Egypt unveils Pharaonic 'Rams Road' at Karnak Temple

Egypt has unveiled a road lined with hundreds of ram-headed sphinx statues dating back more than 3,000 years, in a grandiose night-time ceremony at Karnak ...

First 'robotaxis' enter service in Beijing

It looks like a normal car but the white taxi has nobody driving it, and communicates with customers digitally to obtain directions and take payment.

Hope takes root as trees planted in war-torn Iraq city

Iraqi volunteers started planting the first of thousands of trees in war-ravaged Mosul today, hoping to green the former Islamic State group stronghold.

For the first time, India has more women than men

India has more women than men for the first time on record, according to government data that also showed a slowing birthrate in the world's ...

British MP given parliamentary baby ban

A British MP has called for reforms after a parliamentary official rebuked her for bringing her sleeping baby to a debate.

Russian doctors invite anti-vaxxers to Covid wards

Leading Russian doctors have invited celebrities and politicians with anti-vaccine views to visit Covid-19 red zones in hospitals and see for themselves the effects of ...

London's Big Ben to show fresh face to ring in New Year

Big Ben's dials will emerge from a shroud of scaffolding in time for the world-famous clock to perform its most important annual role - ringing ...

Museum returns art looted under British colonial rule

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has officially returned three works of art to Nigeria that were looted in the 19th century, as museums make ...

Johnson hails 'pure genius' Peppa Pig

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson enthused about a visit to Peppa Pig World and pretended to be a speeding car during an occasionally baffling speech ...

Indian man found alive after night in morgue freezer

An Indian man declared dead after a road accident shocked his relatives when they found him still breathing despite a night in the freezer of ...

Face masks, social distancing still needed - experts

Social distancing, wearing face masks and handwashing should continue alongside vaccines to protect people from Covid-19, experts have suggested.

Tis the season as Christmas Island crabs mass migrate

Roads on Christmas Island have been closed as they turn scarlet with thousands of red crabs emerging from the forest to begin their annual migration ...

Green beer? Brewing up new solutions to climate change

A brewery in Australia is hoping to help fight climate change one beer at a time, with the help of two green bioreactors filled with ...

Book returned to Scottish library after 73 years

A book has been returned to a Scottish library more than 73 years late.

Fota announces names of cheetah cubs born this year

Fota Wildlife Park has announced the names of the five Northern Cheetah cubs who were born there on 10 August.

E-buggies replace horse carts at Jordan's Petra

Horses and mules have long drawn tourist carriages through Jordan's ancient city of Petra, but animal rights concerns are driving a project to start replacing ...

What is space debris and how dangerous is it?

Two shades of blue: Macron makes (subtle) flag change

It is a change so subtle it went unnoticed for almost three years. But President Emmanuel Macron ordered a change to the colour of the ...

Chimed out? French town votes on night church bells

Residents of a district of a town in France's central Auvergne region were this week voting on a local issue with resonance - should the ...

Italian white truffle sold at auction for €103,000

An Italian white truffle weighing just 830 grams was sold for €103,000 at an auction held at the 13th-century castle of Grinzane Cavour in northern ...

What you need to know about the climate deal

The COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow have finished and the gavel has come down on the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed by all 197 countries.

Santa Paws: Huskies hit the beach for sled-pulling fun

Locals and holidaymakers alike are stunned to see the barking teams of huskies mushing along the white beach at up to 25 km/h with a ...

Hydrogen electric ambulance unveiled at climate summit

A prototype of the world's first zero emissions hydrogen electric ambulance has been unveiled by the National Health Service (NHS) at the COP26 climate summit ...

Antarctic penguin found 3,000km away in New Zealand

An Adélie penguin, which is usually found in the Antarctic, has been found 3,000km away from home on the coast of New Zealand.