Gabon coup leaders name General Brice Oligui Nguema as new leader
Brice Oligui Nguema is named transitional leader after the overthrow of President Ali Bongo.
2023-08-31 08:48
China’s summer of climate destruction
China sees both extreme heat and devastating floods, including in areas where flooding was unheard of.
2023-08-28 07:54
Canada wildfire: Car 'began melting' as family evacuated north
A blaze is threatening to reach Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, by the weekend.
2023-08-17 06:52
Virgin Galactic: Mum, daughter and Brit, 80, count down to space flight
Virgin Galactic aims to fly an 80-year-old former Olympian, a mother and her daughter into space.
2023-08-10 13:53
Physics student kept 'dream' space flight secret from work
The Aberdeen University student's co-workers only learned of her planned space trip via the news.
2023-08-10 06:16
Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year
Temperatures in excess of 40C are expected to hit much of the Iberian peninsula this week.
2023-08-08 13:25
Mother and daughter first to go to space together
Anastatia Mayers and Keisha Schahaff won a place on Virgin Galactic's first commercial flight in a prize draw.
2023-08-07 07:57
Typhoon Doksuri: Alarming pictures show floods in China, Philippines
The volume of rain over the past week has broken a 140-year-old record in China.
2023-08-06 07:47
Armed experts re-enact Parkland school shooting for lawsuit evidence
Live bullets will be fired inside the school to assess whether they could be heard outside.
2023-08-05 01:46
Sweden's Quran burnings put freedom of expression law to test
The security service says Sweden's image has been harmed abroad and security at home has worsened.
2023-07-27 22:27
Travis Scott insists Utopia gig at Egypt's pyramids will happen
The rapper's spectacular show at the Egyptian landmark is officially cancelled at the last minute.
2023-07-27 16:46
Ukraine war: UK criticised for 'lack of understanding' of Wagner's activities in Africa
A new report says that for 10 years the British government under-estimated the Russian mercenary group.
2023-07-26 11:49