The world's most populous nation is also home to the majority of Asian elephants, a species listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and whose habitat is increasingly being sliced up by highways and railways or claw...

Mourinho's predecessors Carlo Ancelotti, Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa struggled to strike a balance between attack and defence while lining up with Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham. Madrid won the Champions League in 2024 with E...

Monaco won 3-2 away at Gornik Zabrze in the first leg of their Conference League play-off. Mika Biereth opened the scoring before Lamine Camara doubled Monaco’s lead after the break. Paris Brunner then restored the visitors’ advantage after the ...

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The recent success of Cape Verde -- which reached the knockout stage of this year's World Cup -- has shown that tiny African nations can succeed with the right organisation. So Djibouti footballers are furious at their federation over allegations ...

The 27-year-old Russian-Australian citizen underwent "military-style" training in Russia and later joined the Ukrainian armed forces, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett told a news conference. Police allege he travelled to Russia...

"Niu Lai", which translates to "Here Comes the Cow", earned around 7,000 yuan ($1,000) in its opening week from August 5, before surging to 33.06 million yuan ($4.92 million) at the Chinese box office, according to ticketing platform Maoyan. The fi...

The 39-year-old, who is running to succeed President Emmanuel Macron in next year's election, announced at the end of March that she was three months pregnant with a "miracle baby". The unplanned pregnancy followed a miscarriage and several unsucce...

The talks marked "an important milestone in our bilateral relations," Indonesia's foreign minister Sugiono, who goes by one name, said as he welcomed Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. "It serves as a forward-looking strategic platform, guiding our bilat...

But plans to reconnect South Korea's northernmost station to the rail network come at an awkward moment, as Pyongyang ignores Seoul's overtures while the South's old ally Washington pursues its own talks with Pyongyang. A turbulent few days have ra...

Hussey has had an informal approach from England's new red-ball coach Stephen Fleming, the duo having spent 15 years as team-mates and then coaches at Indian Premier League side Chennai Super Kings. "We obviously get on really well and work a lot t...

The bespectacled primary school student joined his Japan team-mates this week for an inauguration ceremony ahead of their home Games, which take place in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area from September 19 to October 4. Kurihara will compete in eSpor...

Ajay Pant, 38, in custody in Britain, has been charged with sanctions offences carrying a maximum 10-year prison sentence, in a case that could set a legal precedent for merchant seafarers. "My husband just became the scapegoat," Ritu Pant, 36, tol...

Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, "incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unlawful means with a view to subverting the state power", said a press summary of the ruling. The three-judge panel said they fou...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's pledge that he had more tools to provide support did little to comfort US markets as sceptical Wall Street investors resumed their selling amid concerns over elevated inflation and government borrowing, among other...