Food security fears mount as UK farmers battle drought
Giant dust clouds rose from a green-red combine harvester as it crawled across a parched field, a sign that something was awry with UK farmer John Pawsey's land.
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Camels find unlikely home in outback Australia
Far from their origins in the Arabian desert, hundreds of thousands of camels roam outback Australia where they are used for wild races, an alternative milk source and even to make beer.
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Anguish and hope: why a Tibetan set himself on fire in New York
No one knew what Lobga Rangzen was planning. Not the monk who was his friend of 30 years, not his niece in New York.
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Kiss takes reins as Wallabies face Japan
Australia will aim to make a fresh start under new coach Les Kiss against Japan on Saturday, with just 14 months to go until they host the Rugby World Cup.
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North Korea touts dog soup and other home-cooked recipes to beat the heat
Dog meat soup and bubbling ginseng broths are being proffered by North Korea's leadership as home remedies to take the edge off a spell of searing weather.
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UK observatory nervously watches growing space junk threat
In the sweeping shadow of a satellite dish, staff at the Chilbolton Observatory in southern England track a growing number of objects in Earth's orbit, providing data that underpins Britain's space monitoring efforts.
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South Africa coach Erasmus wary of struggling Argentina
South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus insists the world champions face a "massive challenge" against Argentina on Saturday despite the recent poor form of their opponents.
Read moreClashes with police as Argentines protest property bill
Protesters in Buenos Aires clashed Thursday with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets as thousands of people demonstrated against a controversial private property bill outside the Argentine Senate.
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Meta ordered to pay US state $567 mn to abate 'public nuisance' and child harm
A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state's claims that the social media giant created a "public nuisance" and harmed children.
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Actress, engineer, jihadist's widow among Syria's new women MPs
In Syria's first post-Assad parliament, women lawmakers stand out more for their diversity than their numbers: a famous actress, a Christian engineer, a Kurdish leader and the widow of a hardline Islamist commander.
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