Geneva, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Four in five adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity, to the detriment of their health, the World Health Organization said Friday, warning that girls
Bamako, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): The number of soldiers killed in clashes with militants in eastern Mali earlier this week rose to 43 on Thursday, security sources said. Mali and Niger
Bangkok, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Pope Francis will meet Friday with teachers and students in Thailand's "small but vibrant" Catholic community on his final full day of a whirlwind Bangkok trip,
Tokyo, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Tokyo stocks rose on Friday as investors snapped up bargains after a three-day losing streak, while closely watching the see-saw developments in US-China trade talks. The
Christchurch, New Zealand, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Prince Charles warned Friday that time is running out to address the impact of climate change as he prepares to visit one of the
Washington, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): The first comic book produced by Marvel, the famed US publisher behind Spider-Man, X-Men and The Avengers, went under the hammer Thursday, fetching a record $1.26
Guadalajara, Mexico, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Investigators have found 31 bodies hidden in clandestine graves outside Mexico's second-largest city Guadalajara, authorities in violence-torn Jalisco state said Thursday. The work of uncovering
Santiago, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Thursday that police may have broken protocols in responding to a month of protests, and prosecutors will investigate whether they
Bogota, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Thursday amid a general strike to protest the policies of President Ivan
Beirut, Lebanon, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Lebanon was marking 76 years of self-rule on Friday, but protesters say that only this year are its people experiencing "real independence". An unprecedented protest