SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean boy band BTS said on Friday they hoped their new digital single “Dynamite” refreshes fans and helps them recharge their batteries as they cope with the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The seven-member group is at the forefront of South Korean pop music and has

DIJON, France (Reuters) - In exactly two weeks, Alain Cocq says he will begin his own slow and agonising death by refusing the round-the-clock medical care that is keeping him alive.

Before

LAGOS (Reuters) - Two young women fill the screen, reclining on a bed, talking about their hope of having children. They are protagonists in a new Nigerian film called “Ife” depicting their love story.

The topic is controversial in Nigeria, where same-

PARIS (Reuters) - Two positive coronavirus cases within a week for a Tour de France team will result in the outfit being kicked out of the event starting on Aug. 29, the race organisers said on Friday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground off Mauritius and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs diverted more than 100 kilometres from a regular shipping lane, data from a maritime analysis firm showed.

The MV Wakashio, owned by Nagashiki Shipping and chartered by Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, struck a coral reef on Mauritius’s southeast coast on July 25 and later began leaking oil. Two of the ship’s officers have since been arrested on charges of endangering safe navigation

FELTON, Calif. (Reuters) - California’s lightning-sparked wildfires more than doubled in size into some of the largest in state history on Friday, with one blaze advancing to within a mile of the University of California Santa Cruz.

At least six people have died, 43 fire fighters

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish online fashion retailer Boozt ( BOOZT.ST ) raised its 2020 profitability forecast for a second time in two months on Friday, after second-quarter sales jumped as many shoppers stayed at home in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boozt and other Nordic retailers are, however, bracing for a pick-up in competition after U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon.com ( AMZN.O ) said earlier this month it was preparing to launch a Swedish site,

BOSASO, Somalia/NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released three Iranian hostages held for five years, a maritime security official said on Thursday, as conflicting reports emerged whether another ship had been seized after a three-year hiatus in hijackings.

The three Iranians are the last of the crew of

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland’s agriculture minister resigned on Friday after he said he had damaged the national effort in fighting COVID-19 by attending a social event that could have breached health regulations.

Dara Calleary was among more than 80