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British Museum showcases ancient vessels smashed i...
Eight ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion go on display at the British Museum from Thursday, walking visi...
Oldest human relative walked upright 7 mn years ag...
The earliest known human ancestor walked on two feet as well as climbing through trees around seven million years ago, scientists...
Power cuts and sleepless nights in China's record...
The lights are out along a once-bustling boulevard in a tourist spot at the epicentre of China's hottest summer on record, as peop...
Flood toll tops 800 in Pakistan's 'catastrophe of...
Record monsoon rains were causing a "catastrophe of epic scale", Pakistan's climate change minister said Wednesday, announcing an...
For Russian re-enactors, battle with West is more...
Surrounded by dozens of men in chainmail and helmets playing dead in a field, an impersonator of mediaeval Russian prince Alexande...
An overview of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moo...
NASA's Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to take off on Monday, is a 42-day voyage beyond the far side of the Moon and back.
All systems go for Artemis 1 mission to Moon
Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the Artemis program is poised to take up the baton of lunar exploration with a test lau...
Elon Musk's Twitter friendship with Indian superfa...
Not many people can boast of having candid conversations about planetary conquest with Elon Musk, but for Indian software engineer...
Germany, Canada partner on transatlantic hydrogen...
The leaders of Canada and Germany signed a green hydrogen deal on Tuesday, laying a path for a transatlantic supply chain as Europ...
Drought uncovers dinosaur tracks in US park
A drought in Texas dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles that lived som...
Kenyans taking UK to EU court over colonial-era ab...
Kenyans forced off their land by British settlers during colonial rule are taking their case against the UK to the European Court...
James Webb telescope captures stunning images of J...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning images of the planet Jupiter showing two tiny moons, faint rings and auror...
'Close shave!' How De Gaulle escaped assassin's bu...
August 22, 1962: French President Charles de Gaulle and his wife are being whisked by car through the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamar...
Rat race: What rodent drivers can teach us about m...
The girls can't hide their excitement as they're brought out to the racing arena.
Deadly wildfires contained in Algeria after homes,...
Wildfires which killed at least 38 people across northern Algeria have been contained, firefighters said Friday, as volunteers mob...
Algeria fire crews rein in blazes that left 38 dea...
Algerian firefighters on Thursday brought under control a string of forest blazes that have killed at least 38 people including 12...
Scientists find simple, safe method to destroy 'fo...
"Forever chemicals" used in daily items like nonstick pans have long been linked to serious health issues –- a result of their tox...
Huge complex of 500 standing stones found in Spain
A huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones has been discovered in southern Spain which could be one of the largest...
Drought blamed for dozens of cow poisoning deaths...
An Italian farm became an open-air morgue earlier this month after around 50 cows were poisoned by young sorghum plants, an accide...
Giorgio Armani warns neighbours of wildfire on Ita...
Dozens of people were evacuated after a wildfire broke out on the remote Italian island of Pantelleria, helped by designer Giorgio...
Climate change causes wonky bumblebee wings: scien...
Warmer and wetter weather linked to climate change appears to stress out bumblebees and make their wings more asymmetrical, which...
US communities are mapping heat islands to boost c...
The phone's home screen shows 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32C) in Silver Spring, a suburb of Washington, on a mid-August day. But the r...
Ancient Indian sport builds bridges across culture...
Overlooked by high-rises on the outskirts of Hong Kong, a group of students practise body-slam tackles and vicious ankle-wrenches...
Guatemala retrieves 33 Mayan artifacts from privat...
Guatemala said Wednesday it had recovered 33 pre-Columbian artifacts that were voluntarily returned from a private collection in G...
Studies to see if mutations behind monkeypox sprea...
Studies are under way to see whether genetic changes in the monkeypox virus are driving the rapid spread of the disease, the World...
Russian spacewalk cut short due to issue with suit
A spacewalk by two Russians on Wednesday was ended abruptly due to a problem with the battery in cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev's suit, t...
NASA's new rocket on launchpad for trip to Moon
NASA's giant new SLS rocket arrived at its launchpad Wednesday in Cape Canaveral ahead of a planned flight to the Moon in less tha...
China heat wave pushes up prices as hens lay fewer...
Scorching temperatures in eastern China have pushed up egg prices because hens are laying fewer in a hotter-than-usual summer, loc...
Net zero, Russia war driving nascent hydrogen econ...
Kevin Kendall pulls up at the only green hydrogen refuelling station in Birmingham, Britain's second-biggest city, and swiftly fil...
Space mission shows Earth's water may be from aste...
Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare s...
Tibetan Plateau water stores under threat: study
The Tibetan Plateau will experience significant water loss this century due to global warming, according to research published Mon...
Mechanical elephants, homemade howitzers as India...
India marked the 75th anniversary of independence on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving a speech from Delhi's histori...