The city of Palermo and neighbouring Bagheria on Sicily's northwest coast are poised for a two-day blowout beginning Friday, following the May 31 nuptials in London of 30-year-old pop star Lipa and actor Turner, 36. Organisers have been tight-lippe...

Sooryavanshi had a stellar IPL for Rajasthan Royals, finishing top of the batting charts with 776 runs, including a hundred and five half-centuries. The left-handed opener is in line to be picked for two T20 matches in Ireland, followed by five gam...

Hajime Moriyasu's side initially earmarked a practice pitch belonging to Tigres UANL in Monterrey after landing in Mexico this week. But the condition was poor after recent bad weather and the team switched to a field reserved for Japan's under-19 ...

"The baby elephant has to take two litres of this per meal," said Joshua Aribasoye, one of those responsible for feeding and monitoring the calf around the clock in a makeshift pen at a ranger outpost inside the park in southern Edo state. Forest e...

"I don't see why I should have any qualms if people fall for it," he told AFP in an interview in a Tirana cafe. The Albanian capital has become a favoured location for scam call centres to set up in recent years, according to former policeman Fatj...

The ancient and endangered Akhal-Teke is the subject of a fervent state cult in the desert nation, built up by horse-loving Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, ex-president and official father of the nation. AFP was given rare access to the competition, he...

State broadcaster CCTV said Xi would visit from June 8 to 9 at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his first trip to Pyongyang in seven years. Beijing is a vital source of political and economic support to North Korea, which is one o...

A record 13 people were killed by bears in Japan last year, and there has been a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation. After attacking four people at two factories in Fukushima on Tuesday, the bear took shelter inside one...

The 56-year-old Irish trainer's Benvenuto Cellini is the favourite but a strong home challenge could thwart his hopes of becoming the first trainer to win the race on four successive occasions. If he were to succeed, it would also be his record-ext...

A June 17 opening match against Colombia in Mexico City is seen as a prize itself, capping a rapid rise in the popularity of football in the landlocked Central Asian country. "If we look at the last few years, not only the senior team, but also at ...

More than 100,000 contraband cockroaches were found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney, Australia's environment department said on Friday. They found Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches, a bulky insect named for ...

Kupcho, trying to reverse her US Open fortunes after missing the cut the past three years, opened with three straight birdies on the Los Angeles course, which hosts the PGA Tour's Genesis Invitational and will be the venue for Olympic golf at the 20...

After leading several markets to record highs this year, technology firms are facing selling pressure on concerns that the eye-watering sums pumped into artificial intelligence may have been overdone and stock valuations are too high. Broadcom on W...

"The answer is yes," Trump told reporters at the White House, when asked if would attend. "He's invited me, I'm going." The Knicks will host the San Antonio Spurs in game three of the best-of-seven championship series on Monday, with game four on W...

The June 14th event should be ultimate safe territory for the Republican, who will celebrate his 80th birthday that day. Trump has close ties with the violent, popular sport's leaders and many of its leading fighters are open supporters. But jarri...