Tuesday's result in north London left the Gunners five points clear of second-placed Manchester City and six ahead of third-placed Villa as they dealt a blow to the Birmingham club's hopes of a first English title since 1981. Second-half goals from...

The price of beef in China has trended downwards in recent years, with analysts blaming oversupply and a lack of demand as the world's second-largest economy has slowed. At the same time imports have surged, with China representing a hugely importa...

Although the number of women politicians rose at the last election -- and despite Takaichi becoming the first female prime minister in October -- Japanese politics remains massively male-dominated. This is reflected by there being only one lavatory...

The Lakers' final home game of the year got under way in a festive atmosphere, with the Crypto.com Arena hoping to salute James as he celebrated his birthday. But the Lakers, missing the injured Austin Reaves and Gabe Vincent, were always chasing t...

"If you stop, the cold seeps into your bones. As long as we're walking, we're producing heat," said 50-year-old Danish, a Pakistani who asked to withhold his surname to avoid embarrassing his France-based family. Temperatures in France have dropped...

Senegal beat Benin 3-0 and qualified for the AFCON round of 16 as group winners ahead of DR Congo.

After the clocks strike midnight, bringing in 2026, Mamdani will take his oath of office at an abandoned subway stop, taking the helm of the United States' largest city. He will be New York's first Muslim mayor. His office says the understated venu...

New Caledonia-based duo Michel Quintin and Yann Rigal claimed victory for BNC in the overall Tattersall Cup, determined by a complicated handicap formula which allows smaller boats to compete with bigger and faster rivals. But a race panel later a...

AFP looks at what that means, and why it's important: What can they do? The computing power of chips has increased dramatically over the decades as makers cram them with more microscopic electronic components. That has brought huge technological le...

"I got here barely 15 minutes ago but I already feel like I've been transported somewhere. It's a different world," said architecture student Nirmine Miladi, 22. In the waterfront building known as the red citadel -- once the seat of power -- visit...

Silver dipped nearly nine percent by mid-afternoon and gold also edged lower, extending declines from recent record highs. Trading remained thin in the holiday-shortened week with Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore slightly down while Shanghai, Taipei...

Reflecting on his decade at the helm of the UNHCR, Filippo Grandi told AFP that one of the most worrying developments had been how divisions had left the world seemingly incapable of resolving conflicts -- and increasingly unwilling to deal with the...

Khmer classical dance, performed to traditional music, is renowned for its graceful hand gestures and stunning costumes, and has a 1,000-year history. But after barely surviving Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, it is now under ...

Globally, the last 12 months are expected to be the third hottest ever recorded after 2024 and 2023, according to the provisional data, which will be confirmed by Copernicus in its annual report in early January. But the average, which includes la...

The new season gets under way on Friday with the mixed-teams United Cup in Perth and Sydney, headlined by women's world number two Iga Swiatek and men's world number three Alexander Zverev. Top-ranked Sabalenka, who is pursuing a third Melbourne Pa...