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New Unesco heritage sites: Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains and Malawi’s Mount Mulanje

New Unesco heritage sites: Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains...

Jul 12, 2025

No phones, no WiFi, just sheep: Finnish holiday-goers flock to ‘shepherd weeks’ to disconnect

No phones, no WiFi, just sheep: Finnish holiday-goers f...

Jul 11, 2025

Haze of confusion in Thailand as government flips on cannabis law

Haze of confusion in Thailand as government flips on ca...

Jul 10, 2025

New rules banning recreational cannabis use have put Thailand’s $1bn cannabis in...

Houses made from rice: How Kyrgyzstan is building a sustainable future with eco-friendly rice husk blocks to tackle climate change

Houses made from rice: How Kyrgyzstan is building a sus...

Jul 9, 2025

Canadian couple’s message in a bottle found 13 years later in Irish bay

Canadian couple’s message in a bottle found 13 years la...

Jul 9, 2025

Facebook post helps track down Anita and Brad, who had been dating for a year at...

Lost Peruvian city Peñico reveals ancient trade networks, shedding light on 3,500-year-old civilisation

Lost Peruvian city Peñico reveals ancient trade network...

Jul 8, 2025

Nairobi’s lions are almost encircled by the city. A Maasai community offers a key corridor out

Nairobi’s lions are almost encircled by the city. A Maa...

Jul 7, 2025

Maasai pastoralists living by the national park in Kenya’s capital are helping w...

Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus

Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved f...

Jul 6, 2025

From prison to tourism: Kota Jail offers rare glimpse into Johor’s 142-year-old history behind bars

From prison to tourism: Kota Jail offers rare glimpse i...

Jul 4, 2025

Cramps, fatigue and hallucinations: paddling 200km in a Paleolithic canoe from Taiwan to Japan

Cramps, fatigue and hallucinations: paddling 200km in a...

Jul 4, 2025

Why is there no life on Mars? Nasa’s rover finds mineral clue in Martian desert

Why is there no life on Mars? Nasa’s rover finds minera...

Jul 3, 2025

How Lisbon put itself on the map for real estate and tourism – and became Europe’s least affordable city

How Lisbon put itself on the map for real estate and to...

Jul 3, 2025

Tourists stay in short-term rentals and foreigners buy second homes, while resid...

St George's Church: A national heritage that remains a living church in George Town today

St George's Church: A national heritage that remains a ...

Jul 1, 2025

Abdul Mubin Sheppard, the Irishman who gave his heart to Malaya

Abdul Mubin Sheppard, the Irishman who gave his heart t...

Jun 30, 2025

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was deemed the 'safest' of planes. The whistleblowers were always less sure

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was deemed the 'safest' of plan...

Jun 30, 2025

The Air India tragedy, in which at least 270 people died, involved one of Boeing...

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