Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Hélène Duguy, Senior Environmental Lawyer at ClientEarth. PFAS pollution is widespread, these highly persistent chemicals have been detected in water and soil, food and consumer products, and even the human body...

The Italian cruise ship Costa Serena docked in Nagoya, where the Games are taking place until October 4. Around 4,000 athletes and officials will be housed on the ship, which is almost 300m long, weighs over 100,000 tonnes and has 1,500 cabins. Mo...

In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to Congress, the inspector said that between February 28 and June 30, Operation Epic Fury (OEF) had an estimated cost of $33.4 billion, including $22.3 billion spent on expended munitions. "The munitions expe...

With two weeks to go before voting closes for the Ballon d’Or, the leading contenders are campaigning.

Town hall-hopefuls have also pledged to clean up graffiti-covered train stations, end "forever-building sites", fix buckled cycling lanes and take steps to ease a desperate shortage of affordable housing. Taken together, the list of woes hardens th...

Three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Mahomes tore his knee ligaments in December, but defied expectations to return in time for a statement victory in the final game of the new NFL season's opening weekend. His successful return was overshado...

"Widow's Bay" ended the nights with a whopping 14 Emmys overall, making it the most awarded comedy series in a single year. "The Pitt" repeated as best drama series, and "DTF St. Louis" won for best limited series. The gala was hosted by "Law and...

The 0.4 percent year-on-year increase in August, released by the National Bureau of Statistics, marked the second successive slowdown in growth following a one percent increase in June. It also missed the 0.8 percent lift predicted in a survey of e...

Here's a guide to Asia's biggest sporting spectacle. Where? The Games mainly take place in the port city of Nagoya and the wider Aichi prefecture. Nagoya has more than two million residents and is the fourth biggest city in Japan by population. It...

AFP picks six world-class young stars who are primed to make a big impact in Japan: Yu Zidi (Swimming, CHN) Yu, then aged 12, became the youngest swimming world championships medallist in history in 2025 when winning bronze as part of China's 4x200m...

More than 17,000 competitors and officials are expected at the continent's biggest sporting spectacular, which takes place in Nagoya and the wider Aichi prefecture until October 4. The number of participants -- more than the Olympics -- has been a ...

With the crisis in the Middle East showing few signs of abating and Yemen's Houthi rebels taking control of a crucial outlet for shipping, crude has spiked this month to more than $100 a barrel, ramping up global inflation worries. Both main contr...

Dal Lake is famed for its floating gardens and houseboats against a Himalayan backdrop. Among its past visitors was Beatles guitarist George Harrison, who stayed on a houseboat in 1966 and met sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. But the lake has long stru...

It could also be a wide-canopied tree or a low passing cloud -- but for its Chinese architect Ma Yansong, as long as the building "sparks curiosity", he's achieved his purpose. Over the past two decades, Ma has created dozens of visually striking p...