Category : Worldwide

Plants have been grown in lunar soil for the first time – a milestone for lunar and space exploration. Researchers from the University of Florida found that thale cress, Arabidopsis thaliana, can successfully sprout and grow in soil collected from the moon. The findings could lay the foundation for growing plants that supply food and […]Read More

Urban centres around the world including London are in increasing danger of running out of fresh water, as growing populations and climate change put even greater stress on resources, Christian Aid has warned. The impact of climate change on cities will be become more acute as more people live in them, partly driven by the […]Read More

Women who suffer from severe period pain could be allowed to take up to three days off work each month under a reform plan due to be approved by Spain’s government next week. It would be a first in Europe, although there are several countries in Asia – including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan – […]Read More

Sri Lanka’s president has said the country is facing the “worst crisis in its history” as it deals with an economic emergency that’s sparked a wave of violence. Gotabaya Rajapaksa promised to appoint a new prime minister, give more of his power to parliament and look at scrapping the presidential system. It comes after an […]Read More

Boris Johnson was due to travel to Finland on Wednesday and it is expected he will discuss the possibility of the country joining NATO. The Finns have been tipped to declare that they want to join the group as early as Thursday. It will be another major development following Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine in February, […]Read More

Police in Thailand have arrested a cult leader whose followers allegedly worshipped corpses and consumed bodily fluids after 11 bodies were found during a raid. Supporters of Thawee Nanra screamed and jostled with officers as the bearded, shirtless white-haired man was led to a police vehicle at his home deep in a jungle in Chaiyaphum […]Read More

Some £6.8bn of wheat is sitting in Ukraine unable to be exported because the war has blocked off access to the sea, the president of the European Investment Bank has warned. Ukraine was the world’s sixth-largest exporter of wheat last year, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted shipping in the Black Sea, a major […]Read More

The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has triumphed in the country’s presidential election. It is the first win by a majority in the nation since a 1986 revolution topped his late father’s two-decade dictatorship. Ferdinand Marcos Jnr beat off challenges from both a human rights lawyer and the current vice president Leni Robredo. […]Read More

On a quiet, sunny morning in the suburbs of Helsinki, we pull into the car park of a swimming pool. You wouldn’t really know it was here. The only sign of activity is a large glass canopy, rather like a very expensive bus shelter, with glass doors that open to stairs, curving down and away […]Read More