Ex-soldier smashes world record for scaling world’s 14 highest mountains
A Nepalese mountain climber and former British soldier has smashed the world record for climbing the world’s highest 14 mountains in just over six months,...
Despite gunfire, Iraq’s protests burn on
Security forces killed 14 Iraqis in the city of Kerbala overnight, sources say, but thousands of protesters remain on the streets. David Doyle reports....
Watching from space to detect whale strandings
Researchers at the British Antarctic Survey are using satellite imagery to detect and study massive whale strandings, with the hope of figuring out how to...
Could Kenyan researchers develop East Africa’s first antivenom?
Experts at the Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Center, partly funded by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, are working to get East Africa’s first...
Man smashes record for scaling world’s highest mountains
A Nepalese mountain climber and former British soldier has smashed the world record for climbing the world’s highest 14 mountains in just over six months,...
Shark bites off snorkeler’s foot, another hurt in Australian attack
A British man had his foot bitten off and another was injured in a shark attack off Australia’s northeast coast on Tuesday, emergency officials in...
UK’s pre-Christmas election hopes to unwrap Brexit
The UK looks set for an election in December after opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said the conditions needed for his backing had been met. David...
Five Colombian indigenous guards killed, possibly by rebel dissidents, military says
Five Colombian indigenous guards, tasked with protecting the country’s tribal reservations, were killed in a confrontation, possibly with dissident rebel fighters on Tuesday, the military...
White House adviser tells lawmakers Trump Ukraine call raised national security concerns
A senior White House official testified on Tuesday he was so alarmed by hearing U.S. President Donald Trump ask Ukraine’s president to investigate a political...
Oil prices drop, U.S. falls for third day as Cushing stocks rise
Oil prices slipped on Wednesday, with U.S. crude falling for a third day after an industry report that stocks at the Cushing delivery hub for...