Freed South Korean footballer Son Jun-ho to join top-tier club
South Korean international footballer Son Jun-ho, who was detained in China for 10 months over a bribery case, is set to sign for Suwon FC, the top-tier K League club said Friday.
Read more
Yen drops and Nikkei rises as BoJ delays tightening; markets mixed
The yen fell and Tokyo stocks rose Friday after the Bank of Japan deferred a plan to cut back its bond purchases as it cautiously moves away from its ultra-loose monetary policy.
Read more
France makes 700-mn-euro offer for Atos security units
Debt-laden tech group Atos said Friday the French state has made a 700-million-euro bid for its most sensitive businesses, including cybersecurity and supercomputers used for the country's nuclear deterrent.
Read more
China promoting authoritarian governance in developing world: report
China has organised seminars and training courses for officials in African and Latin American countries, aimed at promoting its single-party system and President Xi Jinping's worldview, a report said this week.
Read more
North Macedonia's beekeepers face climate change challenge
Every day, Magda Miloseska dons a white, protective suit and enters the domain of the honeybees in the backyard of her small weekend house in North Macedonia.
Read more
The high-tech art lab hidden underneath Paris
It looks like the lair of a Bond villain: behind armoured doors, buried underground below the Louvre in Paris, lies one of the most high-tech art labs in the world.
Read more
Is there anybody out there? NATO hones Arctic subs' sonar skills
In the icy waters of the Arctic, NATO scientists are dissecting sound waves to improve the West's ability to track Russian submarines, as global warming alters acoustics underwater.
Read more
Swiss pull out the stops for Ukraine summit security
Switzerland is undertaking a major security operation around this weekend's summit on Ukraine, aiming to ward off not only physical threats but also cyberattacks and misinformation.
Read more
R.E.M. delivers surprise performance at songwriting gala
R.E.M. performed onstage together for the first time in well over a decade Thursday, reuniting to play their classic "Losing My Religion" as they were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Read more
Sea swamps Bangladesh at one of world's fastest rates
After cyclone gales tore down his home in 2007, Bangladeshi fisherman Abdul Aziz packed up what was left of his belongings and moved about half a kilometre inland, further away from storm surge waves.
Read moreIn The News
