On Wednesday, researchers took an important step to fill this gap. Their work, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, is the largest clinical trial ever conducted to evaluate the effect of psilocybin, a psychoactive substance found natur...

Atthaya hit two birdies and a bogey on the way to an opening-round one-under-par 71 at Seta Golf Course in western Shiga Prefecture. Suzuki and Ueda led fellow Japanese pair Ayaka Furue and Sakura Koiwai by one stroke as the LPGA returns to Japan f...

Levels of the most dangerous particles -- PM2.5, so tiny they can enter the bloodstream -- were 588 per cubic metre early on Thursday morning, according to monitoring firm IQAir. That is almost 40 times the daily maximum recommended by the World He...

Thai teenager Atthaya reached the top of the world women's golf rankings this week after a stunning debut year on the LPGA Tour. The 19-year-old from Thailand's western Ratchaburi Province has won two tournaments on the US-based elite women's tour ...

Finch hit form on Monday with a 44-ball 63 in the win against Ireland but was unable to field after feeling a "twinge" during Ireland's innings. The defending champions will probably have to beat Afghanistan on Friday by a big margin in Adelaide to...

More than 355,400 people fled their homes as Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae pounded swathes of the archipelago nation late last week and over the weekend. Of the 150 deaths recorded by the national disaster agency, 63 were in the Bangsamoro region on...

New Zealand are in pole position on net run rate in Group 1 but level on points with England and Australia with one game remaining, meaning victory against Ireland in Adelaide should guarantee a semi-final spot. Williamson is one of the world's lea...

Aged nine, she persuaded Disney to create a bespectacled heroine for the first time, in the hit film "Encanto". Her #GlassesOn campaign has meanwhile struck a chord with thousands of young people and their parents around the world. Now she has ano...

Nikolas Cruz, now 24, avoided the death penalty last month when a jury could not unanimously agree that he deserved capital punishment for his shooting spree at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Family members wept and held hands as...

Javier threw six innings without surrendering a hit and relief pitchers Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly kept the door firmly closed as the Astros knotted the best-of-seven title series at two games apiece. One day after the Phillies be...

England take on the Canadians in a repeat of the 2014 World Cup final before the French try to halt New Zealand, who, like the English, have blasted into the last four by playing powerful running rugby. A full house is expected in Auckland for Satu...

Sherine Abdel Wahab has long been a darling of Arab pop, but recent events have earned her the title of Egypt's Britney Spears -- not for her musical talent but because of her family's efforts to portray her as unfit to manage her own affairs. Her ...

Nationalist Meloni has vowed to put Italy's interests first, and the trip will be closely watched amid fears of turbulent relations ahead between the populist government in Rome and the bloc's powerhouses. "Brussels should not do what Rome can do b...

The stimulant -- once notorious for its association with Islamic State fighters -- has spawned an illegal $10 billion industry that not only props up the pariah regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but many of his enemies. It has turned Syria into ...

A top Athletics Kenya official even warned that the nation was at risk of an international ban, with 25 athletes hit with sanctions and 19 active cases pending in 2022 alone despite renewed efforts to stamp out the scourge. Top Kenyan sportsmen hav...