Nelson slipped and went missing while skiing down the world's eighth-highest mountain, after a successful summit with her partner Jim Morrison on Monday. Morrison led the search operations and had left Wednesday morning on a helicopter to resume e...

The study by the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences laid bare the drastic scale of glacial retreat -- which is only set to get worse. "2022 was a disastrous year for Swiss glaciers: all ice melt records were smashed," the ...

The machines have been playing an important role since Russia invaded seven months ago -- forming part of reconnaissance operations, missile firings or bomb drops. Awakened with a start on Saturday morning by a roar from the sky, Maryna Kondratieva...

Chengdu, which until recently was under lockdown and was also rattled by an earthquake earlier this month, will stage the table tennis world team championships from Friday for 10 days. Much like the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics in February-Marc...

In a nod to the symbolism of samba's Afro-Brazilian character in a country of divisive identity politics, the leftist ex-president chose the Portela samba school for one of his final rallies before Sunday's first round of presidential elections. "S...

"There are not many people of childbearing age left around here. The young left looking for jobs in the big cities or abroad," paediatrician Bistra Kamburova, 68, told AFP. Gabrovo, huddled at the foot of the Balkan mountains, is symbolic of the po...

In an interview with AFP on a visit to Washington, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari cautioned against creating "parallel governance" after the United States, distrustful of the Taliban, put Afghanistan's frozen assets in a professional fund in Switzerland. "...

In Danang, Vietnam's third-largest city, high-rise buildings shook as the typhoon made landfall in the early hours of Wednesday, bringing winds of up to around 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour, according to the national forecaster. More than 300,...

"We make new wazza instruments every year," Ismail, in his 70s, told AFP about the wooden wind instrument that is often longer than a grown man. "We learned this craft from our parents." He assembled pieces of the conical gourd plant, meticulously...

The offshore yuan -- which is circulated outside mainland China and is more freely traded than currency in the domestic market -- fell to 7.2386 against the dollar on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. That is its weakest level since clearing bank...

Western allies initially feared a tsunami of cyberattacks against Ukraine's military command and critical infrastructure, hindering its ability to resist the Russian forces pouring across its borders. As of mid-September, the Cyber Peace Institute,...

The French reigning world champion could only finish eighth at Motegi on Sunday in a race to forget for the title-chasing trio. That was at least better than chief rivals Francesco Bagnaia, who crashed out on the last lap trying to overtake Quartar...

The 50-year-old Palestinian has suffered chemical burn injuries not as a result of cross-border fighting, but while trying to unblock his drains -- a common problem in the Gaza Strip, where many people live in cramped housing with dilapidated infras...

The 45-year-old is on course to become the first woman to be Italy's prime minister after her Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, triumphed in Sunday's general election. The self-described "Christian mother" has put defending trad...

For many Greek Cypriots, buying goods in the north of the divided Mediterranean island is tantamount to treason. Turkish troops invaded in 1974 after a Greek-engineered coup seeking to unite the island with Greece, and tens of thousands of soldiers...