With less than a month to go until Christmas, Santa Claus is busy preparing, but the warming climate and lack of snow in his Arctic hometown have him worried.
As COP29 ends, AFP reports on a recent visit to Komati, home of Eskom’s decommissioned coal-fired power plant which was shut down two years ago. AFP’s report, originally ...
Five projects seeking novel solutions to the world’s environmental challenges each won £1 million (nearly R23m) this week.
The flower fields of Nepal’s Gundu village glimmer yellow, orange and purple as women harvest blooms, a flourishing industry changing tough village lives by providing ...
Lucie PEYTERMANNPictures by Joel Saget and Guillem SartorioJeanne Allaire Kayigirwa was sure she was going to die three times during the Rwandan genocide in which ...
When Paul Sinton-Hewitt created Parkrun, only 13 people turned out at a London park. Twenty years on, millions jog, run or walk 5km every week.
Oscar-winning British actor Maggie Smith, a star of stage and screen for more than seven decades, died at the age of 89 in hospital in London yesterday, her sons, ...
A Western Cape woman celebrated her 118th birthday yesterday (Friday) ‒ making her one of the oldest people in the world ‒ with a small party at her care home.
Ig Nobel Prizes dished out to weirdly whacky research.
A first delivery of mpox vaccines is expected to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the coming days, the World Health Organization's chief Tedros Adhanom ...
By embarking aged 87 on the farthest journey of his papacy, Pope Francis is doing something some believed impossible - and seeking to silence those who doubt his ...
France bids farewell to dazzling Paris Olympics after two weeks of celebration and sporting drama.
Olympic torch arrives in Tahiti, showcasing locale for 2024 surfing competition.
Condolences flooded in from Palestinian militant group Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and from Syria, all members of the so-called Axis of Resistance against Israel ...
Max Verstappen secured his eighth consecutive pole position in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Saturday to equal the record of Ayrton Senna. ...
Social network Twitter has fully migrated over to X. com according to Elon Musk.
Charles Leclerc shone in the sunshine while Max Verstappen slithered and grumbled as the Ferrari driver dominated Friday practice at the ...
Lando Norris has played down his hopes of beating Max Verstappen again in this Sunday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Caster Semenya said yesterday’s hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) into whether the double Olympic champion can be required to lower her testosterone ...
Alex Albon has committed his long-term future to Williams after it was announced he had signed a ‘multi-year’ contract extension with the British team.
Caster Semenya’s costly legal marathon entered its last lap on Wednesday, as the highest chamber of the European Court of Human Rights begins a hearing into whether ...
Israelis marked a moment’s silence and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that “our war of independence is not over yet. It continues even today. . . We are ...
Jorge Martin heads the standings with 129 points, 38 ahead of Francesco Bagnaia who moved into second spot. Marc Marquez is third a further two points back.
UN chief urges ‘an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and an immediate surge in humanitarian aid’
Sanofi and Novavax will be teaming up to sell a Covid vaccine and develop another that combines with a flu shot.