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The city's mayor orders an investigation amid outrage from residents and animal rights groups.

The country is close to being overwhelmed as the number of cases soars, the health minister warns.

For many generations, Chinese adults mostly ignored milk, seeing it as a food for children or the elderly. And there’s a biological reason why it took so long to catch on.

Swimmers at a London lido aid understanding of what cold does to the body.

The British tycoon has reportedly accepted a $62m offer for the vast property a year after buying it.

The fatal attack in Shanghai Wild Animal Park's "wild beast area" is under investigation.

As image recognition software is increasingly used, one firm had to deal with subterfuge.

The 37m feline figure, said to have been created some 2,000 years ago, escaped notice for centuries.

Sex workers had to register themselves and get medically examined under British rule, new research shows.

Lisa Montgomery is due to become the first woman to face federal execution in the US in 67 years.

The overnight curfew in nine cities is aimed at curbing the soaring Covid infection rate in France.

Civilians fled if they could as fighting erupted between the Taliban and Afghan troops in Helmand.

The Church is among the investors in a company that has been snapping up the rights to classic songs.

The man waited for Samuel Paty, who showed Prophet Muhammad cartoons in class, and beheaded him.

A photograph of the artwork has been posted on the guerrilla artist's Instagram page.

The victim is said to have shown his pupils controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in class.

Drug manufacturer Gilead has questioned the findings, from a clinical study by the WHO.

A small clay pot in Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas could hold the key to unlocking the mysterious 17th-Century painting, argues Kelly Grovier.

The death of a Tibetan soldier has highlighted the community's role in India's defence forces.

What would it take for a global totalitarian government to rise to power indefinitely? This nightmare scenario may be closer than first appears.

The water was used to cool the Fukushima nuclear plant which went into meltdown in 2011.

The crest on the cover? The colour of the booklet? Those intricately designed inner pages? There’s a reason for every element of your passport’s aesthetic.

In one of the country’s least-visited prefectures, chefs dramatically sear bonito over towering flames.

Almost 20 years after Concorde was retired, new supersonic passenger aircraft are finally emerging.