Fierce competition among food delivery apps has led to the spread of "ghost" merchants that lack dine-in premises and are accused of unsanitary conditions and bypassing food safety regulations while posing as regular restaurants online. They often ...

The 37-year-old Kohli was there at the end as Bengaluru chased 156 to beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets in Sunday's final in Ahmedabad. Dubbed the "chase master", Kohli finished with a six and a total of 675 runs in the T20 tournament. "Virat, I...

For decades a fringe outfit led by provocateur Pauline Hanson, polling released over the weekend by the Australian Financial Review showed One Nation has overtaken the ruling Labor Party in support. "I think people have legitimate concerns about wh...

The 32-year-old went down clutching his right leg in the first half of the NSW Waratahs final Super Rugby game of the season on Saturday -- a 31-25 loss to Western Force in Perth. "The NSW Waratahs can confirm Jake Gordon successfully underwent sur...

"It's probably my biggest year of my career," Momoa, 46, told AFP in an interview. The actor said he's enjoying playing a range of roles, including Lobo, the intergalactic bounty hunter in the upcoming "Supergirl" film, which he described as "a ch...

For seven years, the 33-year-old chef has been living north of the Arctic Circle with one obsession, tattooed on his right arm: to earn Greenland's first Michelin star. The prestigious restaurant guide will hand out its accolades to restaurants in ...

The Indian batting sensation plundered 776 runs at an average of 48.50 and a punishing strike-rate of 237.30 in 16 matches. On Sunday he was named most valuable player, despite his team Rajasthan Royals narrowly failing to reach the final, and he a...

Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki, southwest Finland, the geological repository for spent nuclear waste -- dubbed Onkalo which means "cave" in Finnish -- is nearly ready to start operations. Countries have been wrestling ...

Paris Saint-Germain brought the Champions League trophy back to France, taking it from the Champ-de-Mars to the Parc des Princes.

The US hardware titan's move challenges the likes of Apple, Intel and AMD in the PC domain, although the new devices will likely carry a hefty price tag. It also represents an attempt by Nvidia -- which the AI boom has made the world's most valuabl...

Gains in tech-heavy markets drove investor optimism, despite uncertainty driven by US-Iran negotiations to end the war that has roiled global energy markets since February. Iran's chief negotiator warned Sunday that Tehran would not trust Washingto...

World number one Sabalenka will likely face a stern test in her bid to win a maiden Roland Garros crown after suffering an agonising loss to Coco Gauff in last year's final. A resurgent Osaka has powered into the French Open last 16 for the first t...

Despite the decline of the publishing industry, self-publication and handmade "zine" magazines are growing in popularity in Japan, reflecting the country's enduring love of paper in the digital era. While speaking to AFP at the plant, his hands bla...

One of his projects, focused on adaptation to climate change, has already been axed, and he cannot hire any more PhD students, with a giant question mark over his funding. "This is different than at any other time in my career," the researcher at t...

"Like many other institutions, the Fed has been undergoing a stress test," he said as he accepted an award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. "If any administration finds a way to remove Fed officials over policy differences, then future...