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Age, health on the ballot in Brazil's Bolsonaro-Lula runoff
One is a 67-year-old who has been in and out of hospital over the past four years for gastric problems. The issue has gained prominence in a relatively young country -- median age: 32.8 -- where many voters are frustrated over the lack of new options, given that the clash pits the man who has led Brazil for the past four years against the one who led it for eight in the 2000s.
EU to launch training mission for Ukraine troops
The EU is set to step up its military support for Ukraine on Monday by launching a mission to train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers and providing 500 million euros more for weapons. The exact amount should be agreed on Monday, along with a new tranche of 500 million euros ($486 million) in EU central funding to help cover the costs of arms sent to Ukraine.
From mediocre to medal-winning: Japan's koshu wine
Japanese food is famously paired with sake, but winemakers near Mount Fuji are on a mission to prove their bottles go just as well with crispy tempura and delicately sliced raw fish.
Asian markets track Wall St losses but sterling bounces
Asian equities dropped Monday, tracking a selloff on Wall Street as last week's rally ran out of steam on fresh worries about rising interest rates and surging inflation. All three main indexes on Wall Street finished sharply lower Friday, and Asia followed suit Monday.
Oldest author in contention as UK's Booker prize returns in full
Britain's Booker Prize for fiction on Monday holds its first large-scale awards ceremony since 2019 with six novels in the running -- including the oldest author yet nominated, and the shortest book. The Booker is Britain's foremost literary award for novels written in English.
Senegal not giving up on oil and gas
The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis, where Senegal meets Mauritania. Behind him more than a dozen of his comrades chant rhythmically as they push their multicoloured canoe over the sand, following centuries-old traditions on a narrow strip of land separating the Senegal river from the Atlantic Ocean.
Green future is cause for worry in S.Africa's coal belt
Miner Thokozani Mtshweni, 37, looks spent as he readies for a 12-hour shift huddled under a carport shelter to avoid the scorching sun. After a decade spent in the pits, Mtshweni, the miner, is among those fearing for their future.
'Black gold' for Guyana and Suriname, a blessing or curse?
Emerging as potential oil powers while the world seeks to wean itself off planet-warming fossil fuels, poverty-stricken South American neighbors Guyana and Suriname say they have to cash in while they can.
World Cup boom pushes some Qatar residents out of homes
Qatari landlords eyeing profit from the looming World Cup have been kicking out a growing number of mostly foreign tenants, sometimes with just a few days' notice. Reem, a foreigner working for a major Qatari company, was told she had a week to leave her apartment.
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