Opinion

The Pacific nation of Marshall Islands cited its history as a nuclear test ground as it criticised China's ballistic missile test that landed in the Pacific Ocean.

The expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams has offered more of a chance to continents that were previously underrepresented at the tournament, but a glance at the quarter-final line-up tells a familiar tale.

Beneath portraits of their Pan-African heroes, including the man they worship as God incarnate, Ethiopia's former emperor Haile Selassie I, Kenya's Rastafarians hold hands and pray a court will let them smoke cannabis legally.

The sound of pliers clicking filled a workshop in eastern China's Hangzhou as a group of women practised stripping wires, their female instructor moving around the classroom to offer advice.

When a person goes missing, their relatives usually contact the police, hospitals or even the morgue.

In the Ecuadoran port city of Guayaquil, a major hub in the international cocaine trade, the first instinct of many families is to search the Death Canal.