Chef in Ghana aims to break world record with 120-hour cookathon
Failatu Abdul-Razak is being cheered on and widely celebrated in west African country A chef in Ghana has been preparing regional dishes on live TV...
Month : January 2024
Thermo Fisher stops sale of DNA kits in Tibet after activists raised fears of rights abuses
Campaigners say testing is among methods used to surveil people in the tightly controlled region The US biotech company Thermo Fisher has halted sales of...
Slain Amazon activist Bruno Pereira’s son fighting rare form of cancer
Pedro, five, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma; a fund has been set up so that his family can afford expensive chemotherapy drug Leading artists, Indigenous activists...
African elephant populations stabilise in southern heartlands
Scientist say animals still need protecting and also connecting to restore habitats fragmented by human activities African elephant populations have stabilised in their southern heartlands...
FDA approves program to allow Florida to import Canadian prescription drugs
State will be first to import drugs under federal program that Florida governor says could save consumers $150m in first year A public health policy...
Oscar Pistorius released on parole after serving nine years for murder of Reeva Steenkamp
Former South African Paralympic and Olympic athlete shot model dead through locked bathroom door on Valentine’s Day in 2013 Oscar Pistorius has been released from...
Mexican cartel provided wifi to locals – with threat of death if they didn’t use it
Criminal group charged $20-$30 a month to about 5,000 people as gangs diversify into sectors other than the drug trade A cartel in the embattled...
Transatlantic slavery continued for years after 1867, historian finds
Exclusive: Evidence found by Hannah Durkin includes ships landing in Cuba in 1872, and people held in Benin in 1873 Historians have generally assumed that...
Vatican: same-sex couples ruling is not endorsement of homosexuality
New practice does not endorse homosexuality but is not heretical, Catholic church says amid opposition from some bishops The Vatican has stressed that allowing priests...
Birds of prey in Africa experiencing population collapse, study finds
Several species have vanished across swathes of the continent – and scientists say their disappearance holds unknown risks for humans Africa’s birds of prey have...
