Shouts reverberate under the concrete overpass as barefoot players jostle for the ball, a sad echo of Myanmar's long-lost footballing glory days which authorities are now hoping to revive.
Grumpy waiter service is as traditional as apple strudel in Vienna, but a cafe in one of the city's most recognizable landmarks has caused disquiet with what seems to be an Austrian first: charging customers for charging their phones.
Of all the ramifications of the Brexit vote, the fate of the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic and their oil fields and fisheries may not top the list for negotiators in London and Brussels.
The risk of depression among fathers before and after the birth of their children is more common than previously thought, New Zealand researchers said on Thursday.
As a fierce blizzard sweeps mountains outside Teheran, a team of elite Swiss ski instructors refuses to allow the deep freeze to stand in the way of warming ties with Iran.
The race to become governor of Indonesia's capital was neck and neck on Wednesday, and heading for a second round between the incumbent governor and a Muslim former education minister, sample counts showed.
An invasion of armyworms is stripping southern Africa of key food crops and could spread to other parts of the continent, experts warned on Tuesday at an emergency meeting of 16 African nations.
Employees of Australia's government-owned air traffic control organization have warned that recent job cuts could lead to a "major aviation accident", with one executive saying it is "only a matter of time" before an incident occurs.
The future of United Kingdom's new Moorside nuclear plant was thrown into doubt on Tuesday after Japan's Toshiba, which is developing the project with France's Engie, said it planned to pull out of the construction work.
US President Donald Trump was scheduled to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday, their first meeting since the inauguration and one that promises to shape the contours of Middle East policy for the years ahead.
The operator of a Japanese hotel chain already in hot water for denying a Japanese World War II atrocity has come under fire for reported anti-Semitic remarks.
For US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the next few days will be a reassurance tour with a twist.
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