Stocks sink as atomic plant shelling adds to Ukraine fears
Asian markets tumbled Friday and crude bounced as news that Europe's biggest nuclear power plant was on fire after Russian shelling fuelled a flight to safety and ramped up fears about the Ukraine war.
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'Woven air': Bangladesh revives elite forgotten fabric
With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history.
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Fire at Ukrainian nuclear plant after Russian forces attack
Russian troops attacked Europe's largest nuclear plant on Friday, starting a fire at the Ukrainian facility, with the country's leader accusing Moscow of "nuclear terror".
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China-backed bank halts lending to Russia, Belarus
The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said it will suspend business related to Russia and Belarus, which have been hit with massive international sanctions over the Ukraine war.
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Google Maps and Tripadvisor nix war news in reviews
Google on Thursday said it has stopped allowing reviews to be added to its online Maps service in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to prevent them from being used for war news.
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'A colossal figure': Australian cricket great Rod Marsh dead at 74
Rod Marsh was remembered as "a colossal figure" in Australian cricket Friday who gave close to 50 years' service to the sport as tributes poured in after he died following a heart attack at a charity event last week.
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United States returns pillaged skull, golden objects to France
The United States has returned a set of illegally obtained artifacts, including a skull from the Parisian catacombs and golden ingots from an Atlantic shipwreck, to their rightful owner -- the French state.
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How commercial satellites are shaping the Ukraine conflict
From a huge Russian military convoy snaking its way to Kyiv to missile strikes and refugee crossings, commercial satellite imagery of the Ukraine conflict is helping lift the fog of war, illuminating for the public what was previously the domain of spy agencies.
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Step aside football: gaming new rage in Brazil favelas
Ask Brazilian teen Yan Araujo who his idols are, and he doesn't hesitate. Not Neymar. Not Vinicius Junior. "Nobru and Cerol," he says -- superstars of the booming gamer scene in Brazil's favelas.
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Ukraine nuclear plant on fire after Russia shelling
Europe's largest nuclear power plant was on fire Friday after Russian strikes hit the Ukrainian facility, with the country's foreign minister demanding an immediate ceasefire at the site to avoid disaster.
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