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Global oil markets have been affected by the US Israel war with Iran, leading to higher jet fuel prices and increased attention on supply ri...

The recent Nasa Artemis II crewed mission to the far side of the Moon is a further step towards a long-term return to the lunar surface and...

Conflict in the Middle East has led to volatility in global oil prices, pushing up fuel costs worldwide. Previous oil shocks prompted some c...

Broadcasters from The Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland, Spain and Slovenia are all boycotting May’s Eurovision Song Contest because Israel is p...

For the second time in 12 years Glasgow is preparing to host the Commonwealth Games after Australia’s Victoria state pulled out because of i...

Ireland has a new permanent government scheme providing regular cash transfers to 2,000 artists. The people who can access it range from cir...

Cuba is facing one of its most severe humanitarian crises in decades. For years, Cuba relied heavily on oil from Venezuela. Those supplies h...

Rewilding, or letting nature take care of itself, can restore stability to damaged ecosystem components which support life on earth, like fu...

In February, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted a social media video celebrating new figures from the International Monetary Fund sugg...

Half a million people are in Spain without official permission. They come mainly from Colombia, Peru, Honduras, Paraguay, and Argentina. It’...

Control of critical minerals is becoming a source of geopolitical tension. They are essential to modern technology and industries around the...

The 2026 men’s football World Cup will be the biggest ever staged. For the first time, 48 teams will compete, playing more than 100 matches...

Chennai, São Paulo, Mexico City, Tehran, Cape Town - these cities have all faced the threat of a ‘Zero Day’, or, having no fresh water left...

Bangladesh will hold a national election in February, after years of political turmoil and the ousting of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina. He...

Boosting, swiping or the five finger discount - many countries around the world are seeing a rise in retail theft. From Japan to the UK, the...

Iran has been shaken by protests on a scale not seen since its 1979 revolution. Demonstrations that began in the country’s capital over the...

In February 2026, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty bilateral between Russia and the United States is set to expire. The aim of...

Kenya is facing rising public discontent over allegations of political corruption, economic stagnation and a shortage of good quality jobs,...

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shattered records, becoming the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, redefining what’s possible and confirmin...

Christmas is a time of year when many families and friends come together for a period of joy, peace and goodwill. The story of the birth of...

In November gunmen seized more than 300 pupils and a dozen teachers from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria. While authorities have rescu...

Changing tastes, climatic conditions, health warnings, economic factors are all creating a perfect storm for the global wine industry. The o...

On 10 December 2025, Australia will become the first country in the world to ban under-16s from using social media apps. Children will have...

The eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded the north after a military coup backed by Greece...

Cardinal Robert Prevost made history earlier this year, when he became the first American pontiff to lead the Catholic Church. And when he s...

From floods in Pakistan to droughts in the Horn of Africa, extreme weather events are already forcing millions of people to move. Most are d...

Matcha, a long-time popular drink in Japan, has gone global. Major chains now serve it, and coffee start-ups are competing to offer their ow...

In the aftermath of World War Two, the charter that founded the United Nations was signed, with the aim of preventing a third global conflic...

Benin has long tried to highlight its role in the transatlantic slave trade through monuments and memorials in the country, in the hope it w...

At the beginning of September 2025, within 48 hours, Nepal’s government had been toppled, and more than 70 people had been killed, with many...

Donald Trump once dismissed cryptocurrencies as a scam. But since returning to office, his view of them has shifted dramatically. In July, P...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection passed on to humans by infected ticks. Symptoms can range from fatigue, joint pain and a circular shap...

The major rivers of the Rio Grande and the Colorado run through both the United States and Mexico and they are the source of a water sharing...

Deepfakes are videos, picture or audio clips made with artificial intelligence to look real. Although sometimes used for fun, they can also...

In January, the popular Chinese social media app TikTok went offline for its 170 million Americans. The outage marked a turning point in a l...

“There is no longer any debate that space is a war fighting domain,” These were the words of Commander General Stephen Whiting from the US g...

A far-right party which came to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic recently showed itself to be a contender to Japan’s centrist politic...

Children in Indonesia are now receiving free school meals — part of a bold new plan by President Prabowo Subianto to tackle malnutrition. Ar...

When the war in Ukraine began back in February 2022, the remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle or drone as its commonly known, was perip...

In July, a brutal highway hijacking in southern Syria sparked tit-for-tat clashes between Druze and Bedouin fighters. During the week-long v...

What lies behind the clashes on the Thai Cambodian border is a fractured friendship between the two nations. In July both countries strike e...

In Chile, a powerful new telescope has just given a taster of what we can expect from it later this year, when it will be used to survey the...

More and more of the tasks we perform in our daily lives are been guided by artificial intelligence, from searching the internet for answers...

Brazil’s Zebu cattle, or “supercows” are bred for size, strength, and meat quality. Every year the animals are showcased at ExpoZebu, Brazil...

Ahead of last year’s US Presidential elections, Donald Trump was asked if he would defend China against Taiwan, he responded that Taiwan sho...

The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the most important energy corridors in the world. It is the only sea route from the Persian Gulf to the...

During a speech to the Spanish parliament earlier this year, the country’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez claimed there’s one thing that would...

The creation of a landmark gene editing drug used to treat a baby with a rare genetic mutation which could help transform personalized medic...

The economic fortunes of the Southern Africa country of Botswana were transformed back in the mid 1960s when shortly after gaining independe...

Fungal diseases are becoming more common, more dangerous, and more difficult to treat. There’s concern that they may cause the next global p...