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UK college requests removal of slavery-linked memo...
A university college in the United Kingdom is Wednesday to ask a judge to allow the removal from its chapel of a memorial to a his...
US law scholar says Hong Kong denied him visa to t...
An American legal scholar specialising in LGBTQ rights said Wednesday he was denied a visa to teach at a Hong Kong university, as...
Sports set to start at Beijing Olympics but contro...
The sporting action gets under way at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of a Games ov...
Art sleuth returns statue to France almost 50 year...
A Dutch art detective has returned a rare Roman statue that was considered one of France's most important treasures to the museum...
Brits on platinum pudding quest for queen's jubile...
"It would be such an honour!": Amateur British cooks are battling to create the best Platinum Jubilee pudding to mark 70 years of...
Queen Elizabeth II to mark 70 years on the throne
Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday becomes the first British monarch to reign for 70 years, heralding the start of her Platinum Jubilee...
Taco-a-day or meal-a-month, US restaurants join su...
For Jebin Tuladhar, the past two years have been like walking a tightrope as he tried to steer Shanti, the Indian restaurant chain...
Eruption-hit Tonga closes borders as Covid detecte...
Volcano-devastated Tonga will close its borders Wednesday after Covid-19 was detected in the previously virus-free Pacific kingdom...
Starbucks reports higher profits, but Omicron adds...
Starbucks reported higher quarterly profits Tuesday, but said an unexpectedly costly hit from the latest Covid-19 wave would lead...
Pharma giants to pay $590 mn to US Native American...
A group of pharmaceutical companies and distributors agreed to pay $590 million to settle lawsuits connected to opioid addiction a...
Pharma groups to pay $590 mn to US Native American...
A group of pharmaceutical companies and distributors agreed to pay $590 million to settle lawsuits connected to opioid addiction a...
22 dead, dozens injured as flooding hits Ecuador c...
The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at least 22 people in Quito, inundating homes, swamping cars and sw...
Man United's Greenwood further arrested on suspici...
Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood has been further arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and threats to kill as police w...
Four giants: The major players in video game indus...
The global video game industry has undergone a series of blockbuster takeovers, most recently Sony's acquisition of Bungie and Mic...
Canadian Indigenous visit to Vatican reset for lat...
A Canadian Indigenous delegation announced Tuesday it will travel next month to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis and discuss...
The race is on to translate viral app Wordle
Wordle, the simple word game that has taken the English-speaking world by storm, is sparking spontaneous efforts to develop simila...
Chinese, French oil majors seal deal for Uganda me...
Chinese and French oil giants sealed a landmark $10-billion deal on Tuesday to develop Uganda's energy resources and build a vast...
Amnesty joins other rights group in condemning Isr...
Amnesty International on Tuesday labelled Israel an "apartheid" state that treats Palestinians as "an inferior racial group," join...
Rights groups blame Taliban for missing journalist...
The Taliban have arrested two Afghan journalists working for a local news channel, rights groups said Tuesday, weeks after two wom...
Pet owners go private to jet 'fur babies' out of H...
Bags packed and ready to go, Hong Kong house cats Teddy and Newman were all set for leaving on a private jet plane -- an expensive...
Japan parliament adopts resolution on China rights...
Japan's parliament on Tuesday passed a rare resolution expressing concern about rights issues in China, including the treatment of...
New York Times buys 'Wordle'
The New York Times announced Monday it had bought Wordle, a phenomenon played by millions just four months after the game burst on...
Trials to resume for Nicaragua government opponent...
Criminal trials will resume this week for 46 opponents of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government, including seven preside...
Rescuers dig desperately in mud for Brazil flood s...
Knee-deep in the mud left by a horrific landslide in southeastern Brazil, dozens of rescue workers and volunteers raced Monday to...
Pakistan police call for PUBG game ban after famil...
Pakistani police called Monday for the wildly popular PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) game to be banned after a teenager conf...
Cyprus court quashes UK woman's 'false gang rape'...
The Cyprus Supreme Court on Monday overturned the conviction of a young British woman who had been found guilty of lying about bei...
Hong Kong sees first 'seditious publication' jaili...
Hong Kong's courts jailed two people for publishing seditious content on Monday, the first time the colonial-era law has been used...
Cyprus church to suspend unjabbed priests
The leader of the Cyprus Orthodox Church has warned he would suspend a dozen unvaccinated priests from Tuesday if they continue to...
Thai fishing crews fear five-year recovery after o...
The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of T...
In food world, debate rages about recipe plagiaris...
Pastry chef Nick Malgieri was scrolling through a food blog when he came upon a recipe for panettone, a puffy sweet bread that the...
'Mark of the Antichrist': Greek holy men sow vacci...
In a remote monastery in northern Greece, an Orthodox abbot delivers a blunt message to dozens of his maskless worshippers: Covid-...
Despite Covid, it's home or bust for China holiday...
The pandemic prevented Shanghai schoolteacher Chen Hainan from returning to her hometown to reunite with family for the past two L...
Stray bullets kill bystanders as US shootings soar
A baby in his car seat. A man in bed. A girl walking with her mother: Stray bullets killed each of them days apart as surging gun...
Erdogan threatens to punish Turkish media over 'ha...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened Turkish media with legal action over content "incompatible with national and mor...
Tropical Storm Ana leaves trail of destruction in...
Residents in an inundated neighbourhood of Madagascar's capital Antananarivo are returning with dread to see what remains of their...
Erdogan sacks statistics chief after record inflat...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the head of the state statistics agency, according to a decree published Saturda...
DR Congo court set for verdict in murder of UN exp...
A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday is set to pronounce a long-awaited verdict in a mass trial over the 2017...
Joe Exotic loses appeal, gets new 21-year jail ter...
Joe Exotic, the jailed former private zoo owner who shot to fame as the star of the "Tiger King" series, on Friday failed to convi...
Minister blames 'reckless' opening of stadium gate...
A stampede that led to the deaths of eight people outside an Africa Cup of Nations stadium was caused by a "reckless" decision to...