A child entering a classroom should not need an escape strategy. Yet in Bukavu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the ordinary act of going to school ended in horror. A fire that reportedly...
Apple likes to present the iPhone as the purest expression of its own judgment: silicon designed in California, software tuned behind closed doors, and hardware refined until every seam seems inevitab...
A controlling stake in the lingerie firm Victoria’s Secret will be sold to a US private equity firm. On Thursday, the fashion retailer L Brands announced it will sell 55% of the company to Sycam...
A common type of gut bacterium may increase a person’s chance of developing bowel cancer, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The bacterium is a type of E. coli infec...
Clive Cussler, the US author of the popular Dirk Pitt novels, has died at the age of 88. He wrote 25 books in the adventure series, including Sahara and Raise the Titanic, and sold more than 100 milli...
Several actresses have walked out of the César awards ceremony in Paris after Roman Polanski won best director. The awards – France’s equivalent of the Oscars – have been mired in co...
Virtual and augmented reality is not all fun and games. This technology has actually come to be quite useful in many different industries and sectors. Here is a list of 5 unexpected uses of virtual re...
It might not be the first place you imagine when you think about robots. But in the Renaissance splendour of the Vatican, thousands of miles from Silicon Valley, scientists, ethicists and theologians ...
Amazon has banned more than one million products which claim to protect against the coronavirus – or even cure it. The online retailer told Reuters it had also removed “tens of thousands&#...
Deputy principal Claire Williams says her Formula 1 team’s struggles are “not because I have a child”. Nine-time constructors’ champions Williams endured their worst season in ...
World number one Novak Djokovic won the Dubai Tennis Championships for the first time since 2013 with a straight-set win over Stefanos Tsitsipas. The 32-year-old Serb, who extends his winning streak t...
Manchester City secured their third League Cup win in succession – and their fourth in five years – with victory over Aston Villa at Wembley. Pep Guardiola’s side won an historic tre...