Super Typhoon Noru barrels towards Philippines
A super typhoon barrelled towards the Philippines Sunday and was on track to slam into the heavily populated main island of Luzon, forcing the evacuations of coastal towns, authorities said.
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Cypriot carob growers harvest their 'black gold'
Christos Charalambous might be 79 but he is several metres up a carob tree, harvesting a fruit known as "black gold" on the island of Cyprus as his grandson works below.
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'Mentally broken' Van der Poel arrested before world title race
Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel was arrested on the eve of Sunday's elite road race at the world championships after a late-night altercation with noisy neighbours, leaving him "mentally broken".
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Lozano lifts Mexico to 1-0 win over Peru in World Cup warm-up
Hirving Lozano's late strike lifted Mexico to a 1-0 victory over Peru at California's Rose Bowl on Saturday in a friendly international football match that is part of Mexico's World Cup build-up.
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Ukraine is 'not Nazi', Holocaust survivors tell Putin
Roman Gerstein, an 83-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, has a blunt riposte for Kremlin justifications of its invasion: "There are no Nazis here."
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'You cannot survive': Inflation bites as Thai election looms
Sheltering from rain near Bangkok's Grand Palace, scores of unemployed Thais queue alongside homeless people waiting for free meals as 14-year-high inflation sends living costs soaring -- causing a headache for the government ahead of a looming general election.
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'Bigger than Rugby World Cup': Scotland ready for cycling worlds
Scottish cycling chiefs said on Sunday that preparing to host the biggest ever world championships in Glasgow next year was a "scary" prospect, but a huge opportunity for the country.
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Ford's electric drive reinvents historic Michigan factory
Construction crews are back at Dearborn, remaking Ford's century-old industrial complex once again, this time for a post-petroleum era that is finally beginning to feel possible.
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Taiwan's pangolins suffer surge in feral dog attacks
In most of its habitats, the heavily trafficked pangolin's biggest threat comes from humans. But in Taiwan, the scaly mammals brave a different danger: a surging feral dog population.
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Fed on eggs and beer, Vietnam's oxen race in muddy festival
Their stomachs full of eggs, beer and coconut water, Nguyen Van Liet's prized white oxen streak ahead of their rivals to the cheer of tens of thousands of spectators in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.
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