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Thailand's Sawang Janpram competes during the men's shot put for the 100+age group at the World Masters Games

Thai athlete, 105, unrivalled at World Masters Games

Sawang Janpram is in a league of his own at the World Masters Games in Taiwan - at 105 he is the oldest competitor and the only person in his age group.

News Lens • 23 May

With virtually no human pollution and scant vegetation penguin colonies dominate as ammonia emitters in Antarctica

The surprising climate power of penguin poo

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the continent cool: penguin poo.

News Lens • 22 May

A keeper feeds an elephant as it is relocated from Culiacán

Mexican refuge evacuates 700 animals over cartel violence

Hundreds of animals, including elephants, crocodiles, lions and tigers, have been moved from a violence-torn Mexican cartel heartland to a new home in an operation described as a "21st century Noah's Ark".

News Lens • 22 May

The Asiatic lion, which historically once roamed from the Middle East to India, is now reduced to an isolated population in a wildlife sanctuary in India's western state of Gujarat

India's Asiatic lion population rises by a third

India's Asiatic lion population has increased by over a third to 891, according to a five-yearly census released, boosting efforts to conserve the vulnerable species.

News Lens • 21 May

Aerial view of a fire in the Amazon rainforest in September 2024

Fires drive tropical forest loss to record high

Eighteen football pitches every minute of every hour of every day: that is the record extent of tropical rainforest destroyed last year due in large measure to fires fuelled by climate change, researchers reported.

News Lens • 21 May

The report warned that the biggest increases were in developing countries where access to healthcare is limited (stock pic)

Climate change increasing pregnancy issues risk - study

Scorching heatwaves fuelled by global warming are increasing the risk of dangerous complications during pregnancies across the world, a report has warned.

News Lens • 20 May

A Benin Bronze is pictured during the restitution ceremony from Germany to Nigeria in 2022

Dutch museum removes Benin Bronzes for return to Nigeria

Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently laying it down on a pillow and wrapping it in dozens of layers of special paper.

News Lens • 20 May

A vet treats a donkey at the sanctuary near Addis Ababa's vast open-air market

A free clinic for donkeys, vital to Ethiopia's economy

At a clinic in Ethiopia's capital, a donkey is complaining as a vet tries to trim his nails.

News Lens • 20 May

Norwegian veterinarian Rolf Arne Olberg checks if a polar bear is properly sedated in eastern Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway

Polar bear biopsies to shed light on Arctic pollutants

Scientists in Norway's Svalbard archipelago have taken fat tissue biopsies from polar bears for the first time to study the impact of pollutants on their health.

News Lens • 19 May

An Orca seen performing Marineland three days before it closed in January

Worry for orcas in French marine park spikes after video

A video posted online of two orcas circling in an algae-infested pool in southern France has brought a fresh wave of worldwide concern for cetaceans Wikie, 24, and her 11-year-old calf Keijo.

News Lens • 17 May

AI video of leaders as babies shown at Albania meeting

European leaders descended on Albania this morning for a meeting sure to be dominated by the war in Ukraine, but small Balkan countries hope talk of EU enlargement will also feature at the European Political Community Summit.

World • 16 May

Kim Phuc Phan Thi (L), known as the 'Napalm Girl,' poses with photojournalist Nick Ut

Doubt cast on 'Napalm Girl' photographer's identity

World Press Photo has said it removed US-Vietnamese photographer Nick Ut's name as the person credited for one of history's most iconic pictures, the Vietnam War image "Napalm Girl", amid doubts over its authorship.

World • 16 May

The Magna Carta is seen as a precursor of democracy and the basis of legal systems across the world, as well as human rights conventions (Pic: Harvard Law School/Lorin Granger)

Harvard Magna Carta 'copy' is actually rare original

A "copy" of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned by Harvard Law School is actually an exceedingly rare original, British researchers have said.

News Lens • 15 May

The tracks were found by amateur archaeologists on a 30cm-wide sandstone slab in a mountainous area of the southeast Australia (stock image)

Claw tracks suggest amniotes existed earlier than thought

A study has discovered that after a brief rain in part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana 350 million years ago, a reptile pressed its small claws into the still-wet ground.

News Lens • 14 May

Police noticed the repeat offender when they went through images from the speed camera (Credit: Gemeinde Köniz)

Duck flying at 52km/h detected by Swiss speed camera

A radar image of a speed offender caught in central Switzerland last month revealed that the culprit was not only a duck, but likely a repeat offender, local authorities said.

