The 74-year-old told the lower house of parliament he was heading to the office of President Sergio Mattarella, whose role it is to formerly accept the resignation and guide the country out of the crisis. Mattarella is likely to dissolve parliament...

The feisty scrum-half has signed for Yokohama Canon Eagles after leaving Sale Sharks at the end of last season following five years with the English Premiership club. The 30-year-old joins several of his 2019 World Cup-winning Springbok teammates i...

For four months now, he and his family -- mother Olena Polonitska and aunt Oksana -- have called the former exhibition centre home. They fled Ukraine soon after Russia invaded in February, crossing the western border into Poland along with hundreds...

Hollywood studios including Disney and Warner Bros. are also in town to show off their upcoming films, and have done nothing to quell frenzied rumors of a first look at Marvel superhero sequel "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and a new Superman movi...

Heated tobacco products, or HTPs, are often confused with e-cigarettes, which heat liquid that can contain nicotine but do not involve tobacco leaf. HTPs instead use a high heat to decompose tobacco, via a process called pyrolysis, which does not s...

At the stables of one of the Austrian capital's leading fiaker businesses, driver Marco Pollandt explains how the animals are coping with increasingly hot weather and how much time off they enjoy. Rights activists want horses to stop work as soon a...

With heatwaves predicted to become more frequent and intense, unions are pushing for more protection for rubbish collectors, farm labourers, construction workers and others who work in the heat. Under a deal reached between Madrid city hall and uni...

In addition to their deadly battles in Port-au-Prince, where at least 234 people have been killed or injured in the Cite Soleil neighborhood since early July, Haitian gangs have also hampered activity at the country's three main oil terminals. Arme...

The probe found "conclusive evidence" that Didi had committed violations of an "egregious nature", the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement. It accused Didi of illegally storing the ID information of more than 57 million dri...

The probe found "conclusive evidence" that Didi had committed violations of an "egregious nature", the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement. It accused Didi of illegally storing the ID information of more than 57 million dri...

"It's working," a Nord Stream spokesman said, without specifying the amount of gas being delivered. The German government had feared that Moscow would not reopen the pipeline after the scheduled work. It believes Russia is squeezing supplies in ...

The 73-year-old veteran politician, who was overwhelmingly elected as head of state in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, took his oath of office before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, his office said. Live coverage of the swearing-in at the tightl...

"I was told that we were no good, we were below someone else and I believed that most of my life," said former student Veronica Fraser, now aged 60. She sobbed as memories of her time in the school -- part of a system where Indigenous children were...

An An's health had deteriorated in recent weeks, with a severe decrease in physical activity and appetite, and he was euthanised by veterinarians early Thursday morning, a statement from the amusement park and zoo Ocean Park said. The park said he...

The 47-year-old famously refuses to be referred to as "sensei", an honorific typically used to address seasoned manga creators of his status. He is even reputed to show up at fancy restaurants and hotels dressed exactly like "One Piece" protagonist...