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US urges 'restraint' as Ethiopia's Tigray crisis rocks region

Yu Zidi to Ohashi: Asian Games stars who can light up LA Olympics

Teens on target again as USA down Mexico 3-0

'Act before it's too late': Tokyo residents fight for more trees

World records prove Asian Games were a hit, says top official

'Disappointing' as South Korea flag mishap sees Games end on sour note

US prison chief who oversaw botched execution resigns

Pre-COP host Tuvalu at frontline of climate change

'Chaotic' Asian Games threaten Japan hopes of hosting Olympics again

Hungary's dwindling paprika producers battle to save signature spice

Finnish town braces for change from Google data centres

Cornell president vows review in wake of alleged student gang rape

What is fuelling French school protests?

Latvian partial election results suggest pro-European choice

Red Bull's Verstappen wins chaotic Australian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen held off a revived Lewis Hamilton to steer his Red Bull to a chaotic win at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday and tighten his grip on the world championship.

Joshua says Fury clash is the fight the 'boxing world needs'

Anthony Joshua has insisted a "Battle of Britain" with Tyson Fury is the bout "the boxing world needs" after he came through a "do or die" fight with American heavyweight Jermaine Franklin.

Venezuela corruption probe nets 42 officials

More than 40 people have been arrested in Venezuela in an anti-corruption drive sweep of state oil company PDVSA and other related government bodies, the prosecutor's office said Saturday.

Despite Trump ire, prosecuting ex-leaders is common in democracies

Donald Trump has denounced his indictment as an abuse befitting a banana republic, but the move in fact puts the United States in line with fellow advanced democracies that have prosecuted former leaders.

Dutch refinery to feed airlines' thirst for clean fuel

Scaffolding and green pipes envelop a refinery in the port of Rotterdam where Finnish giant Neste is preparing to significantly boost production of sustainable aviation fuel.

European aviation sector fears CO2 rules could clip its wings

European airlines fear losing out to rivals based outside the EU that can ignore the bloc's emissions-reduction rules to become carbon neutral by 2050.

Barcode turns 50 but its days might be numbered

The patch of irregular vertical lines that revolutionised checking out at the supermarket and facilitated the globalisation of retail is turning 50.

Bulgaria votes for fifth time in two years under Ukraine shadow

Bulgarians vote on Sunday in their fifth general election in two years, a record in the European Union, amid deep divisions over the war in Ukraine.

Uzbekistan tries to garner backing for controversial vote

On stage in front of a few hundred people, an entertainer desperately tries to sell a controversial April referendum that could extend the rule of Uzbekistan's autocratic leader until 2040.