Sustainable designs to take centre stage at London fashion
Emerging and sustainable designers will get a chance to shine at London Fashion Week from Friday with major brands such as Burberry, Victoria Beckham and Vivienne Westwood either absent or sticking to digital formats for the five-day catwalk extravaganza.
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IOC president Bach 'very disturbed' by Valieva Olympic performance
IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday he was "very disturbed" by Russian skater Kamila Valieva's performance in the Beijing Olympics final when she fell several times and seemed overwhelmed by the doping scandal that has engulfed her.
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Tunisians fear more economic pain as IMF talks loom
Every day at the family grocery stall in a Tunis market, Bilel Jani sees the reality of a biting economic crisis, which for many has overshadowed Tunisia's latest political turmoil.
Read morePolice arrest Canadian protest leaders
Canadian police on Thursday began arresting leaders of the trucker-led protest that has choked the capital's streets for three weeks and provoked the government into calling on rarely used emergency powers.
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Sirens alert more rain in Brazilian city where 117 have died in flooding
Ahead of more heavy rain, residents of several neighborhoods in the devastated Brazilian city of Petropolis were called to evacuate Thursday, just two days after flash floods and landslides killed 117 people.
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Gu wins halfpipe gold for third medal of Beijing Olympics
Californian-born Chinese superstar Eileen Gu capped her hugely successful Beijing Olympics by winning freeski halfpipe gold on Friday for her third medal of the Games.
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Kamila Valieva's Olympic doping scandal: What happens next?
Russia's Kamila Valieva came a disappointing fourth in the Beijing Olympics women's single event on Thursday, after more than a week of intense scrutiny over a failed doping test. Her Olympics is over -- but the saga is not.
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Asian markets drop as Ukraine fears return, oil extends losses
Asian markets fell Friday following a steep drop on Wall Street fuelled by renewed fears that Russia will soon invade Ukraine, adding to long-running angst about the Federal Reserve's plans to hike interest rates.
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The online activists helping Myanmar troops desert
A team of Myanmar activists working in the shadows is using social media and messaging apps to persuade disillusioned junta soldiers to desert their posts and topple the powerful military.
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Censorship row as India army blocks film on gay soldier
Critically-acclaimed Indian filmmaker Onir wanted to direct a movie inspired by a gay army major who resigned and came out in a blaze of publicity -- but despite the country's democratic status the military stopped it being made.
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