BORDEAUX, France - Amid rows of camp beds and stacks of food supplies at a makeshift shelter in Bordeaux, thousands of tourists and locals try to regain their composure after fleeing wildfires sweeping through southwest France.

“Neighbourhood barbershops and salons are becoming places only for people who are too lazy to wash their own hair or who have certain physical limitations. For example, they may have just undergone eye surgery,” 53-year-old hairdresser No...

Thailand celebrated a major cultural milestone on Saturday as the Unesco World Heritage Committee approved the inscription of Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat as a World Cultural Heritage site.

Strong ⁠winds and torrential rain ​lashed southern China on Saturday, brought by ​a strengthening typhoon Noul, ‌weather authorities said, urging people to avoid unnecessary travel as transport links could be disrupted.

NEW ⁠DELHI - ​Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters nationwide who had demanded that he quit to take responsibility for examination ​paper leaks.