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Chwalinska says years of hard work paid off in French Open run

My nine-year-old spends more time at ballet than tuition. And I'm not worried

Watching his daughter become a ballet apprentice at nine years old has convinced one father that preparing children for an uncertain future requires looking beyond grades and conventional career paths.

This kebaya-wearing high sheriff is a Singaporean who volunteers with vulnerable communities in Wales

Mrs Shereen Aziz Williams never expected to build a life overseas much less in a place she knew next to nothing about. Twenty years on however, she's not only thriving in her new home but also giving back and injecting a bit of Singapore into her work.

Cuba's Raul Castro, wanted by US, appears at event in Havana

HAVANA, June 5 - Cuba's former leader Raul Castro appeared at an Interior Ministry celebration in Havana, showed state television on Friday, in the elder statesman's first public appearance since his indictment on murder charges last month in the United States.

US sprinter Bracy-Williams suspended for 12 years for whereabouts failures

Zelenskiy's letter to Putin was intended for other ears

KYIV, June 5 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's open letter offering face-to-face peace talks to end the war in Ukraine was addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin but meant to echo through the corridors of this week's St Petersburg investment forum, and beyond.

French national gets 20 years in Mali over alleged destabilisation plot

BAMAKO, June 5 - A French national accused by Mali’s military-led government of involvement in a plot to destabilise the country last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a case that has strained ties between Bamako and Paris.

US terrorist label for Brazil gangs risks higher business costs

SAO PAULO/Brasilia, June 5 - The U.S. designation of Brazil's biggest criminal groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) starting Friday is likely to increase the risks and costs of doing business in a country where gangs have had years to penetrate the formal economy.

EU must be ready and able to expand, Merz says at summit with Balkan leaders

TIVAT, Montenegro, June 5 - The European Union must show it is willing and able to take in new members, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday as the bloc’s leaders gathered with Western Balkan counterparts hoping to join in the coming years.

Dutch court convicts mother of war crimes for letting son become an Islamic State fighter

THE HAGUE, June 5 - A district court in The Hague on Friday convicted a 49-year-old Dutch woman of war crimes and sentenced her to seven years in prison for allowing her then 14-year-old son to become a fighter for Islamic State.

Dream closer to reality as composed Andreeva nears first major title

UN nuclear watchdog raises 'proliferation' fears over Iran sites

Senate Republicans to grapple with Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund as ICE funding vote nears

WASHINGTON, June 4 - U.S. Senate Republicans will have to grapple with the ultimate fate of President Donald Trump's sidelined $1.8 billion \"anti-weaponization\" fund on Thursday, in a marathon session before voting on a $70 billion bill to fund an immigration crackdown.

Man forged medical invoices to get S$12,000 in claims from company insurer, gets jail

As the forged invoices appeared legitimate, the cheating went undetected for more than two years.

Hong Kong star Chow Yun Fat reunites with former child co-star Xie Miao after 32 years

The pair first appeared together in the 1994 film God Of Gamblers Return and reunited during promotions for Xie Miao's upcoming action movie.

South Korea, China agree first expansion in flight rights in seven years

German director Wenders pulls 1975 film over nude scene involving minor

Nastassja Kinski in May, said she had for years been trying to get the film changed, without success.

Indonesian parrot, seen once in a century, reappears in mountain forest

‘It’s still working’: More are living with cancer as era of targeted drugs takes hold

A record seven out of 10 cancer patients now survive for at least five years.

Growing foreign electorate puts voting rights in focus at South Korea's local polls

South Korea allows certain foreign nationals to vote in local elections - those aged 18 or older who have held permanent residency status for at least three years are eligible to cast ballots.