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Gas leak or illegal mining: Johannesburg street explosion cause unclear as authorities scramble for answers
Parts of Lilian Ngoyi Street in the CBD of Johannesburg split in two after an explosion of unknown origin tore through the heart of Gauteng's city of gold.
Deals on wheels: Housing prices drive young Chinese into RV living
With its open kitchen, bathtub and electric piano, Chinese e-commerce worker Twiggy He's home is the envy of her colleagues -- even if it is located in their office carpark. The walls of office worker Li Conghui's homey white van are lined with bunk beds, and drawings and photographs of his children, who live with their mother in a different city.
Chinese ghost town of mansions reclaimed by farmers
Cattle wander between the concrete shells of half-finished mansions in northeastern China, some of the only occupants of a luxury complex whose crumbling verandas and overgrown arches are stark symbols of a housing market crippled by its own excess.
Young homebuyers take refuge in China's rust-belt towns
Fontana Fang has dived into China's cutthroat real estate market and emerged victorious, shaking off soaring prices to snap up a handsome property for next to nothing -- a distant dream for many. Fang, 29, is part of a wave of young Chinese choosing to invest in dirt-cheap real estate in declining and remote industrial regions, ditching China's modern, expensive metropolises.
Chinese mortgage strikers despair as unfinished homes stay stalled
Gao Zhuang says he has refused to pay his mortgage for months, a desperate protest against the Chinese property developer he blames for endless delays on the unfinished apartment he bought years ago for his son. But the developer announced delay after delay, and construction work ground to a virtual halt late last year.
Markets mostly rise on rate hopes but China fears weigh
Markets mostly rose Thursday on signs that more than a year of interest rate hikes around the world was subduing inflation, giving central banks room to take a softer approach to monetary policy.
Homeless man regrets giving out his son 30 years ago because of poverty, says it's his biggest pain
A homeless man shares his regret of letting his son go 30 years ago due to poverty with TikTok influencer Peter Bond, who offers encouragement and a $500 gift
Man breaks into tears after finding stranger who helped him when he was homeless: "I'm doing better now."
A formerly homeless man tearfully reunites with Peter Bond, a TikTok influencer known for helping the homeless, after Bond's $500 gift changed the man's life.
'Oppenheimer' a warning to world on AI, says director Nolan
The story of the invention of the atomic bomb told in the new film "Oppenheimer" is a "warning" to the world as we grapple with artificial intelligence, insists the movie's director Christopher Nolan.
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