen dramatically at shops and businesses across the country. On Saturday, economy minist...

Sophia Smith bagged a brace in the space of three minutes and Rose Lavelle, Kristie Mewis and Trinity Rodman scored second-half goals to complete the rout over the Jamaican team -- known as the "Reggae Girlz" -- who had surprised Mexico 1-0 in their...

The Macan Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Jakarta is devoting an exhibition –- "The Theater of Me" –- to the work of the artist with more than 80 pieces on display spanning three decades of his career. Suwage's self-portraits document ...

The Spanish second seed was Thursday forced to pull out before his last-four match against Nick Kyrgios with an abdominal injury, admitting defeat in his race to be fit. Nadal's withdrawal deprives the tournament of a blockbuster semi-final against...

Nearly two years after poor health forced him to leave office, the 67-year-old was feared dead after apparently being shot during a campaign event on Friday. Abe was a sprightly 52 when he first became prime minister in 2006, the youngest person ev...

Jabeur became the first African woman to reach a Grand Slam final in the modern era when she beat close friend Tatjana Maria, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in the semi-finals. She will face Russian-born Elena Rybakina, now representing Kazakhstan, for the title on...

The lawsuit filed in state court in Los Angeles last week accuses TikTok software of "intentionally and repeatedly" pushing the Blackout Challenge that led to the deaths of an eight-year-old girl in Texas and a nine-year-old girl in Wisconsin last y...

National broadcaster NHK said a man in his 40s had been arrested for attempted murder and a gun had been confiscated from him, citing police sources. The former leader had been delivering a stump speech at an event ahead of Sunday's upper house ele...

Junk like used satellites, parts of rockets and wreckage from collisions has been piling up since the space age began, with the problem accelerating in recent decades. "We're entering an era when many satellites will be launched one after another. ...