Fried chicken lover Hezron Springer finds out how some of the millions of birds reach our plates.

Villagers in flood-prone Bangladesh are learning to survive by building floating farms.

Shilpa Mitha quit her job to pursue her hobby of making miniatures of classic Indian dishes.

Kenyan journalist Joseph Warungu writes about what he will be looking out for in 2019.

Self-confessed cheese addict Tim Samuels discovered his favourite food needs a health warning.

From global superstars to lower league footballers, sportspeople are spending money and time to back causes close to their hearts.

A year ago China imposed a ban on waste imports, so what's happened to the UK's plastic?

More than 200 sailors returning from WW1 drowned just yards from the shore and the safety of home.

The North Korean leader wants the US to "keep its promises" in exchange for denuclearisation.

The UN urges Colombia to do more to protect former Farc rebels after 85 were killed in two years.

The street, sealed off to traffic, was packed with people heading to a shrine for New Year's prayers.

Jair Bolsonaro wants a "national pact" to free Brazil of corruption, crime and economic mismanagement.

Counter terror police are leading an investigation after a man stabbed a couple and a police officer.

As of 1 January, intersex Germans can now legally identify themselves as "diverse".

Paul Pogba, Isco and Adrien Rabiot are among the big-name European players that could be on the move in January.

Andy Murray makes a winning start to 2019 but admits he does not know how much longer he will be able to play top-level tennis after hip surgery.

We asked you to pick a combined XI from players between Manchester City and Liverpool and here are the results.

Strategic Command, which oversees US nuclear weapons, tweeted that it was "ready to drop something".

Chris Froome will not defend his Giro d'Italia title this year as he and fellow Briton Geraint Thomas say they will focus on the Tour de France.

Officers in Kentucky tweeted their misery after a fire destroyed a Krispy Kreme doughnut truck.

The 11-month-old was pulled from the rubble after a block of flats collapsed in Magnitogorsk, killing 14.