Championship rivals brace for renewal of bitter feuds
Police are on red alert as the English Championship braces for the renewal of two bitter feuds when Millwall face West Ham and Wolves meet West Brom this weekend.
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Bhutan's traditional archers lose ground to development
Atop a steep hillside near Bhutan's capital Thimphu, an arrow slices through the air and slams into a wooden target with a thud, prompting a round of celebratory song.
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In Brazil's Amazon, the hunt for oil fuels hopes and fears
Indigenous chief Wagner Karipuna gazes worriedly at the tranquil river flowing past his village in the Brazilian Amazon as he imagines the nightmare scenario of an oil spill being carried here by the tides.
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Asian stocks track Wall St rally as oil prices drop
Asian stocks rose Friday in line with a rally on Wall Street as a drop in oil prices eased inflation concerns, while investors were awaiting a Bank of Japan interest rate decision later in the day.
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Australian athlete who soiled herself apologises for continuing Hyrox race
An Australian athlete who sparked an outcry when she kept competing despite soiling herself midway through an event in Beijing apologised Friday and forfeited her points from winning.
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South Korea makes Asian Games complaint over Japan warlord ceremony
South Korea's Olympic committee said Friday it filed a complaint with Asian Games organisers in Nagoya for featuring a Japanese warlord at a welcoming ceremony.
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Baby orangutans in India expose 'frightening' scale of trafficking
Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a "massive" exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the country, experts say.
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US aid cuts are killing Kenyan sex workers
Under an unmarked block of concrete in a Nairobi cemetery lie the remains of Judy, an HIV-positive Kenyan sex worker, who died just hours before she was due to meet AFP last month, one more victim of US aid cuts.
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Doom Loop? Ed Sheeran struggles against Gaza tide
Ed Sheeran faces boycott calls and desertions, leaving the British singer with a career crisis that underlines how even the world's biggest stars are being sucked into the politics of the war in Gaza.
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October 7 survivors, families take centre stage in Israel vote
Sharon Sharabi shot into the limelight in Israel after the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 as he pleaded for the return of hostages dragged into Gaza, including his two brothers.
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