China's viral 'spicy strips' take a bite of global snack market
At a gleaming new factory in China's central hinterland, masked workers in white uniform season and sift through mounds of latiao, a longtime popular snack that has found hungry fans overseas.
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Pakistan's date workers toil through rising heat
In blazing temperatures, Muhammad Idrees ladles boiled dates from a vat simmering over an open flame, work that labourers lament is getting hotter each year in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
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Shelton does the double in Canada
Ben Shelton backed up an ATP title for the first time in his career on Thursday, defeating Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) to win a second consecutive Masters 1000 trophy in Canada.
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New trend of injecting banned peptides to 'optimise' body
Thomas's phone alarm buzzes at 9:30 pm -- it's time for the aspiring bodybuilder to start injecting himself in the stomach with several banned peptides.
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'Shock' gloves for US immigration agents fuel potential abuse fears
Plans to equip US immigration enforcement agents with gloves capable of delivering debilitating electric shocks have fueled concerns over potential abuses by a force that critics say is already over-zealous and under-trained.
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Eddie Jones senses Japan's time has come against Australia
Eddie Jones senses Japan are on the cusp of finally winning a Test against Australia, with the wily coach confident his team can "make new history" when they meet in Townsville on Saturday.
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New Zealand Football withdraws support for Infantino, urges review
New Zealand Football said on Friday it had withdrawn support for FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and called for an independent review into his aborted plan to sell off part of the World Cup.
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UK vote count under way in Farage, Binface showdown
Vote counting was under way early Friday after an unusual English by-election shunned by mainstream parties, pitting influential hard-right leader Nigel Farage against Count Binface, a man with a rubbish bin on his head.
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Hopes fade in Colombia as window to find quake survivors shuts
Hopes faded and camps housing Colombian quake victims grew on Thursday, as the critical 72-hour window for finding people alive closed for good.
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US, Mexico conduct security exercises near border
US and Mexican armed forces performed security exercises Thursday along the border near the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.
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