AI-generated 'Fruit Love Island' takes TikTok by storm
Kenya's economy faces climate change risks: World Bank
Iran searches for downed US jet crew, as US media says one member rescued
US registers strong job growth in March in boost to Trump
Greece names new ministers after EU farm scandal resignations
Human remains found on Thai ship attacked in Hormuz strait: firm
Streaming channel for pets launched in China
Israel under fire from Iran missiles as Trump issues new warning
'Breathtaking': Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon
Airbus bets on copter capability for tomorrow's war drones
With mighty thrust, Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon
Pakistan hikes petrol, diesel prices due to Middle East war
Artemis astronauts await green light for lunar orbit
Four children stabbed to death at Ugandan nursery: police
Russia will send second ship with oil to Cuba: minister
Nexperia's China unit nears fully local production of chips: company sources
Too bright: Seoul to dim digital billboards after complaints
Slow boat to Ilulissat: long nights on Greenland's last ferry
Trump says Iran war almost over, warns of weeks more heavy strikes
Astronauts begin NASA lunar mission after climactic blast-off
Astronauts strapped in for historic US lunar launch
France charges man over failed attack on US bank
Tractors roll through Vienna as farmers protest
Stocks rally, oil drops on Mideast war optimism
IndiGo lands IATA chief Willie Walsh as new CEO
Anthropic releases part of AI tool source code in 'error'
Weather
The impacts of climate change could shave up to seven percent off Kenya's economic output by 2050 compared to baseline forecasts, unless it adapts, the World Bank warned on Friday.
When OpenAI acquired the tech podcast TBPN this week, it wasn't just buying a show -- it was buying a message.
Economy
Iran launched a hunt for the US crew whose jet Iranian media said had been shot down by the Islamic republic's air defence systems Friday, deploying troops and offering a bounty.
Economy
The US economy posted unexpectedly strong job gains in March, data showed Friday, in a development hailed as a win by US President Donald Trump's administration but seen with caution by analysts.
Economy
The US economy posted unexpectedly strong job gains in March, government data showed Friday, in a shift that could ease labor market concerns and boost President Donald Trump's economic agenda.
Iran deployed troops and offered a bounty as it launched a hunt for a US pilot whose jet Iranian media said had been downed by the Islamic republic's air defence systems Friday.
Economy
Greece on Friday reshuffled its government after three cabinet members resigned as a burgeoning EU farm subsidy scandal pisled pressure on the country's conservative government.
Economy
A container ship declaring itself to have a French owner has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, according Marine Traffic data analysed by AFP Friday.
Economy
Human remains have been found aboard a cargo ship struck by Iran while transiting the Strait of Hormuz last month, the vessel's owner said Friday, after three crew members were reported missing following the attack.
Education
The French capital's new mayor on Friday pledged to prioritise preventing sexual violence in after-school programmes, after allegations that poorly recruited school monitors abused preschool pupils.
Economy
Cats and dogs can now fill the hours their owners are at work with a dedicated all-day streaming channel for pets launched by Chinese tech giant Tencent.
Economy
Israel said Friday it was under attack from a new barrage of Iranian missiles, as President Donald Trump warned the United States had yet to begin "destroying what's left" with more of the Islamic republic's infrastructure in his sights.
Economy
Microsoft said Friday it will invest $10 billion in Japan over the next four years to build artificial intelligence data centres and related infrastructure.
Economy
A Japanese water plant is harnessing the natural process of osmosis to generate renewable energy that could one day become a common power source.
Economy
In the heart of southeastern France, aerospace giant Airbus is drawing on its helicopter expertise to develop drones -- a core element of modern warfare -- and enable them to work in tandem with manned aircraft.
Economy
Thousands of metres beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland's rumbling mining sector -- and the world economy.
Iran and its allies traded fire with Israel and the United States, as Washington-linked assets across the Middle East were targeted alongside energy and civilian infrastructure -- with the month-long war on Friday showing little sign of easing.
Economy
Oil prices surged Thursday after US President Donald Trump threatened more heavy strikes on Iran, while global equity markets reacted indecisively to the latest developments in the conflict.
Economy
Pakistan's government on Thursday drastically raised fuel prices in response to spiking global energy prices caused by the Iran war, the country's petroleum minister said in a press conference.
Economy
US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered new tariffs on certain medicines, alongside an overhaul of metal duties, doubling down on his trade agenda a year after unleashing trade wars on virtually all partners.
A UK-led meeting of some 40 countries on the strait of Hormuz crisis wrapped up Thursday with a demand for the "immediate and unconditional" reopening of the vital shipping route, but no immediate breakthrough.
Economy
Besides oil and gas, Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has choked off shipments of crucial goods and raw materials to world markets.
Economy
Four children were stabbed to death on Thursday at a kindergarten in Uganda's capital, Kampala, police said.
Things to know
Donald Trump told his followers Thursday to boycott Bruce Springsteen in an angry rant against the rock icon who has emerged as a fierce critic of the US president's often harsh immigration crackdown.
Economy
Russia will send a second ship carrying oil to Cuba as the island grapples with a US fuel blockade, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said Thursday.
Economy
A Belgian bishop is taking on the Vatican with a push to ordain married men as priests -- telling AFP the reform is key to stemming a plunge in vocations across many traditionally Catholic nations.
Economy
The domestic unit of the Chinese-owned, Dutch-headquartered chipmaker Nexperia will soon be able to produce semiconductors locally within China, according to two company sources.
Economy
India's defence exports "skyrocketed" to an all-time high of more than $4 billion in the last fiscal year, as it looks to boost its arms manufacturing sector, the government said Thursday.
Economy
Hopes of making downtown Seoul dazzle more than Times Square have hit a setback with new guidelines to dim the digital billboards that light up the South Korean capital after a barrage of complaints.
Economy
While recent restrictions by a number of African nations on LGBTQ rights have elicited fierce criticism, international reaction has been more tepid as Senegal doubled its penalty for same-sex relations this week.
Weather
It's Friday night and the port in Nuuk is a hive of activity. Passengers loaded down with heavy bags hurry aboard a rusty red and white ship -- Greenland's last ferry.
Things to know
When wildfires raged around Los Angeles last year, Rene Amy’s home was razed to a pile of toxic ash.