Stable genius: Serbia’s unlikely saviour of horses

LAPOVO (SERBIA) - Pasha was once a mighty stallion who starred in movies, modelled for magazines and won carriage races. Now, the 24-year-old is...

Blockbuster Big Tech earnings reports to culminate with Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO - A week of blockbuster earnings reports from Big Tech is expected to culminate Thursday with Amazon revealing profits from pandemic-revved online...

European Parliament ends Brexit saga, ratifies trade deal

BRUSSELS: The European Parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly ratified the EU's post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, but promised to keep a close eye on London...

‘Scapegoat’: The lonely life of doctor who helped pinpoint Bin Laden

ISLAMABAD - Dismissed as a traitor in Pakistan but lauded as a hero by the United States, Shakeel Afridi is paying a heavy price...

Blowing in the wind: Fishermen threaten South Korea carbon plans

GOCHANG, South Korea: Resource-poor South Korea wants to spend billions on wind power to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but its plans are being...

Napoleon’s bicentennial under shadow of Covid and controversy

PARIS - In the Grand Hall de la Villette on the outskirts of Paris, the trappings of an emperor are gathered: magnificent outfits, weapons,...

Cuban engineers’ dreams take flight with home-grown drones

SAN NICOLAS DE BARI (CUBA) - Disguised as a sparrowhawk, and convincingly mimicking its predatory cry, a drone made of wood, scrap metal and...

10 years after death, Bin Laden still mobilises jihadists

PARIS: A decade after he was hunted down and killed in Pakistan by US special forces, Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden retains the capacity...

China censors Oscars success of history-making Chloe Zhao

BEIJING: Beijing-born Chloe Zhao was scrubbed from Chinese social media on Monday as a nationalist backlash airbrushed out her remarkable achievement of becoming the...

Police remove east Jerusalem barricades after violent protests

JERUSALEM - Israeli police on Sunday allowed Palestinians to gather in a flashpoint plaza outside Jerusalem's walled Old City, in a move apparently aimed...