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Oil extended gains Thursday to a fresh one-year high and towards the $100-a-barrel mark on concerns about growing demand and waning supplies, while bets on another US interest rate hike kept the dollar elevated and equities mixed.

Two consecutive years of extreme warming in the Alps have obliterated 10 percent of Swiss glacier volume -- the same amount lost in the three decades prior to 1990, a report revealed Thursday.

Avocados, mangos, bananas and passion fruit -- a wealth of exotic produce is growing under the shadow of Sicily's Mount Etna, as the Italian island's farmers adapt to global warming.

Five-time Dakar Rally champion Nasser Al-Attiyah did no training for the Asian Games -- and still came away with two medals in shooting.

Japanese amateur Saki Baba shot a seven-under 65 to take a surprise lead on Thursday in the Asian Games women's golf, but it couldn't spoil Yin Ruoning's 21st birthday.

A Vietnamese court on Thursday jailed a leading climate activist for tax evasion, the latest environmentalist put behind bars by the communist government.

A year after the US Supreme Court abolished nationwide access to abortion care, many American women are settling into a new reality: arranging costly trips to terminate their pregnancies in states where the procedure is still allowed.

The cow had been slaughtered and bags of rice purchased but young bride Wahida's nuptials were cut short when her groom was arrested on their wedding day, one of hundreds caught in a recent crackdown on Afghans living in Pakistan.

Their language was salty and the message was clear: game developers believed their livelihoods were under threat and they were not going to accept it.

Syrian beekeeper Ibrahim Damiriya struggles to produce honey from his hives on parched land near the capital Damascus after years of war, economic collapse and worsening climate change impacts.

World-record holder Qin Haiyang sauntered into the Asian Games 200m breaststroke final on Thursday, as fellow Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei qualified fastest in the 50m freestyle and set up a showdown with Siobhan Haughey.

The first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905, Austrian pacifist Bertha von Suttner's reflections are still cited by peace advocates as the war in Ukraine grinds on.

Oil extended gains Thursday to a fresh one-year high and towards the $100-a-barrel mark on concerns about growing demand and waning supplies, while bets on another US interest rate hike kept the dollar elevated against its peers and equities mixed.

Beleaguered property giant China Evergrande suspended trading of its shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Thursday, according to notices posted by the bourse, as the debt-ridden company grapples with severe financial difficulties.

Three decades ago, Brazilian researchers began studying a curious side effect from banana spider bites: the toxin left victims with priapism, a painful and persistent erection.

The Houston Dynamo defeated Inter Miami 2-1 to win the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday with an injured Lionel Messi watching from the stands at DRV PNK Stadium.

North Korea has enshrined its status as a nuclear power in its constitution, with leader Kim Jong Un calling for more modern atomic weapons to counter the threat from the United States, state media reported Thursday.

Next week's Nobel Prize announcements will celebrate a string of groundbreaking achievements, but with conflicts raging around the globe, experts solicited about possible Peace Prize winners are scratching their heads.

Eying each other across a stream of traffic, rival Pakistani biryani joints vie for customers, serving a fiery medley of meat, rice and spice that unites and divides South Asian appetites.

Dutch coach Ryan Cook believes his team can upset the odds and make it all the way to the World Cup semi-finals, fully deserving their seat at cricket's top table.

Marooned mercenaries, gun-toting guards and sword-waving crowds; historians say the little-known tale of how cricket came to India three centuries ago shows how the game can bring people together.

The artificial intelligence revolution is fully underway, but soaring demand for its most crucial component has startups scratching their heads on how they can deliver on AI's promise.

After a historic international debut was followed by a period in the wilderness, spinning all-rounder Ashton Agar relied on resilience to fight his way back into the Australian team.

Love him or hate him, David Warner's self-belief and single-mindedness has seen him withstand scandals and slumps to remain Australia's key batsman at the World Cup.

As a young boy in a family of seven cricket-mad brothers, Pakistan pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi immersed himself in the sport -- even when sleeping.

Europe and the United States will battle it out in the 44th edition of the Ryder Cup this week at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome, the first edition of the tournament to be held in Italy.

Just a month ago, Pakistan were riding high as the world's top-ranked ODI team and one of the favourites to win the World Cup in India.

A key selling point of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential run was that he was a businessman, not a politician.

Europe will be bidding to prevent the United States winning a first Ryder Cup away from home since 1993 when this year's matches start in Rome on Friday.

Sony said Thursday that the chief executive of its PlayStation unit Jim Ryan will retire next March after almost 30 years at the Japanese firm.

No matter the distance or the weather, Jane Christensen was determined to see the giant pandas before they left Washington.

Tadhg Furlong and Andrew Porter may play in the unglamorous position of prop but they epitomise the resilience and character that Ireland head coach Andy Farrell spoke of after the 13-8 win over defending champions South Africa last Saturday.