Staying zen with 'slow design' at Milan Furniture Fair
"Slow design" was all the rage at this year's Milan Furniture Fair, featuring sustainable creations made with carefully selected and hand-crafted natural materials in sharp contrast to industrial manufacturing.
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Majority of Britons back keeping monarchy: survey
Most Britons want to keep the monarchy but King Charles III lacks support from young people, a new poll suggested on Monday, less than two weeks before his coronation.
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Peaty cites 'self-destructive' tendencies for time out from swimming
Triple Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty said he has been in a "self-destructive spiral" due to mental health issues that saw him not selected for the World Aquatics Championships later this year.
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Tears, protests 10 years since Bangladesh factory tragedy
Hundreds of workers in Bangladesh shouted slogans for justice and survivors wept at the ruins of a factory that made clothes for Western shoppers and collapsed 10 years ago killing more than 1,130 people.
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Second cheetah brought from Africa dies in India
A cheetah brought from South Africa to India has died, wildlife officials said, the second such death within a month in a country where the big spotted cat was declared extinct seven decades ago.
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Guatemalan president in Taiwan for visit slammed by China
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei arrived in Taiwan on Monday to reinforce diplomatic ties with the self-ruled island, on a visit that has drawn China's ire.
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Mass exodus of foreigners as fighting rages in Sudan
Foreign nations pushed on Monday with frantic evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan, where heavy fighting raged for a 10th day between forces loyal to two rival generals.
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Climate activists stop Berlin traffic to pressure goverment
Environmental activists blocked dozens of streets in Berlin on Monday to protest Germany's climate policy, causing widespread transport disruption in the capital.
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China says respects ex-Soviet states' sovereignty after envoy sparks outrage
China said it respected the "sovereign state status" of all ex-Soviet countries on Monday, after Beijing's ambassador to France sparked outrage in Europe by questioning the sovereignty of those nations.
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Over $68 bn withdrawn from Credit Suisse ahead of UBS takeover
Tens of billions were withdrawn from Credit Suisse in the first three months of 2023, but its profit swelled as the bank's high-risk debts were wiped out in an emergency takeover by UBS.
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