Wounded in combat in May 2022 in eastern Ukraine, he then started evacuating the dead bodies of colleagues who had been less lucky before being discharged when he reached 60 years old. Since then he has been retelling his life as a civilian and sol...

At the foot of imposing peaks, some still covered in snow in April, they toiled near the border with Pakistan to find the valuable glinting specks in a country where wages are low. Below a village of mud-brick houses and small terraced wheat plots ...

Stuart Norval is pleased to welcome Alon-Lee Green, National Director for Standing Together. He's advocating for a fundamentally different paradigm, one rooted in diplomacy, equality, and the end of occupation. According to Green, the ongoing milita...

Axelsen, who won gold at the Tokyo Games in 2021 and again in Paris in 2024, had back surgery in April last year and said he had not managed to overcome his physical issues. "Accepting this situation has been incredibly difficult," he said in a sta...

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Richardson Institute for Peace Studies at Lancaster University. He sees the current conflict between Lebanon and Israel as one defined more by laye...

She has now returned to the city where she honed her craft as a global star with her "Lux" tour. "Barcelona, I love you madly," she said in Catalan on Monday night, opening the first of four sold-out shows at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi arena. ...

ASML, Europe's biggest tech firm by market value, is a critical cog in the global economy, as the semiconductors crafted with its tools power everything from smartphones to missiles. In its latest quarterly earnings statement, the Dutch-based firm ...

Hamano's 27th minute curling strike into the top corner proved decisive in the second of three games between the two women's football powerhouses. The United States dominated possession and had more shots but were let down by a lack of precision in...

Lavrov joins Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Vietnamese leader To Lam in meeting with Xi this week. The Russian diplomat told a news conference after meeting Xi that Moscow could "compe...

Several accounts -- run by users in Vietnam and boasting tens of thousands of followers -- later shifted to focus solely on Australian national politics, linking to websites full of AI-generated articles and advertisements. AFP has tracked over a d...

An estimated 2.2 billion people -- around a quarter of the global population -- were not connected to the internet at all in 2025, according to the United Nations. Yet only four percent of people live in mobile internet connectivity blackspots, acc...

Paris Saint-Germain beat Liverpool (2-0) thanks to a brace from Ousmane Dembélé and have reached the Champions League semi-finals for the third year running.

President Prabowo Subianto was hosted by counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace Tuesday, where they "discussed strengthening strategic cooperation," a statement from the government said. "This includes the procurement of defence equipment...

Moana Pasifika, founded in 2020 to provide a top-level pathway for players of Pacific heritage, blamed "financial, operational and strategic realities". "Despite the tireless dedication of players, staff and supporters it is no longer viable to con...

Charlotte had never won a win-or-go-home postseason game in 12 previous attempts and looked in danger of extending that record after blowing a 125-120 lead with 26 seconds remaining to allow Miami to edge ahead 126-125. After Miami star Tyler Herro...