News Lens • 14 May

The company has banned customers from using the name of ex-president Yoon, who has been stripped of office, as well as current candidates in the running for office

S Korea Starbucks bans presidential candidate name use

Starbucks in South Korea has banned customers from using the names of the country's presidential candidates - or the disgraced ex-president - for their orders, the coffee giant has said.

News Lens • 14 May

Tortilla is a Mexican staple, consumed by millions every day

Tortilla developed for people with no fridge in Mexico

Peering through a microscope, food scientist Raquel Gomez studies microorganisms that add nutrients and preserve tortillas for several weeks without refrigerators - a luxury in impoverished Mexican communities.

News Lens • 14 May

Scientists are exploring mechanisms that can help the body adapt to rising temperatures

Scientists exploring how to beat heat for better sleep

Cool showers and less coffee or alcohol: sleep quality is being harmed by hotter temperatures caused by climate change, and scientists say we need to learn how to adapt.

News Lens • 13 May

Mike MacDonald and his passenger spent several hours floating in the water before they were rescued.

Canadian pilot survives emergency landing at sea

A Canadian pilot has recounted his harrowing experience surviving an emergency landing at sea after the engine of his Cessna 182 stopped midair over the Gulf of California.

News Lens • 12 May

It was not immediately clear why the items were sent to Argentina or what if any, action the Supreme Court took at the time

Argentina's top court finds boxes of Nazi materials

Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during World War II were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said yesterday.

News Lens • 12 May

A Taliban spokesperson claimed that under Sharia law 'chess is considered a means of gambling' (stock image)

Taliban bans chess in Afghanistan over gambling concerns

Taliban authorities have barred chess across Afghanistan until further notice over concerns it is a source of gambling, which is illegal under the government's morality law, a sports official has said.

News Lens • 11 May

GPS on the moon: Firm launches lunar navigation system

Spanish technology company GMV has unveiled a GPS-like navigation system for the moon that aims to make lunar missions as intuitive as a drive across town with apps such as Google Maps or Waze.

News Lens • 09 May

(L-R) Belgian nationals Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx sit in the dock during the delivery of their sentences alongside their co-accused Vietnamese Duh Hung Nguyen and Kenyan national Dennis Ng'ang'a

Kenya court fines teens for trying to smuggle ants

A Kenyan court has fined four people, including two Belgian teenagers, more than $7,000 for attempting to smuggle thousands of live ants out of the country.

News Lens • 07 May

A television screen shows visuals of the decommissioned vessel ahead of the planned strike exercise

Warship sinks before it can be sunk in military drills

The BRP Miguel Malvar, old enough to have seen action in World War II, was scheduled to go out in a blaze of glory as a target ship during the annual US-Philippine "Balikatan" military exercises. However, the 80-year-old vessel sank before the first volley could be fired.

News Lens • 05 May

The painting, Going To The Mill, was bought for £10 in 1926

Painting bought for £10 sells for more than £800,000

A rare painting by LS Lowry originally bought for £10 has sold at auction for more than £800,000.

newslens • 02 May

News Lens

Thai athlete, 105, unrivalled at World Masters Games

The surprising climate power of penguin poo

Mexican refuge evacuates 700 animals over cartel violence

India's Asiatic lion population rises by a third

Fires drive tropical forest loss to record high

Climate change increasing pregnancy issues risk - study

Dutch museum removes Benin Bronzes for return to Nigeria

A free clinic for donkeys, vital to Ethiopia's economy

Polar bear biopsies to shed light on Arctic pollutants

Worry for orcas in French marine park spikes after video

AI video of leaders as babies shown at Albania meeting

Doubt cast on 'Napalm Girl' photographer's identity

Harvard Magna Carta 'copy' is actually rare original

Claw tracks suggest amniotes existed earlier than thought

Duck flying at 52km/h detected by Swiss speed camera

S Korea Starbucks bans presidential candidate name use

Tortilla developed for people with no fridge in Mexico

Scientists exploring how to beat heat for better sleep

Canadian pilot survives emergency landing at sea

Argentina's top court finds boxes of Nazi materials

Taliban bans chess in Afghanistan over gambling concerns

GPS on the moon: Firm launches lunar navigation system

Kenya court fines teens for trying to smuggle ants

Warship sinks before it can be sunk in military drills

Painting bought for £10 sells for more than £800,000

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