Opinion

Clinging to one another and to life itself as floodwaters engulfed their house last week, an elderly Mexican couple became a symbol of hope as video of their desperate struggle for survival went viral.

Modern slavery is often described as a hidden crime, but it lives with us, in our families, churches, economies and communities.

NATO defence ministers will look at shoring up the alliance's ability to counter Russian air incursions.

They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.