Russian ballet star 'followed conscience' to leave Bolshoi
Russian superstar ballerina Olga Smirnova quit the Bolshoi Ballet over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, but says the famed dance company will outlive the vagaries of war.
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US midterms and the strange demise of the political center
A giant Donald Trump mural on the front lawn. An anti-Biden rap video. A TV ad featuring an assault rifle and a vow to do "whatever it takes" to restore America to its "former glory."
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Osaka returns to French Open with questions over form, fitness
Naomi Osaka returns to Roland Garros looking to banish the memories of her withdrawal 12 months ago, but hampered by concerns over her clay-court form and fitness.
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US to fly in baby formula on military contracted planes
The US government will fly in baby formula on commercial planes contracted by the military in an airlift aimed at easing the major shortage plaguing the country, the White House said on Wednesday.
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With a few dozen men, guerrilla group sows fear in Paraguay
With a few dozen fighters, the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) guerrilla group has held residents of a central province in a grip of fear for the past 14 years.
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What a waste: US campaigner wears his trash for a month
We all know someone with a rubbish fashion sense, but Rob Greenfield is proud to be wearing garbage -- it's all part of a plan to show just how much trash we unthinkingly throw away every month.
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Smiley and discreet: the sociologist marrying Brazil's Lula
Rosangela da Silva is a smiley, politically active member of Brazil's Workers' Party, but the new wife of presidential hopeful Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains discreet when it comes to her private life.
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'Transmitting violence': Livestream video's dark side
A gunman's livestream of a mass killing in New York state was taken down in a matter of minutes -- but even that was not fast enough to prevent those images from becoming effectively impossible to erase from the internet.
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Shayna Jack 'proves a point' after doping nightmare
Swimmer Shayna Jack said she "proved a point" after emerging from under a dark doping cloud to make Australia's world championship and Commonwealth Games freestyle teams.
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Basquiat owned by Japan's Maezawa sells for $85 mn
Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled" 1982 sold for $85 million at auction in New York Wednesday, well above its pre-sale estimate and netting Japanese billionaire space tourist Yusaku Maezawa a tidy profit.
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