'Human billiards' installation rolls into Danish museum
What might appear to be a bouncy game of giant-sized billiards is actually the recreation of a playful 1970s art installation, on display at a museum on the outskirts of Copenhagen.
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Malaysia PM calls snap elections
Malaysia's prime minister dissolved parliament Monday to clear the way for snap elections in a bid to restore political stability as the country emerges from the ravages of Covid-19 and a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal.
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Malaysian parliament dissolved ahead of snap polls: PM
Malaysia's prime minister announced the dissolution of parliament Monday, allowing for snap elections aimed at bringing political stability as the country emerges from Covid-19 and the 1MDB corruption scandal.
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Markets sink as US jobs data fan rate hike bets
Stock markets sank Monday as forecast-beating US jobs data fanned expectations for another big Federal Reserve interest rate hike, while traders are now focusing on an upcoming inflation report.
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'Extraordinary moment': the 1970s abortion case that changed French law
Five decades ago, a lawyer convinced a French court to acquit a teenage girl who illegally terminated her pregnancy after being raped, a landmark case that would pave the way for the right to abortion in France.
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Venezuela landslide leaves 25 dead, more than 50 missing
A landslide in Venezuela has left at least 25 people dead and more than 50 missing after a river overflowed, officials said Sunday, in the latest deadly disaster caused by heavy rains to hit the country.
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Confusion, crane and now cost cap risk taking gloss off Verstappen feat
Max Verstappen said the confusion at the end of the Japanese Grand Prix that saw him declared Formula One world champion was "quite funny", but an impending cost-cap ruling could wipe the smiles off faces in the Red Bull garage.
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'Born to fly': Indian pilot blazes trail for women in aviation
India has the world's highest rate of women pilots, but when Zoya Agarwal said she dreamed of conquering the skies, her mother cried and told her to wait for a "suitable boy" to marry instead.
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Saudi women reject stigma to embrace pole dancing
When yoga instructor Nada took up pole dancing, the backlash in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia was both harsh and quick, and she has struggled to overcome the fallout ever since.
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Climate refugees flee as Bangladesh villages washed away
For generations Paban Baroi's family guarded a temple to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, until Bangladesh's mighty Padma river wreaked havoc of its own, wiping out the shrine, their home, and 200 other houses in their village.
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