One of the few multinationals to have remained in Russia since the Ukraine war, Danone said the move to "transfer the effective control" of the dairy business could result in a write off of up to one billion euros ($980 million). The arm represente...

The 43-year-old boxing legend retired last year from the sport to make a failed crack at the presidency of his country and is now following in the footsteps of his old rival, Floyd Mayweather, in staging an exhibition bout. The Philippine great wil...

"In Medellin, security is measured in lives" saved, said Mayor Daniel Quintero as he welcomed the breakthrough. Medellin has seen a vertiginous drop in homicides by 97 percent in the 30 years since Escobar's death, transforming what used to be one ...

Two NGOs have filed a complaint against French energy giant TotalEnergies for "complicity in war crimes" for allegedly helping fuel Russian planes that have bombed Ukraine, according to French media reports.

He is not repairing power lines, but instead spray painting a canvas larger than a billboard with portraits of four contemporary South African musicians. Known as Dbongz, the artist is at the vanguard of a growing movement that has embraced Johanne...

Yet some of the victims of the paranoid dictator Enver Hoxha -- whose dreaded Sigurimi had more than 10,000 informers and even more collaborators -- cannot bear to look. Since 2017, the small Balkan country has allowed people to consult their files...

Almost three years into Lebanon’s trifecta of economic, social and political crises, many Lebanese are desperate to find solutions. With no reliable source of electricity, those who can afford it are leading a shift towards green energy, predomi...

Alarmed by the impact on animals including jaguars, bears and mountain lions, activists from the United States and Mexico have joined forces to try to protect the biodiversity corridor. "This part of the border is one of the most interesting places...

But his happiness was short-lived. His adult son, currently battling through the treacherous Darien Gap jungle that straddles Colombia and Panama, will likely be turned away from the United States -- if he even makes it that far. "Last night I was...

The series, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with events including an exhibition currently on in Tokyo, was a huge commercial success in the "shojo" genre -- comic books aimed at girls and teens. It tells the epic tale of two mai...

Two French unions announced a tentative pay rise agreement with oil giant TotalEnergies early Friday following emergency negotiations to end a three-week strike that has emptied the country's petrol stations and sparked a wider backlash to the risin...

"On a busy day we can get 100 people," said one guard monitoring the four vertical steel plates -- each more than 14 metres (46 feet) high -- that makeup Serra's "East-West/West-East". But when temperatures soar above 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahren...

Now, nearly 40 years after it was finally decommissioned, it is set to reopen as an office, shopping and restaurant hub plus apartments, in the latest major redevelopment of former industrial sites. "London's most meticulous post-industrial buildin...

1922: the first steps The BBC was officially formed on October 18, 1922 by a group of entrepreneurs but it was only on November 14 that the first radio programme was broadcast. At 6:00 pm, a news bulletin started and the first words -- "This is 2LO,...

"This is 2LO, Marconi House, London calling," he announced, and with that, public service broadcasting in Britain was born. One hundred years on, the British Broadcasting Corporation is a global media giant. But its centenary comes at a time of dra...