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'Infobesity': How queen coverage could fuel 'news fatigue'

'Infobesity': How queen coverage could fuel 'news fatigue'

Endless live TV feeds, analysts breathlessly picking apart each gesture, newspapers bursting with commentary: Queen Elizabeth II's death has been covered from every angle by the world's media.

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All Shanghai passenger flights cancelled as typhoon hits

All Shanghai passenger flights cancelled as typhoon hits

All passenger flights at Shanghai's two international airports were cancelled Wednesday, the airport operator said, as Typhoon Muifa made landfall on China's densely populated east coast.

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Pope warns against using religion for political power

Pope warns against using religion for political power

Pope Francis cautioned against leveraging religion for political power, addressing a religious summit in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan Wednesday, in what appeared to be criticism of pro-Kremlin Russian Orthodox leader Patriarch Kirill.

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Lufthansa back in private hands as Germany sells rescue stake

Lufthansa back in private hands as Germany sells rescue stake

Lufthansa said Wednesday the German state had sold the stake it took in the airline as part of a rescue package at the peak of the Covid pandemic, and booked a healthy profit in the process.

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Royals escort queen on final journey from Buckingham Palace

Royals escort queen on final journey from Buckingham Palace

To the strains of a military band, King Charles III on Wednesday led his family in procession behind Queen Elizabeth II's coffin as she left Buckingham Palace for the final time to lie in state until her funeral.

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Queen Elizabeth II's funeral: What we know

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral: What we know

The funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II at London's Westminster Abbey on September 19 will be the culmination of decades of meticulous planning.

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French court convicts Yemenia Airways over fatal 2009 crash

French court convicts Yemenia Airways over fatal 2009 crash

A Paris court on Wednesday convicted Yemen's national airline of involuntary homicide and injuries over a 2009 crash that killed nearly everyone onboard except a 12-year-old girl who miraculously survived.

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US inflation gloom casts dark shadow over markets

US inflation gloom casts dark shadow over markets

Global equities sank further Wednesday as stronger-than-expected US inflation data sparked fears of a prolonged campaign of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.

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Xi vows backing for Kazakhstan in first trip since pandemic

Xi vows backing for Kazakhstan in first trip since pandemic

China's President Xi Jinping was in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan Wednesday on his first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, ahead of a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

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London Marathon offers non-binary option for mass event

London Marathon offers non-binary option for mass event

Entrants in the mass-participation event at next year's London Marathon will be offered a non-binary gender option.

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