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Five months on, anger and despair prevail in Donbas

Five months on, anger and despair prevail in Donbas

Fatigue, despair and anger are prevalent in eastern Ukraine after five months of what volunteer humanitarian aid worker Oleksiy Yukov calls "a war without mercy that has gone crazy".

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'Work to be done': aviation still overwhelmingly male

'Work to be done': aviation still overwhelmingly male

Rebecca Lutte regularly takes to the skies behind the controls of her RV-10 kit plane.

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Lyles defends 200m title, Jackson trumps Fraser-Pryce

Lyles defends 200m title, Jackson trumps Fraser-Pryce

Noah Lyles defended his world 200m title in electric fashion in a second US sprint cleansweep on Thursday, while Shericka Jackson thwarted Jamaican teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's bid for a sprint double in the women's race.

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US Capitol riot probe slams Trump inaction, urges accountability

US Capitol riot probe slams Trump inaction, urges accountability

The House committee probing the assault on the US Capitol laid out a searing, prime-time indictment on Thursday of Donald Trump's refusal to halt or condemn the violence and insisted he should be held accountable for a gross dereliction of presidential duty.

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Lyles defends 200m crown as US sweep podium

Lyles defends 200m crown as US sweep podium

Noah Lyles produced a scintillating performance to retain his world 200m crown on Thursday as US sprinters claimed their second podium clean sweep of the World Championships in Oregon.

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Asian markets mostly rise after Wall St rally, euro dips

Asian markets mostly rise after Wall St rally, euro dips

Asian markets rose Friday following a third straight rally on Wall Street, as below-par US data eased expectations for a sharper pace of interest rate hikes.

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'Life after is more important': A child of Japan's baby hatch

'Life after is more important': A child of Japan's baby hatch

Inside Koichi Miyatsu's blue, child-sized backpack are neatly folded cartoon-print sweatshirts and a pair of white sneakers -- all he has from before he was left at Japan's only "baby hatch".

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Jackson edges Fraser-Pryce to win world 200m gold

Jackson edges Fraser-Pryce to win world 200m gold

Jamaica's Shericka Jackson outgunned compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on the back straight to win 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday.

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All Blacks retain Cane, Foster despite Irish series defeat

All Blacks retain Cane, Foster despite Irish series defeat

The New Zealand All Blacks on Friday retained Ian Foster as head coach and Sam Cane as captain for the Rugby Championship despite calls for the pair to be replaced after the home series defeat to Ireland.

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Paris Olympics face tough hurdles with two years to go

Paris Olympics face tough hurdles with two years to go

As he left the Tokyo Olympics last August, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, told AFP he was "prepared to run a marathon at 100-metre speed."

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