Back-to-back earthquakes have hit Venezuela, leaving at least 160 people dead, the country’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has said. The…
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Venezuela earthquake is further blow at time of uncertainty
Rodríguez addressed the nation on state television channel VTV more than two hours after the quakes. Prior to that, official…
Read MoreVusimusi “Cat” Matlala: Key figure at South Africa’s Madlanga Commission pleads guilty
Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, a central figure in a major ongoing police graft inquiry in South Africa, has pleaded guilty to…
Read MoreEurope’s heatwave shifts east as as France raises health alert to highest level
Some western regions in France are now bracing for huge thunderstorms from Thursday afternoon onwards. Gusts of up to 110km/h…
Read MoreIBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips
IBM says it has created the world’s first known chip tech below 1 nanometre – but it will be some…
Read MoreRyanair ‘reluctantly’ agrees to let parents sit with children for free
Ryanair has changed its family seating policy to allow parents to sit with their young children without paying a seat…
Read MoreMahrang Baloch, who fought for Pakistan’s disappeared men, now faces life in jail
When Dr Mahrang Baloch was a teenager, she joined hundreds of families across Pakistan’s south-western province of Balochistan to search…
Read MoreHow to cope in a heatwave – according to you
Stephanie says she has also started sprinkling her seven-year-old daughter’s bed sheet with water and putting it in the freezer…
Read MoreKerala: The Indian state trying to ensure no one grows old alone
“My patients ask me – if they become dependent, who will take care of them?” says Dr Prasun Chatterjee, who…
Read MoreOil price falls to levels not seen since before Iran war
The price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through the key…
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