Watch as The Ocean Cleanup tows its next-generation Interceptor 007 from Long Beach, California to Ballona Creek in Los Angeles County. This will be the first Interceptor installed by The…
Continue ReadingOne of the worst forms of plastic pollution may have met its match in the saliva of a humble worm. Spanish researchers say they’ve discovered chemicals in the wax worm’s…
Continue ReadingThe fan who jumped over the stadium railing in an attempt to catch Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball somehow avoided injury … but he did get some bad news…
Continue ReadingLess than two weeks after being called up in Russia’s partial mobilisation, reservist are undergoing combat training in Russian-occupied Donetsk as they prepare to go to the front line in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with a mix…
Continue Reading#Britain’s embattled prime minister Liz #Truss marched to the lectern for the most important speech of her political career on Wednesday — accompanied by a song, "Moving On Up," about a bitter…
Continue ReadingA landmark legal case opened in Senegal last month, with fishermen and Greenpeace Africa taking a fish processing factory to court over alleged environmental abuses. There are more and more…
Continue ReadingSome of the most extreme weather events on record took place in 2022, as climate change-induced wildfires and droughts ravaged parts of Europe, the U.S. and Africa, even as Asia…
Continue ReadingAt the turn of the century, cricket was struggling to attract audiences and its commercial future was in doubt. Now it boasts the second-most valuable sporting franchise globally, behind only…
Continue ReadingThe supreme leader of Iran has accused the United States and Israel of orchestrating protests in Tehran and other cities following the death of a young woman who had been…
Continue ReadingIndonesia on Monday set up an independent team to investigate a stampede at a football stadium that killed 125 people, including 32 children, as the country’s human rights commission questioned…
Continue ReadingHumanity consumes a half-trillion cups of coffee every year, yet coffee production is one of the most antiquated industries within agriculture. Now the livelihoods of 125 million people working in…
Continue ReadingVolodymyr Zelensky has said Kyiv is ready for talks with Moscow, but not with President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian leader made his comments in a video rebuttal to Putin’s ceremony…
Continue ReadingPrime Minister Liz Truss has defended the new government’s economic policies in a series of interviews with BBC Local Radio stations. Eight local radio presenters put questions and concerns to…
Continue ReadingMen in the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region are fleeing to avoid potential forced conscription into Moscow’s army. Their flight comes amid what the EU has called sham referendums, staged by Russia, that…
Continue ReadingPresident Volodymyr Zelensky last week announced the discovery of a "mass grave" in Izyum after it was recaptured from the Russians. At one burial site, more than 440 graves dating…
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