Japan's 'godless' lake warns of creeping climate change
The Japanese priest and his parishioners gathered before dawn, hoping that climate change had not robbed them of the chance to experience an increasingly rare communion with the sacred.
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US teen Lutkenhaus breaks world junior indoor 800m record
American athletics prodigy Cooper Lutkenhaus broke the world junior indoor 800-meters record on Saturday with a victory in 1min 44.03secs at the Sound Running meet in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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World copper rush promises new riches for Zambia
Five years after becoming Africa's first Covid-era debt defaulter, Zambia is seeing a dramatic turnaround in fortunes as major powers vie for access to its vast reserves of copper.
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Paw patrol: Larry the cat marks 15 years at 10 Downing Street
Larry the cat, the UK's most famous feline, marks 15 years on Sunday as the country's chief mouser patrolling the corridors of power around number 10 Downing Street.
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Jamaica's Thompson-Herah runs first race since 2024
Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah, a five-time Olympic champion, competed in her first race since June 2024 in Saturday's Camperdown Classic at Kingston, Jamaica.
Read moreTop seed Fritz to face Shelton for ATP Dallas Open title
Taylor Fritz blasted 22 aces in advancing to the ATP Dallas Open final on Saturday by defeating Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3).
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Crash course: Vietnam's crypto boom goes bust
As a first-year computer science student in Hanoi, Hoang Le started trading crypto from his university dorm room, egged on by his gamer friends who were making a killing.
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Ahead of Oscars, Juliette Binoche hails strength of Cannes winners
For Oscar winner Juliette Binoche, the head of last year's jury at the Cannes film festival, it's not hard to understand why the movies that succeeded on the Croisette go on to win accolades in Hollywood.
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US cattle farmers caught between high costs and weary consumers
In rural Virginia, dozens of young cows belonging to Chris Stem graze by a frozen pond. He is living his childhood dream of being a farmer -- but reality is starting to bite.
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New York creatives squeezed out by high cost of living
After 20 years as a makeup artist for TV and cinema, Noel Jacoboni sees few other options than to leave New York City, where she has been "priced out" by the soaring cost of living.
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