Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Jonathan McDowell, Astrophysicist, Space Sustainability Analyst and Spaceflight Historian at Durham University Space Research Centre (SPARC). As we enter a new era of sustained lunar activity, and space exploratio...

Mark Parton -- who leads the opposition Liberal Party in the Australian Capital Territory -- was subject this week to a complaint alleging he sent the message to a sex worker, local media reported. "And f--- my job is boring. Wanna swap," Parton re...

Australia face Eddie Jones's Japan in sweltering Osaka on Saturday with former Queensland Reds coach Kiss having just 14 months before the World Cup on home soil to mould his side into serious contenders. Under Schmidt, the Wallabies won just 12 of...

Blundell's heroic efforts in fearlessly standing close behind the stumps to his fast bowlers enabled New Zealand to fight back from 1-0 down and win the series 2-1 in June. England captain Ben Stokes retired during the third Test and, soon after, c...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino held a crisis meeting on Wednesday in Morocco following the controversy over opening up the World Cup to private investors. In a joint letter with Secretary General Mattias Grafström, he acknowledged "mistakes" and a...

As the country struggles with the European Union's highest inflation, she and other shoppers complained that rising prices were forcing difficult decisions about what to cut. "I was supposed to go for a thyroid check-up in January," Vasile, a 56-ye...

The agreement would be a step towards reopening the key energy route, but official sources briefing Iranian media stressed that any easing still hinged on Washington ending its own naval blockade of Iran's ports. Iran has exercised de facto control...

Messi, who helped Miami win the 2023 crown in his first weeks with the Florida club, took his tally in the competition for Major League Soccer and Mexican Liga MX sides to a record 14 goals. David Rodriguez gave San Luis the lead in the fourth minu...

Police conducted "search and seizure operations" at the Korea Football Association (KFA) offices, probing allegations of "obstruction of business" in the recruitment of former coach Hong Myung-bo, a police spokesman told AFP. The 57-year-old Hong r...

Investors have enjoyed a much-needed rally since Friday, following a month-long tech rout that slashed billions of dollars off valuations owing to concerns about the vast sums companies had pumped into artificial intelligence. The recovery started ...

The Rhine riverbed is partially dry near steelmaker thyssenkrupp's blast furnaces in Duisburg, a picture of how the low waters pose a new challenge for German industry. The mighty waterway also winds past car factories, chemical plants and big rive...

The All Blacks play the Stormers, Sharks and Bulls franchises before the first Test in Johannesburg on August 22, then the Lions franchise. From August 29 to September 12 it is exclusively Tests between the teams ranked first and second in the worl...

The pair, who steered the Waratahs to their maiden Super Rugby title in 2014 under coach Michael Cheika, reunite seven years after they last took the field together. Their return to the Sydney-based side where both made their debuts in 2011 comes b...

In rallies across the country spearheaded by the online Cockroach Janta Party movement, protest signs branded TV channels as "India's worst enemies", and activists criticised "lapdog" media said to be aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's admi...

Lake Baringo and other lakes in Kenya's Rift Valley have risen to levels not seen in at least half a century, with scientists attributing the surge to extreme rainfall linked to climate change. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced to hig...