'Like hell': India's burning coalfields
Deadly fires have raged for a century in mines in India's Jharkhand state, where Savitri Mahto is one of 100,000 people risking their lives shovelling coal to supply insatiable demand.
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France awards AFP's Arman Soldin its highest order of merit
France posthumously awarded AFP video journalist Arman Soldin, who was killed while working in Ukraine, the Legion d'Honneur (Legion of Honour) on Thursday.
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Wang tells Blinken to 'work with China' on improving US ties
Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi has urged Washington to "work with China" to improve ties during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday.
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Markets extend rally on hopes Fed near end of rate hike cycle
Asian traders on Friday welcomed more data showing falling US inflation, giving the Federal Reserve room to bring the curtain down on more than a year of interest rate hikes.
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'A story about me': Cambodian TV epic grows 'cult' of Hun Sen
Gunfire crackles, trucks explode and a shooting star announces the birth of a future ruler in an 80-episode dramatisation of Cambodian leader Hun Sen's life, now airing three days a week in the run-up to one-sided national elections.
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Australia and Argentina need win as clock ticks down to World Cup
Eddie Jones and Michael Cheika say Australia and Argentina are works in progress, but with the clock ticking to the Rugby World Cup, both coaches desperately need a win when the teams meet on Saturday.
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Afghan village potters keep centuries-old tradition alive
Twice a month, Noor Agha Faqiri lights up the kiln at his small workshop around 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of the Afghan capital to fire a fresh batch of pottery.
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Modi honoured for France's Bastille Day in shadow of riots
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be guest of honour for France's Bastille Day celebrations on Friday, which are set to take place under tight security two weeks after the country was swept by riots.
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In Sao Paulo, boom of apartments the size of hotel rooms
Lara Maia types on her laptop perched on a small desk occupying a gap between the fridge and wardrobe in her micro-apartment in Sao Paulo, Latin America's most populated city.
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PGA Tour, LIV backers drop no-poaching clause from deal
The PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund have dropped a provision from their framework agreement that barred LIV Golf and the Tour from recruiting each other's players, the PGA Tour confirmed Thursday.
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