Japan's economy is growing at a faster clip than initially estimated, the government said on Thursday, as the world's third-biggest economy notched up its longest period of expansion since the "bubble" days of the 1980s.
The UN labour agency warned on Wednesday that gradual progress toward parity between the sexes in the workplace was expected to soon grind to a halt and could even reverse.
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who slips to second place, according to Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list published on Tuesday.
Sierra Leone holds a general election on Wednesday to pick a new president in a climate of voter frustration with the two parties that have ruled since independence.
White House economic advisor Gary Cohn became the latest casualty of President Donald Trump's tumultuous administration,resigning in protest on Tuesday as Trump stepped up his threats of steep tariffs on steel, aluminum and European cars.
The Thai government is confident that it can maintain peace and safety of both local and foreign tourists during the popular water festival this April.
New Zealand has sweltered through its hottest summer on record and can expect more of the same if climate change continues unabated, the government's scientific agency said yesterday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un discussed a possible summit with envoys from the South's President Moon Jae-in, both sides said on Tuesday, in the latest step of an Olympics-driven rapprochement on the divided peninsula.
US President Donald Trump claimed on Monday he was "ready to make a deal" protecting hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, as lawmakers missed an initial deadline for resolving their fate.
Italy's ruling centre-left Democratic Party on Monday admitted it had suffered a "clear defeat" in a general election after coming in third according to projections.
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Tehran early on Monday for talks on the 2015 nuclear deal and Iran's role in the Syrian conflict.
South African supermarkets began a mass recall Sunday of meat products made at a facility that health officials say was the source of a listeriosis outbreak that has killed 180 since January 2017.
Silvio Berlusconi has tipped European Parliament President Antonio Tajani as his choice for Italian premier after leading his rightwing coalition in a public display of unity just days ahead of a general election.
In self-exile in Belgium and wanted in Spain, Catalonia’s deposed leader Carles Puigdemont has abandoned his bid to return as regional president in an attempt to unblock the region’s political crisis.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will detail plans today for a new economic relationship with the EU after Brexit, amid heightened tensions with Brussels over the implications for Northern Ireland.
Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards has been lashing Europe, forcing airports to cancel or delay flights around the continent, as a deep freeze gripped countries from the far north to Mediterranean beaches in the south.
A high-level North Korean delegation reiterated the country's existing position on joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States when they visited the South for the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics, the unification minister was quoted on Thursday as saying.
Britain set out new proposals on Wednesday for the rights of EU citizens who settle there during a post-Brexit transition period, seeking to bridge the divide with Brussels over the issue.
Fresh heavy snowfalls and icy blizzards were expected to lash Europe on Thursday as the region shivers in a deadly deep-freeze that has gripped countries from the far north to the Mediterranean south.
Hope Hicks, one of Donald Trump's longest-serving aides and perhaps his most trusted confidante, on Wednesday announced her resignation in the latest of a string of departures from the embattled White House.
 and Diana Guzman, Chair of Prudence Foundation and Chief Sustainability Officer, Prudential plc (second from left) at the launch of Talk It Out in Vietnam)
