The recent upsurge in anti-immigration anger expressed in various marches around the country has attracted both praise and condemnation from supporters and opposers, including the UN. It would be the height of gullibility to relegate these marches which attract multitudes of people with diverse political ideologies simply to xenophobia. A closer…
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0 claims checkedThe national department of health and experts have urged the public not to panic over the fears of possibly contracting hantavirus as it is not “easily” transmitted from human to human. This comes…
Norwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of tens of millions of people each year, a report has found. Norway is the…
Keir Starmer has said the benefit of joining the European Union’s £78bn loan scheme for Ukraine “outweighs the cost” as he argued the continent must move at pace to bolster its own defence. The prime…
At least two people have been killed and several injured after a driver in an SUV ploughed into a crowd in the centre of Leipzig in eastern Germany, the city’s mayor has said. “The police have…
China is slowing its efforts to repatriate Chinese nationals who are in the US illegally, a senior President Donald Trump administration official told Reuters, warning Washington was prepared to…
Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in connection with the murder of insolvency lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk in September last year. The man was arrested on Thursday after intensive investigations by…
Actors, musicians, athletes and fashion figures walked the red carpet at the 2026 Met Gala in New York on Monday evening. Among those attending were Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Lily-Rose Depp and…
Saving chocolate while restoring rainforests? Rock dust boosts soil nutrition and supports farmers Sadie Harley scientific editor Robert Egan associate editor Chocolate is the food of the gods.