Braving high fuel costs, Filipinos flock to crucifixion spectacle
Hundreds of Filipinos and tourists flocked to a sun-bleached field north of Manila on Good Friday to witness one of the country's most blood-soaked displays of religious fervour, undeterred by rising fuel prices driven by the Middle East war.
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Cuba pardons 2,010 prisoners amid US pressure
Cuba's government announced Thursday that it was pardoning 2,010 prisoners as a "humanitarian" gesture to mark Easter after previously pledging to release dozens amid heightened US pressure on Havana.
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Yamashita in three-way tie for lead at LPGA Aramco Championship
Reigning Women's British Open champion Miyu Yamashita bounced back from an early bogey to join a three-way tie for the lead on Thursday in the LPGA Aramco Championship.
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Burkina junta chief says country must 'forget' democracy
The people of Burkina Faso must "forget" about democracy, said the country's junta ruler on Thursday in an interview broadcast on national television.
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Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosis
A Japanese water plant is harnessing the natural process of osmosis to generate renewable energy that could one day become a common power source.
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Mangione federal trial over CEO murder delayed to January
The federal trial of Luigi Mangione in the killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been delayed further to January 2027, according to court documents filed on Thursday.
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Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon on historic mission
Four Artemis astronauts were zooming towards the Moon on Thursday after a major engine firing, a milestone that commits NASA to the first crewed lunar flyby in more than half a century.
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Airbus bets on copter capability for tomorrow's war drones
In the heart of southeastern France, aerospace giant Airbus is drawing on its helicopter expertise to develop drones -- a core element of modern warfare -- and enable them to work in tandem with manned aircraft.
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'Metals of the future': copper and silver flow beneath Poland's surface
Thousands of metres beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland's rumbling mining sector -- and the world economy.
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'Something borrowed': Dutch bride opts for recycled wedding
"Within like 30 minutes I knew this was the one," Lara Peters said of the second-hand wedding dress she had just worn to her marriage -- in the Netherlands' busiest rail station.
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