In China, as well as other Asian countries like South Korea and Japan, fans often organise huge displays or events to commemorate their favourite celebrities' birthdays. In November, festivities for table tennis world champion Sun Yingsha's 25th bi...

The passengers -- four Australian citizens, one permanent resident in Australia and a New Zealander -- are to be kept at Western Australia's 500-bed Bullsbrook centre, originally built for the Covid-19 pandemic. Repatriation flights from Tenerife i...

"It was a success!" said Domenico Giardini, one of the lead researchers on the project, as he inspected a crack in the rock wall lining a narrow tunnel far below the Swiss Alps. Wearing a fluorescent orange jumpsuit and helmet, the geology professo...

The French woman, one of five passengers from France flown back from the MV Hondius and placed in isolation in Paris, started to feel unwell on Sunday night, and "tests came back positive", said Health Minister Stephanie Rist. Late Sunday, the US h...

Paris Saint-Germain beat Brest (1-0) and are all but certain to be crowned French champions. With just two games remaining, PSG are six points clear of Lens and have a significantly better goal difference.

With the recent hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, hard memories have resurfaced for the 33-year-old. "Losing my dad and my two sisters in less than a month..." she told AFP, trailing off. Her voice broke and she laughed nervously,...

The 11-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations has shunned Myanmar from summits since the military in 2021 deposed the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and detained the democratic figurehead, triggering a civil war. After five years of...

Hansi Flick's back-to-back La Liga triumphs have helped bring welcome calm to the club after just one league trophy in the previous, tumultuous five years, but the ultimate objective remains unfulfilled. Domestic dominance is not enough. Winning t...

Trump's repudiation of Iran's response to his latest peace proposal raised the likelihood of further violence and disruptions to oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. "I have just read the response from Iran's so-called 'Representatives.' I do...

The 22-year-old French star was tossed from a game for the first time in his NBA career -- and when officials announced the flagrant foul level two penalty, he had to ask teammate Harrison Barnes what it meant. The Timberwolves were up 36-34 with 8...

But now the 42-year-old is part of an insurance scheme that pays out when temperatures hit a threshold, so she can stay home without jeopardising her finances. The "parametric" model pays out automatically when specific triggers are breached, in So...

The tiny settlement, perched above Palestinian villages in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank, was dismantled in 2005 along with three other Jewish settlements in the area, as well as all the settlements in the Gaza Strip during Israel's withdr...

In a speech, his office said he will acknowledge that "incremental change won't cut it" with an increasingly disgruntled public, promising "a bigger response" in areas such as economic growth, closer European ties and energy. On Sunday, his Educat...

The expansion is the delivery of a key proposal made by Gianni Infantino not long after he became president of world football's governing body in 2016. He talked of the importance of giving "more chances for more teams" and indicated that the World...

Not with a friend, a parent or anyone who might have talked him out of it -- but with an AI chatbot. According to evidence gathered by Florida's attorney general, the student had asked ChatGPT which weapon and ammunition would be best suited for hi...