In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp was hosting a World's Fair, 144 Congolese people were forcibly brought to the city to be exhibited in the Congo Pavilion. In this "human zoo", seven Congolese men ultimately died of disease. Today, this sh...

Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome International Sports Journalist Thando Sibiya.She presents the FIFA governance crisis not as an isolated dispute over a failed commercial proposal, but as the culmination of deeper institutional tensions that hav...

The fire started Monday near Mount Bromo in East Java, one of Indonesia's most visited tourist destinations but now closed until further notice. Local authorities deployed two water-bombing helicopters against the flames that have razed at least 12...

Thousands took to the streets outside Argentina’s Senate on Thursday to protest a controversial private property bill, with demonstrations ending in scuffles, tear gas and rubber bullets. Javier Milei’s government has removed the most contentiou...

Some French winegrowers, including in the Bordeaux region, began harvesting their grapes on Thursday, historically early after a summer marked by successive heatwaves, drought and devastating wildfires. As one grape-picker told the newspaper Sud Oue...

The fire started Monday near Mount Bromo in East Java, one of Indonesia's most visited tourist destinations but now closed until further notice. Local authorities deployed two water-bombing helicopters against the flames that have razed at least 12...

First he shot dead his grandparents, using his grandfather's handgun, then went to a secondary school in Nonthaburi province, bordering Bangkok, and killed three teachers and three students, national police said in a statement. Dozens of police and...

Top of his ideas list are "mechanical birds" that can land on high-voltage power lines and recharge themselves, and "robot dogs" that can be sent into battle. "In order to save human lives, to save soldiers, there must be robots," Trotsenko told AF...

The niece was watching the World Cup on TV in Queens when she heard from a friend that her uncle had "burned himself" in front of the United Nations in Manhattan. Tenzin Choekyi, 21, at first imagined a minor accident, but then came the details "an...

Kiss takes the reins as the Wallabies face Japan in sweltering Osaka for the first of two Tests, with the return taking place next week in Townsville. There is not a moment to lose for the new man in charge as he looks to turn a side that won just ...