'My girl': Obama to anoint Harris as Democrats' best hope
Barack Obama will use the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to anoint Kamala Harris the party's future on Tuesday and, as the first Black and South Asian woman presidential nominee, heir to his trailblazing legacy.
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Asia tracks Wall St lower as traders pause Fed-fuelled rally
Asian equities sank Wednesday as traders take a breather from a global rally that has been fuelled by expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next month.
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Australia approves world's 'largest' solar hub
Australia on Wednesday approved plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to Singapore, a project dubbed the "largest solar precinct in the world".
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Reborn Xhaka vows to keep record-breaking Leverkusen on top
Bayer Leverkusen talisman Granit Xhaka has called on his teammates to challenge for the Bundesliga title again ahead of the new campaign after last season's surprise triumph.
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Brazilians 'struggling to breathe' as Amazon burns
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.
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War-ravaged Sudan battles cholera epidemic
Lying on a hospital bed, Aisha Mohammed said she is "suffering" from cholera symptoms, an increasingly common ailment in Sudan where a prolonged war has ravaged the healthcare system.
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Saving the vanishing forests of Iraq's Kurdistan
In a plant nursery in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, hundreds of pine, eucalyptus, olive and pomegranate saplings grow under awnings protecting them from the fierce summer sun.
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Cleanup hopes for neighbors of Mexico's 'toilet bowl' wastewater dam
On the banks of a wastewater dam in central Mexico, under a dense cloud of mosquitoes, Yury Uribe is finally seeing hope after spending decades in "environmental hell."
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'Fall with it': the party anthem rallying Kenyan protesters
"We knew it was a banger," drawled rapper Allan "Manazz" Mojo, one-half of young Kenyan rap duo Wadagliz whose viral song has become the unlikely beat of anti-government demonstrations that have shaken the East African country.
Read moreLebanon says five killed in fresh Israel strikes
Lebanon's health ministry said early Wednesday that Israeli strikes in the country's east killed one person and wounded 20 others, hours after it said four people were killed in the south.
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