The 29-year-old Inoue, nicknamed "Monster", holds the WBC, WBA and IBF bantamweight belts and is aiming to become undisputed world champion by capturing Butler's WBO title on December 13 in Tokyo. "I want my name to go down in international boxing...

The Via Transilvanica across Romania is so long it took its founder Alin Useriu nearly two months to walk to celebrate its official opening this week. The 52-year-old first had the idea for the 1,400-km (870-mile) way through the wilds of Transylva...

Litton Das, who brushed off an early leg strain to put in a gutsy performance, and captain Shakib Al Hasan both chalked up half centuries for Bangladesh to set Pakistan 174 to win in Christchurch. In reply, Pakistan had to work for the win as allro...

Anxious to defend "Christian values", Orban's nationalist government has sought to strengthen ties with the Patriarch of Moscow, who last week assured Russian leader Vladimir Putin that "God put you in power". Orban has showered the church with sta...

The Nordic country is hoping the plant will be able to ease the coming winter's challenges as Europe battles soaring energy prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "It has taken a lot of perseverance and years of hard work to get to this poi...

If Picasso's reputation has taken a battering in the post-MeToo world, it is in part due to his treatment of Fernande Olivier, his first serious partner. But for Cecile Debray, director of the Picasso Museum in Paris, we cannot just view the artist...

Here are five questions and answers about the opaque process that will see major leadership changes expected to bolster President Xi Jinping's authority and grant him a landmark third term. What's the meeting for? The CCP, which has ruled China si...

Should everything go to plan, by the end of the twice-in-a-decade meeting, the 69-year-old will be reconfirmed as the party's general secretary, cementing his position as China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Security has been stepped up a...

After a campaign lasting just 10 days, ballots will be cast by up to 302,307 registered voters across some 80 isles straddling the Tropic of Capricorn. The election was called two years earlier than expected after Loughman had parliament suspended ...

Professional racing requires not only talent, but also support from well-established teams and sponsors who can help cover the hefty costs that go into acquiring and maintaining race cars. Young people in the Middle East and elsewhere with a passio...

Oil-rich Iraq has yet to form a new government after general elections more than a year ago that were brought forward by a wave of mass protests against endemic corruption, rampant unemployment and decaying infrastructure. This week, the United Nat...

A group of holidaymakers from Thailand arrived shortly after midnight and were greeted at Taoyuan airport with flower garlands and an exuberant dancing bear mascot. Valaisurang Bhaedhayajibh, 53, said she was visiting Taiwan the first time in 20 ye...

The space is usually overflowing with designers, programmers and young Russians working on their start-ups. But since President Vladimir Putin announced a mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of young Russian men last month, the 33-year-old has lo...

Zahra quit primary school a year ago after she had just started third grade in a rundown school building with old classrooms, cracked walls, broken desks and toilets with little running water. Until then, she had attended school regularly, aced her...

Yet the 32-year-old centre bounced back to score 10 points in England's opening romp past Fiji last weekend and the Red Roses' next challenge will be France in Whangarei on Saturday. England's main goal-kicker needed surgery after the horror injury...