Van Gogh, Kandinsky stars of the show at Dutch art fair
A rare early work by Vincent van Gogh and a record-selling masterpiece by Wassily Kandinsky will be up for sale when one of the world's largest art fairs opens its doors this weekend.
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Horne to start for Scotland in Italy Six Nations clash
Scotland scrum-half George Horne has been handed a surprise start for Saturday's Six Nations clash in Italy, with regular No 9 Ben White not even in the matchday 23.
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Indonesian single mom makes ends meet as autorickshaw driver
Her three-year-old daughter at her side, single mother Ekawati plies Jakarta's notorious traffic in her three-wheeled autorickshaw, making ends meet as one of a growing number of Indonesian women seeking informal employment outside the home.
Read moreYadav, Ashwin help India bundle England out for 218
Spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin shared nine wickets between them as India bowled out England for 218 on day one of the fifth Test on Thursday.
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Deaf voters find way to polls as Senegal grapples with political crisis
Like many in Senegal's isolated deaf community, 52-year-old Mame Massar Faye has always struggled to vote by himself.
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Yadav takes five as England collapse to 194-8 against India
India spinner Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets including Zak Crawley for 79 to leave England 194-8 at tea, in the fifth and final Test on Thursday.
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UN, France co-host forum to decarbonise construction sector
France and the UN Environment Programme co-host a two-day conference starting Thursday to find ways to cut the sizeable carbon footprint of the construction sector, a major contributor to climate change.
Read moreMarkets struggle ahead of key US jobs data
Equities were mixed on Thursday as investors try to assess the Federal Reserve's plans for interest rates after boss Jerome Powell indicated they would start to come down this year.
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Tourists banned from private alleys in Kyoto's geisha district
Visitors will be banned from entering private alleys in Kyoto's famous geisha district, a local representative said on Thursday, as the ancient city tackles overtourism after the pandemic.
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Women rangers fight poachers and prejudice in Kenya
Under the blazing Kenyan sun, Maasai women patrol the vast plains in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, determined to tackle poachers and patriarchal prejudices.
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