The yen has plummeted more than 10 percent against the dollar this year as sky-high US inflation fuels a widening monetary policy gap -- a boon for Japanese companies like Nintendo who sell products overseas. For the three months to June, the gamin...

Born last month in western Rakhine state, the baby weighs about 80 kilograms (180 pounds) and stands roughly 70 cm (two-and-a-half feet) tall, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper. Footage released by state TV showed the tusker to...

That was until an earth-brown solar-powered electric tricycle changed her life. "We used to carry loads on our heads before. The tricycle has lessened the burden," said the 47-year-old from Domboshava, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Zimbab...

"We take all the support that we can get," says Jaap Kok, a 62-year-old cattle farmer standing in a meadow full of cows near Barneveld in the central Netherlands' farming belt. The farmers have wreaked havoc for weeks, dumping manure and garbage on...

Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are discussing how to address the growing crisis in Myanmar at talks in Phnom Penh. The 10-nation regional bloc has spearheaded so far fruitless efforts to restore peace to t...

Scully, who retired in 2016, began as the Dodgers broadcaster in 1950 when the club was Brooklyn-based and followed them to Los Angeles when they moved to Southern California in 1958. "We have lost an icon," said Dodgers president Stan Kasten. "Vin...

Several uniformed officers and a journalist were injured, several sources reported, as hundreds of growers from the Association of Coca Producers (Adepcoca), as well as opponents of the government of leftist President Luis Arce marched to demand the...

Pelosi's dramatic late-night arrival in Taipei, defying threats of reprisals by China, looks set to dominate the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh, which had been due to focus on the bloody crisis in Myanmar...

The 24-year-old Japanese star outlasted the gritty 19-year-old 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in a first-round match at the US Open tune-up tournament. Osaka had not played a competitive match since losing in the first round of the French Open due to a left Achille...

Prequel film "Prey," out Friday on Hulu in the United States, is perhaps the most unlikely direction yet for the "Predator" franchise, which first hit screens with Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1987 action classic. Since then, the bloodthirsty trophy-hun...

The 27-year-old Australian fired 12 aces and saved the lone break point he faced to oust Giron in 59 minutes for a triumphant return at the US Open hardcourt tune-up. After a 3-3 start, Kyrgios won nine of the last 11 games for the victory despite ...

The highest profile trip to the island in 25 years by a US politician was met with condemnation from Beijing, which warned of serious economic and military consequences. Taiwan said more than 20 Chinese military aircraft had flown into the island's...

The famed Scottish links course has been host to 16 men's British Opens -- but the club has not always been so welcoming to women and received widespread criticism with a vote to maintain an all-male membership policy in 2016. Following the backlas...

Samira Mazaal is 77 and still going strong more than half a century after turning to photography to feed her family -- because she had no choice. "Peasants, intellectuals, I've photographed them all," says the mother of two, her black hijab framing...

Hand carving playing tiles for the popular Chinese game used to be a source of income for many, but the introduction of much cheaper machine-made sets whittled away at their customer base and turned their work into a rarity. Cheung's family alone u...