By AFPSpain's Canary Islands feel "abandoned" as irregular migrant arrivals smash records and the political class lacks "solidarity", the region's leader said in an interview published on Monday.Reception centres in the Atlantic archipelago are strai...

By AFPKnown as Karl-Marx-Stadt under communism and later a notorious hotspot for far-right violence, the eastern German city of Chemnitz is now seeking to reinvent itself as a 2025 European Capital of Culture.Chemnitz plans to welcome around two mill...

By AFP/Eric RANDOLPHActivist Maria Sarungi Tsehai said Monday she was certain the Tanzanian government was behind her abduction the day before in Nairobi that was only foiled after a rapid intervention by rights groups.Sarungi Tsehai is a well-known...

By AFP/Akim Rezgui with Youcef BounabOn a barge hundreds of metres off the Kerkennah Islands in southern Tunisia, a group of students watches intently as Besma, a recovering sea turtle, shuffles towards the water and dives in.The barge, used to treat...

By AFP/Magdalena PACIOREKIn Riga Russian Theatre's rehearsal room, actors gather for a table-read of the season's big premiere, "Lady Macbeth" -- but the play's poster will not crop up around the Latvian capital as it normally would.The city council...

By UN NewsThe world is entering a new era of crisis for children; climate change, inequality and conflict are disrupting their lives and limiting their futures, an authoritative study from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.At the beginning o...

By AFP/Luna LINFor women e-sports players in China, mastering the game is just the first hurdle to carving out a space for themselves in the male-dominated field.To compete, casually but especially professionally, they must also overcome vicious trol...

By AFP/Harumi OZAWAWhen nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years: heading out to the woods in Japan, dropping his pants and doing as bears do."We survive by eating other living things. But you can give faeces ba...

By AFP/Akshata KAPOORPrime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday laid out his vision to harness the power of artificial intelligence to boost Britain's flagging economy, promising "pro-growth" regulations amid concerns about the technology's unchecked use....

By UN NewsThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights defenders in today's tumultuous global landscape in a speech on Monday to Wilton Park, the executive agency of the United Kingdom’s Foreign...

By AFP/Peter Catterall and Isabel KuaChina's exports surged to a record high in 2024, providing a much-needed boost for the economy as the prospect of biting tariffs imposed by US president-elect Donald Trump looms.Overseas shipments represented a ra...

By AFPMali's junta has begun seizing gold stocks from the Loulo-Gounkoto mine operated by Canadian firm Barrick Gold, according to a security source and an internal company memo seen by AFP Monday.Since coming to power in a 2020 coup, Mali's military...