Olympic gender test ‘a disrespect for women’, South Africa’s Semenya says Olympic gold medallist lashes out at IOC and its president, Kirsty Coventry, for asking women to prove themselves. South African sprinter Caster Semenya, a two-time Olympic 800-metres champion, says the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC’s) reinstatement of gender…
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0 claims checkedAustralia to halve fuel tax as global energy crisis deepens Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces tax cut as the price of crude oil tops $116 a barrel. Australia’s government will slash petrol…
The number of people helped by RNLI lifeguards on the beaches of the UK and the Channel Islands doubled last year and the charity believes the Middle East crisis may lead to an even busier spring and…
The Wellcome Collection explores how we experience ageing while Zendaya and Robert Pattinson bring The Drama - here are this week's particularly eggcellent highlights. If you're feeling sleepy after…
Brent crude has jumped more than 50% since the Iran conflict began, as Asian markets fall and European stocks are set to open lower. European markets are set to open lower on Monday, with futures…
‘We use skateboarding as a tool for social change,” says Charl Jensel, executive director of Skateistan, a skateboarding school in working-class New Doornfontein, Johannesburg, that combines…
Human-caused climate change has fuelled extreme weather events in West Africa, triggering cocoa production to plummet. A “dramatic surge” in the price of chocolate has been attributed to human-caused…
The research, covering 38 countries including those in Europe, finds that realised and planned fertility increases by 0.32 children per woman when both partners work from home at least one day per…
The Daily Telegraph has apologised to a popular Middle Eastern restaurant for “causing distress” after it sent a pro-Israel activist to the Sydney eatery as part of its so-called operation…